Herb Riddle's photos

As I walk along this way, my heart sings for me today To gaze upon a sea so wild but also so undefiled Yet I share with you, my visitors many To air your thoughts, that is, if you do have any! ..... Another shot from Connemara looking over the Wild Atlantic from near Clifden.

Each little peninsular on the Northern Galway coast has a little sandy bay similar to this, it seems. Time to get the old boat out and do a spot of fishing maybe! Then again.....

As the evening starts here in County Galway, Connemara, I show a photo from the front of our rented cottage. This has the rather typical weather that we experienced but also shows the wild grandeur of this part of the West Irish coast. To me, not the clear blue skies of idyllic far-away places but a scene that sets my mind in contentment mode.

Enjoy the wild Atlantic coast of West Ireland here with me. With coast and skies like this, I was in photographic heaven for a fortnight. PiP

Seaweed now covers what at one time must have been shiny runners for the keel of a lifeboat. The station is now housed a few hundred metres from here. Behind me now in the same old buildings (renovated) is the Maritime Museum and the 'Harbourfront Bistro'. More info on lifeboat station: historypoints.org/index.php?page=holyhead-lifeboat-station Best viewed full screen on black.

As evening descends here on the Llŷn Peninsula the coastal mist starts to rise. Somewhere near me I hear the sound of a small mammal or bird moving through the undergrowth. Almost time to return to my digs and relax with my book. (No internet or telephone reception here!) I wish you all, a great weekend, Herb

A high view from this gem of the Llŷn Peninsula, Wales taken from the west cliff coastal path. As can be seen we are here in peak tourist school holiday time, hence the busy beach and car-park. Below to the left are the remains of an old pier perhaps. see pip

A look back on my trip here last year. A great structure and, as you can see, a very pleasant place to relax. Belfast City Hall is the civic building of Belfast City Council located in Donegall Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It faces North and effectively divides the commercial and business areas of the city centre. First planned in 1888 and building started in 1898. Wikipedia

The Cumbrian town of Kedal has many bridges. Most of which hold some history and character. Here we see one of the main ones carrying the traffic of the A6 and connecting East and West of the town. Of course, I was not really bothered about that fact, but more the late lighting was my main aim here. There are three masonry arch bridges in Kendal, of which Miller Bridge is the most recently constructed. Situated on the River Kent, it was built in 1818 by Francis Webster, a prominent Kendal stonemason (b.1767). Its robust construction protected it from the flooding that had destroyed previous bridges on the same site. There was originally a timber bridge at this point on the river, connecting the town and the castle corn mill. Because the timber structure was repeatedly washed away by floods, it was rebuilt in stone in 1743, and again in 1818, the date of the present bridge. (http://www.engineering-timelines.com)

One of the few remaining streets in our town retaining the old cobbled streets of long ago. At the end sits the parish church of St Mary with its old graveyard.. Do I hear a soft footsteps behind me.............?

Another dune fence from me here, again done at Formby on the Merseyside coast. I have tried to capture the timeless feeling that these scenes provoke as the sun goes down. Footprints and shadows make it for me. I wish you all, a great weekend, Herb Best viewed full screen. See PiP for my other Dune Fence

A very different view of my favourite reservoir here in Greenfield near my home in Oldham. After a year of fires and drought the reservoir is at an all-time low of water. In all my life of visiting here (55yrs at least) I have never seen it like this. I am stood some 400mts from the water intake but the river here is at least 50 ft below what it normally is, and that grows to some 100ft just some short distance down. As I stood here, after some torrential rain there were even boulders rolling along with the current and the sides were still crumbling into the water (the black peat water banks here are about 2mts high), I then made a hasty retreat back to the grass and trees above -where the water normally stands. PiPs

Dovestones in draught conditions. See pip for normal conditions.

A walk down to the small beautiful sandy bay of Porthor otherwise known as 'Whistling Sands' is always worthwhile. Here we see the right hand rocky side of the bay whilst the bigger expanse of sand is inhabited at this time of year by many children building sandcastles. Enjoy full size.. pip

Another of Britain's iconic coastal scenes. This is on the far west coast of Anglesey, Wales. Taken during a visit in 2015 and posted now after a realisation that I had not shared these scenes with you my Ipernity viewers. Enjoy full screen. More info: www.southstacklighthouse.com PiP

Another of Britain's iconic coastal scenes. This is on the far west coast of Anglesey, Wales. Taken during a visit in 2015 and posted now after a realisation that I had not shared these scenes with you my Ipernity viewers. Enjoy full screen. More info: www.southstacklighthouse.com PiP

Above the resort of Llanbedrog on the coastal path Route: my.viewranger.com/route/details/MTcwOTg0OA==

I would say that a large percentage of fences accompany steps of some kind. Now steps can be very attractive especially in wet conditions, but how many people really look at the fences that run up by their sides. Here is an obvious very old fence, battered by the strong and salty sea airs from the beach that runs along the bottom of this fence. Where….does it really matter? I wish you all, a great weekend, Herb Best viewed full screen. PiP shows destination