Herb Riddle's photos

As Winter takes hold of this spot just to the north of Pendle Hill one can see and understand the real beauty of black and white. Taken eleven years ago almost to the day whilst visiting a nearby hostelry for a birthday celebration. It was one of our coldest days for many years at -8C in the middle of the day but this short walk to what to us was a familiar spot was well worth the frosty fingers. HFF and a Very Happy New Year 2022 to you all.

September: As Covid retains its grip here in Kendal, we see how the local population have to protect themselves even in the open-air to purchase fresh provisions. We all hoped that 2021 would be better –safer than that dreaded year of 2020 but after early hopes, all was to disintegrate into new health fears and regulations set to protect us all. As I write this three of our British nations have put more stringent precautions in place with England expected to follow suit in the New Year. Mainland Europe and indeed many areas of the world are experiencing their highest Covid cases to date with the onslaught of the new variant Omicron. Ah well, for us here at this home, we carry on regardless, taking photos and trying to enjoy our lives whilst keeping safe and seeing our family periodically. Naturally, wearing mask and being as inoculated as possible is essential for all. Enjoy full screen.

The second of these caves were we took shelter from the rain. They were not really that deep, only a few metres more behind me until the end. ~ "There is no indication that the caves were ever used as human habitat, but two separate human burials have been discovered within the caves. investigators made an exciting discovery in one of the caves; a human skull, missing its jaw bones, was found in a small stone enclosure. A second set of human bones was discovered in a niche in the rear of the cave wall. These remains both suggest intentional burials. Radio-carbon dating of the bones, along with a later find of two further human remains, suggests that they were buried here between 2515 and 2720 BC. A small object made from reindeer antler was also found, dating to about 850 years ago, and a small pin made from a walrus tusk dating to about 2,000 years ago. In total, over 1000 pieces of reindeer antler have been found in the Bone Caves, with dates ranging from 47,000 to 8,300 years ago. The large number of reindeer bone suggests that the area at the head of the glen was used as a calving ground. One rare find was the skull of a Northern lynx, dated to 1,770 years ago. This is the only Northern lynx ever found in Scotland. Other intriguing remains include a possible polar bear, arctic fox, wolf, and brown bear." www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=5098 Essential, full screen

I promised some weeks ago to show you some photos of our hike up to these bone caves. Well here they are. This and the photo before this shows the biggest cave from the inside, looking up the valley. Our trek back down was to the right from here, making our way to the bottom of the valley then turning left to retrace our way here. The green mountain side opposite was paying host to a herd of deer which I managed to photograph too. "The Bone Caves are a series of natural caves set into a high limestone cliff called Creag nan Uamh (Crag of the Caves). The caves are named for the large numbers of animal bones found during excavations. There are four main cave openings in the cliffs, formed before the last ice age by water dissolving limestone in cracks in the surrounding rock. Subsequent glacial action and erosion of the glen by water left the caves hundreds of feet above the valley floor." See Pips. Enjoy full screen. Herb

A shot here from my Devon archives which I though deserved to be viewed here. Encompassing for me several things that I like to see, ie trees, mist and pattern. It was quite early when I took this after seeing hints of mist from our touring caravan window. The caravan sitting in a large field with a small edge designated for five caravans maximum. I was thankful that my camera battery was fully charged as I ran to the edge of the woods only a hundred metres or so away. To catch a misty scene correctly is always difficult but I was happy with this. If only I had seen a deer here too. It is unusual for me to see mist in August but we were quite close to the sea so imagine this to be some kind of sea fret. The luminance has been turned up slightly as has the shadows in order to keep the mist looking right giving it a high-key feel. A slight adjustment to the colour balance too. Olympus E-410, Zuiko 40-150mm zoom lens at 42mm. ISO 800, F5.6, 1/50th sec Enjoy full screen. Herb

Here at Perranporth in Cornwall they have a rather nice selection of seats and benches. Another taken from the southern clifftops paths. Enjoy full screen.

Those that know me from Panoramio will remember that I used to take very many beach hut scenes. Now, not so many at all, but I could not but help myself to taking this at St Ives in Cornwall. Not really the weather for beach huts but the beach bar has customers. Enjoy full screen. Herb

My Christmas and New Year’s greetings to you all. Thank you for just being my photo friends and sharing your thoughts on here, our Ipernity. Have a wonderful, healthy and peaceful day. Ich wünsche allen Ipernitys Frohe Weihnachten, Joyeux Noël , Buon Natale, Feliz Navidad - ein gutes neues Jahr - ganz viel Gesundheit

Another view from my home on a rare morning of warm sunrise and fresh snow. Even the fence looks nice and the snow laden pine gives this a Christmas card feel. (Unfortunately the weather today is quite different!) I wish you All, A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Safe Year

A look at our Cornish sea-side village of St Ives. A picturesque fishing harbour, long time popular with artist because of its soft light. On this day however the sky was overcast and the air cool and damp. Note -This is a very wide-angle shot making the place look a little more expansive than it really is. Enjoy full screen.

Nestled in a valley between Cemaes and Almwich we come across this on our headland walk. I thought at first it had to be an old mine building but no: this old works produced porcelain from deposits of china clay found on Dinas Gynfor and Llanlleiana Head nearby. The works consist of a main building and a remote chimney, this was to direct the noxious fumes away from the working areas. Llanlleiana means “church of the nuns” and the works were built on the site of a convent. They closed the works in 1920 after it was badly damaged by fire. In the fields behind the ruins are the remains of St Ana’s Church and on the headland above the works are the remains of the Dinas Gynfor Iron Age settlement. The curved walls to our left spills onto a shingle bay with a picnic table. No guesses then where we had our picnic. PiP Enjoy full screen. HWW, have a great day.

A frosty hazy morning brings me here. Not a soul in sight, no-one near A mono touch, is the way I see To share this scene to you from me Enjoy full screen.

Time for a hot brew, chat and sit down outside the harbour office here in St Ives, Cornwall. When the tide comes in, water rushes below these arches underneath the harbour wall leading to the old lighthouse at the other end. Enjoy full screen.

December often gives us some morning mist over here in Saddleworth. Another of our twice weekly walks brings us past this farmland in the area known as Friezland, where the farmer has decided that giving land over to holiday caravans is more profitable than farming. As a former caravaner I can sympathise with both scenarios here. For the present these caravaners can enjoy with me this wonderful misty scene. Enjoy full screen.

A very rare phone photo here from me whilst on a lightning surprise trip to our capital, London. Part of this trip enabled me to see for the first time, the inside of this most precious esteemed building with all its delights of our worlds histories. Before I got to explore (we only had couple of hours) I spot two wonderful staircases of which one is shown here. I never did get to go up it. I could write and leave millions of words of description here but I shall leave the research up to you my viewers. Only I shall say: At the centre of the British Museum sits the largest covered public square in Europe, the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court. Designed by Foster and Partners, the Great Court is a two-acre space enclosed by a spectacular glass roof with the world-famous Reading Room in the middle. December 6th 2020 marked 20 years since the redesigned Great Court was opened. In that time, 113 million people have walked under the glass roof. A place for all, free and open every day to visitors, the Great Court is one of London's most unique spaces. In the original Robert Smirke Great Court design, the courtyard was supposed to be a garden. However, from 1852 many bookstacks were built, and along with the Reading Room it became the home of the library department of the Museum. The department stayed in the Great Court until 1997, when it was relocated to the new British Library building in St Pancras. Now empty, the Museum took the opportunity to once again reopen the space to the public. See followable PiPs. More on the reading room: www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/british-museum-story/architecture/reading-room ( I did not get to see this.) BooHoo Enjoy full screen.

At the centre of the British Museum sits the largest covered public square in Europe, the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court. Designed by Foster and Partners, the Great Court is a two-acre space enclosed by a spectacular glass roof with the world-famous Reading Room in the middle. 6 December 2020 marked 20 years since the redesigned Great Court was opened. In that time, 113 million people have walked under the glass roof. A place for all, free and open every day to visitors, the Great Court is one of London's most unique spaces. In the original Robert Smirke Great Court design, the courtyard was supposed to be a garden. However, from 1852 many bookstacks were built, and along with the Reading Room it became the home of the library department of the Museum. The department stayed in the Great Court until 1997, when it was relocated to the new British Library building in St Pancras. Now empty, the Museum took the opportunity to once again reopen the space to the public. More on the reading room: www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/british-museum-story/architecture/reading-room ( I did not get to see this.) BooHoo

A promoted PiP here. I just wanted to show a real winter comparison to the adjacent photo so this is a relatively small photo . My pleasure to share.