Hamburg, 6th July 2005

Lunch - Vietnamese style

Bun cha (noodles in a cold stock with meat patties and salad herbs) and nem (spring rolls)
About £1.50 - quite pricey for Hanoi.

The coast is always interesting; lots of different habitats to explore. A great place to stop and relax while travelling. This photo was taken on my cycling trip around the gulf of St. Lawrence (hence the wacky cycling sandal suntan marks...) 8th August 2006

Fern fronds

I like capturing patterns, textures and perpectives... I don't always succeed. I liked the pattern of the fronds of this fern on the Bohaker Trail in Nova Scotia. (06 June 2006)

Rivet

The frog in our pond today.

Yes, you can get internet here.

28 June 2006. Francois, Newfoundland, Canada.
You can barely get more remote than this in the modern world. This is the virtually the whole town as it shelters in the shadows of the surrounding mountains. The place is only accessible by fishing boat or ferry; there are no roads. Francois is hunkered down by the water and loses the sun behind the hills hours before sunset. The tenacity of life clinging on at the edge.
I visited as part of my cycle trip around the Gulf of St Lawrence

You're never really alone

On one of our many holidays to the Lake District in the north west of England. An inquisitive little lamb peering at us from behind the rocks as we stop for a rest. (31 May 2005)

Leaf sky cloud

A sunny day in autumn. The little pleasures obtained from life's simple beauty.

Cottongrass

Friday, 05 August 2005 - Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium - a member of the sedge family) blowing in the wind. Taken in Eshaness on the Shetland Islands - that most northern outpost of the British Isles - whilst on my cycle trip around the North Sea. I've long wanted a good photo of cottongrass, and with the yellow Bog Asphodel behind, this nicely captures the sense of the wind.

Doi Suthep

Little girl in traditional costume at Doi Suthep temple near Chiang Mai in Thailand.
10 February 2008

From a time lost in the past - Calanais

The intriguing standing stones at Calanais, on the isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
30 May 2004 - We stayed in a B&B a short distance from the stones during a short cycling holiday round the Outer Hebrides.

Highland Coos

The enigmatic Highland cattle we encountered while walking the West Highland Way in Scotland.
Monday 12 April 2004

Big Baby

Scary giant baby sculpture. "Big Baby", by Nina Levy, 2004
Photographed at the De Cordova Sculpture Park, Massachusetts, USA on Wednesday, 17 May 2006, at the start of my cycle trip round the Gulf of St Lawrence.

Batfish

Schooling batfish at the Black Hills dive site, Utila, Honduras. 17 March 2005

My all time favourite. 10 March 2003

Cycling from Queenstown to Mavora Lakes in New Zealand, on a rough gravel road. Hot, dusty and beautiful. 10 March 2003