I have posted some pictures from this before – I think it is a great and touching spectacle – and here are some pics I took in June 2007.
The people gather
Off To Lewes
The Sun Goes Down
The Flag...
Who Stole The Top Half?
Archive for the 'Sunsets' Category
You know I love sunsets. You know I love fridge magnets! What better way to celebrate than to have a picture encapsulating both!
I'm Really Good....
This fridge magnet is one of the flag of Cornwall. Yes, we have a county that has its own flag. Who do they think they are? Anyway, I had to buy a flag in the form of a fridge magnet – no tat too precious – but how to photograph it for the fans of the fridge magnet cognoscenti. On a glorious Thursday night, just a week ago, we found ourselves on a cliff overlooking Kynance Cove as the sun went down…
So the keys prop up the magnet, the grass adds to the majesty, and the sun sets behind. Kernow forever!!!!!
The Sun Goes Down - Lizard Point
Blatant Red Filter Cheat - But Nice...
More From The Bottom of Lizard Point
More From The Top Of The Point
A Lovely Sunset... Sunday 4th October 2009
09
Oct
09
A Little Cornish Preview..
Last night I took this photo of the sunset at Kynance Cove. It is the first downloaded from my phone, and there are a lot more to come.
Just amazing to be there…
Kynance Cove At Dusk - 8 October 2009
30
Jun
09
Dead Envious
On the dashboard to my blog some other sites occasionally pop up. WordPress has some sort of gizmo whereby a post on this or another blog I might occasion to write is automatically added on to another blog somewhere in the wordpress empire.
This was in my linkback folder…
http://morealtitude.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/safety-beach-sunset/
To put it mildly, I’m dead envious of these pictures of a sunset. I’ve taken a couple of decent ones, but quite often I have to trick them up a bit. But these are beautiful.
Not a bad blog either, it has to be said.
27
Jun
09
Back From Scotland
So have I been missed?
I had very irregular internet connection, so really could not be bothered to blog while I was up there, but had a great time, had spectacular weather, and the week was worth all we outlayed on it. The drive up was routine, getting up to Crubenmore (near Newtonmore) in 9 hours, but the drive back yesterday (including a 90 minute stop off in Perth) was much less fun.
Loads of pictures to share with you, so you’ll probably get bored seeing them..
A random selection..
The board at the viewing platform on Cairn Gorm
Red sky over Crubenbeg
Pictures Of This Site To Follow....
You Want Lighthouses?
Scotch Mist and Old Buildings?
I'll Explain...
The last photo was taken at 00:45 on Thursday morning. It doesn’t capture a lot of detail, but it does show you that there was blue sky over the back of the building in Crubenmore. It really never got totally dark….
Lots more to come….
29
May
09
For No Particular Reason
I thought I would upload a couple of my old pictures from several trips in the past. Sights and sounds, places and views I’ve seen, all from the recesses of my “my pictures” file which was transferred some time ago…
Exhibit A – Entitled “Sunset At Key West”
"Sunset At Key West"
Exhibit B – Entitled “Get Out Of The Road”
"Get Out Of The Road"
Exhibit C – Entitled “Under The Lights At Camden Yards”
Under The Lights At Camden Yards
Exhibit D – Entitled “What Is This Doing Here?”
What Is This Doing Here?
Note on this one – I did not take this picture – I have some pictures somewhere that I never got developed from Almaty, but in lieu of this, I “borrowed this one from online”.
Exhibit E – Entitled “Overlooking The Office”
Overlooking The Office
Exhibit F – Entitled “Blue Sky-Scraper Thinking”
Blue Sky-Scraper Thinking
Exhibit G – Entitled “I Hear Them ” (Margaret River Nativity Scene – December 2006)
"I Hear Them"
More randomness as I see fit….
06
May
09
Waterloo Sunset
I know… a weak title. I put up a few pictures about six weeks ago, but here are some more…
Large Benjamin
Living For The City
Sun Down Over West End
Red Filtered Sunset
10
Apr
09
And some of the good ole’ UK
The Beloved and I are off to Bonny Scotland this summer, but will be leaving a ferocious unfed Rottweiler / Pitbull cross in the hallway for anyone who thinks he’s hard enough….
So to get me in the mood, some picture of UK scenery etc. for the blog. Starting above with Cambridge.
Sunset over Hunstanton Beach…
The sun goes down over the Fens….
Live from the top of Portland Bill…
Looking east along the Dorset coast from Portland Bill.
Chesil Beach from the road between Weymouth and Bridport
Oi, Gull. Get Out Of My Way!!! At Lyme Regis
Looking east from Lyme Regis….
The beauty of the Derbyshire Dales in the Summer. Taken near Castleton.
Castleton from Peveril Castle
Another (above) of the Dales…..And finally, the road to nowhere…
10
Apr
09
Remembering Vermont – Pictures
Some pictures for this Good Friday of one of my favourite places in the United States. The beautiful state of Vermont, where I spent a couple of days last September. I particularly loved Burlington, a great town by the banks of Lake Champlain and I would love to return one day to the home of the Vermont Lake Monsters.
First up, a visit to the home of Unilever, sorry hippy liberals Ben and Jerry’s in Waterbury… This list of ice creams is on their entrance hall… I think.
I did dig the graveyard for the flavours though… that was clever. Vanity precludes me from revealing the face of Dmitri Old, while the Beloved is not to be shown online, so here’s a gravestone sans person…
On to Burlington, and a visit to Centennial Field for the Vermont Lake Monsters against the Tri-City Valley Cats (from Troy, NY)… Here is the field with the lights on…
DA MEAT HOOK!
We hit the road for a drive up through the Champlain Islands. A dull picture, I know, but here is a photo of the road over to the islands from the mainland.
We went on a boat trip on the Lake, and here’s a picture as we came out of the sheltered port at Burlington.
Looking Back to Burlington from Lake Champlain.
And an attempt to convey the sunshine on Lake Champlain
Burlington from the Lake…
I’ve done a sunset over Lake Champlain bit in the header above. Here is a larger picture…
A waterfall at the lovely town of Middlebury on the way south from Burlington.
There was a couple of nice shops in Middlebury, and also a very impressive church in the centre of the town. We also visited a very good country fair with excellent tastings.. Here is the church.
The waterfall from the side…
Two days in Vermont, and it was great. And in the meantime – Go Lake Monsters!
16
Mar
09
Sunday In London
Some pictures from a lovely Sunday afternoon in London town… It was a beautiful, glorious afternoon as I took the beloved on the Thames Clipper up to the London Eye…
Tower Bridge, of course…
St. Paul’s Cathedral…
Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, House of Scoundrels, Rogues and Ponces more like…. From the top of the Eye..
Sun goes down over London – taken on the way down in the London Eye…
The House of Scoundrels as the sun goes down…
Waterloo Sunset….
Eye Eye….
28
Jan
09
Just For Mr O
Cape May Lighthouse on a Sunset Cruise…
Like it Mr O?
11
Jan
09
Photos Of Stop 4…. Key West.
So we got on the boat after Cozumel to be told it was too windy to dock in the Bahamas. So we returned to Key West where I got a little intoxicated again – as I had done the week before when we visited it before the cruise.
Photos…
1. En route – Land Ahoy. Cooooooooobbbaaaaaaaa
2. Duval Street, Key West…
3. Church
4. Parrot
5. Silly Drink
7. Big Boat
I have pics from last year as well….
9. Boat
10. House
11. Bar
12. Sunset
To Belize.
A match report will be forthcoming, but for now, some pictures from the only (brief) time we stepped on to the Central American mainland (before whizzing off to the northern cayes)
Above – coming into Belize City from our tender vessel
There is something about the colour of that sea that gets to you every time. None of that off Southend.
I like this one because you can see the waves breaking on the reef behind this other snorkelling trip’s vessel. We snorkelled with stingrays at this location.
Front Street, San Pedro. The main mode of transport, and probably main cause of death, is golf carts.
The pilot boat /tender goes back to port as the sun sets over Belize
And another..
Sunset over the mountains as we leave Belize for our next stop…. Cozumel.
18
Oct
08
Yawn…Another Sunset…
This time from Surfer’s Point, Western Australia…. One of the world’s premier surfing venues – but for this genteel soul, it was more a case of a west facing coast, and some decent waves to snap against…
A little flash as I try the sun setting by an over-hanging rock!
From behind the rocks..
From the car park, with just a touch of red filter…
Super-size picture over the beach….
18
Oct
08
New Header Photograph
The picture above was taken on he morning of 4 September 2008 at Pelham Lake, Rowe, Massachusetts. The full version is reprinted below…
It is truly a beautiful spot in the far north west corner of Massachusetts, near the border with Vermont. The previous evening the area had been lashed by thunderstorms and a few days later a tropical storm’s remnants rumbld through.
Here is a sunset from about 20 miles down the road from Rowe, looking out over the town of North Adams.
And this from the other side of this hill/mountain in Florida County.
More photos from my trips up there to follow over the next few months!
30
Sep
08
Nice Part Of The World….
I’m in posting photos mood…. tonight, Alghero in Sardinia, where I went for a weekend sojourn in December 2007.
A view of the town across the bay / marina.
I see the Christmas Lights in the Old Town.
All along the watchtower – towards the Grotto.
The Grotto – they wouldn’t take the boats out to go visit….
Half-light….looking south.
And the inevitable sunset pictures…
My thanks to Sir Peter, my travelling colleague, for four of these shots (1,2,3 and 6)
22
Sep
08
Sunset Cruising…….
A few more pictures of sunsets… tonight’s cruise around Cape May furnished me with some lovely shots…
The sun goes down over the Delaware Bay…
I know – red filter overload…..
The Cape May Lighthouse….
Sunset Beach ceremony from the water….
The Cape May Ferry Delaware sails off into the sunset for Lewes….
20
Sep
08
Burlington Dmitri
Ah yes, Lake Champlain, a hopelessly jingoistic boat cruise with decent beer. At the time I was one day out of dodgy inflamed toes, and a week away from acute otitis media, in this rack and ruined body of mine. The cruise was nice, but the sunset after an agreeable meal in the Daily Planet was also very nice. Photo time!
The pretty town of Burlington from Lake Champlain. According to the boat commentator, the forces of Benedict Arnold sneaked past us Brit while we were drinking tea. Yes, right.
Sunset over the marina in Burlington. The red filter is on, the sun is setting behind the clouds over the Adirondacks in New York State.
Here is a more close-up picture with more of a blue filter on it…..
I liked Burlington, Vermont. Very nice town.
18
Sep
08
Sunset Beach – 17 September 2008
In a rare sortie out of the flat due to this abominable earache and infection in my neck, I went down to the beautiful ceremony held every night at Sunset Beach in Cape May. Every night they lower the flag at the beach, usually in memory of a member of the armed forces (tonight in honour of a member from Delaware), at sunset and play God Bless America and Star Spangled Banner. It may seem a little twee to some outsider’s eyes, but I find the patriotism and remembrance very touching – and importantly genuine.
Tonight they also had a beautiful sunset. I’ve appended a couple of photos below…
