Photos and occasional pomes

Tag: Colour

  • Matchstick men

    The scene looks serene.
    Matchstick people on the sands,
    Not swimming – too cold.

    Always amazing how eerily still it can feel, with a fog on the hills and an almost calm sea. A beach on the west coast of Ireland

  • View through a door

    Through the arched doorway
    Myths of legendary Kings,
    Arthurian legend.

    Tintagel in Cornwall is allegedly the seat of King Arthur, of round table and Merlin fame. The castle ruins are quite spectacular, but the way out through this particular door is not for the faint hearted.

  • King Canute

    Unstoppable force
    Set free by the wind and tide.
    Boy stands defiant

    Taken during a stormy day at Scarborough on the east coast. I was waiting for a decent wave to photograph, and saw King Canute here facing down the seas. Needless to say, a fraction of a second later he was totally soaked. Wave 1 : Boy 0