Bath, Odd Down. Wild flowers.
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This isn't the sort of panorama I usually take but for once, the Burghers of Bath have done something for our environment which is not only good for our environment and a pleasure to see but, I guess, a lot cheaper than their planted displays. Let's see these wild flowers on all the suburban approaches to the city, like the daffodils in spring.
The Somersetshire Coal Canal was built in 1794 to transport coal from the North Somerset coalfields a...
Combe Down is a 'panorama literate' village (I wonder why?). This was taken for a Community Christmas...
This path, verged with heady wild garlic is a by-way, part of an ancient network which connected town...
A pano-portrait of Don Foster taken on Election Day outside Combe Down Polling Station. He was duly e...
Sunset on a late winter's snowy afternoon. You can see the last red rays of the dying sun on the tree...
This is summer in Summer Lane. Cherry Blossom is one of glorious sights in gardens in the late spring...
This hillside pasture is less than a mile from Bath City Centre. Hector, the ram, is not a very frien...
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