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Some are haunted, others are haunting. Who knows? This could be both. Whoo, whoo. Available to buy from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures soon.
The view from just over the wall opposite St Peter's Church, Stourton into Stourhead Gardens. That iconic Palladian bridge there with The Pantheon beyond. Quintessentially England. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures
A windy day, a shed and a wheelbarrow. The perfect conditions for airing trousers. And, as we all know, trousers need the occasional airing. Available to buy from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures soon.
So there you've stood for decades and along comes some glassy new edifice to spoil the view. Buildings have feelings too, you know. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures
Today's crazy paving is a load of bollards. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures
The sign at the famous coaching inn at Mere, Wiltshire, UK. Or it was. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures
A spiritual message and a lot of cobbles. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures
Chatsworth House is a stately home in Derbyshire Dales of England, 3.5 miles north-east of Bakewell and 9 miles west of Chesterfield. The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has belonged to his Cavendish family since 1549. In the foreground is the famous Emperor Fountain. It is on record as having reached the height of 90m (300ft). It is gravity fed and powered simply by the pressure of water dropping 122m, through a 40cm iron pipe. Available to buy from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures soon.
"Funiculì, Funiculà" is a Neapolitan song composed in 1880 by Luigi Denza to lyrics by Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. Before Mount Vesuvius last erupted in 1944 they moved it to Saltburn-by-Sea in Yorkshire, UK, just In case. There they called it, more prosaically, a tramway. None of this is quite true but it's still a finicular railway. So there. Available to buy from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures soon.
A fishing smack rests on the sand and mud at low tide within the safe haven of Staithes harbour, Yorkshire, UK. Available to buy from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures soon.
Scarborough harbour on the east coast of Yorkshire. Boats stranded on the mud at low tide. One of them must be Dutch. Maybe not, but picturesque nonetheless. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures
The harbour wall in Scarborough at low tide. Helpless small boats. Something should be done. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures
If you look very carefully in Salisbury there is this spirey thing sticking up into the sky. Lots of photos show a big churchy building stuck to the bottom of it. All very well and good but it's a distraction from the main event, I say. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures
In a side room in Salisbury Cathedral there is a prism. It slowly turns and as it does so various facets of the place are revealed. This is just one. Available to buy from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures soon.
Christchurch, New Zealand. The very point of shopping. Available to buy from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures soon.
In Melbourne, Australia just beyond the nicer bits of the harbour there is a flyover. This is held up by towering concretes structures. As seagulls fly about a bit. Available to buy from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures soon.
It is traditional in the Catholic Church to eat fish on fridays. We eat it on other days just to show them. Available to buy from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures soon.
As we drove over the Jura towards Geneva we stopped for a bite at a small cafe and stretched the old pins a bit. This was just up the road on the left. Available to buy from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures soon.
There's this sleek new building near The Botanical Gardens in Geneva, Switzerland. But it was such a cloudy afternoon I just couldn't get a clear shot at it. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures
Not a way of looking at life. Merely a pretty serious pedestrian walkway in Geneva, Switzerland. Over the railway lines to the platforms with parking for invisible bicycles along the way. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures
No, not a line from 'My Favourite Things' out of 'The Sound Of Music'. Just a photograph of some rooftops in windows. In Switzerland. Across the road from the Von Trapp family's place. Probably. Available to buy from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures soon.
Steaming at pace along the waterfront, we passed this non-descript building. With towels. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures
It is not well known but The Ascension was re-enacted in Sherborne, Dorset only last year, on Easter Sunday around eight minutes past twelve. With the original cast and a more powerful rocket this time. Quite a show, it was. Buy it from my fine art printing & framing site at worldwidewayman.pictures