Sea salt pans fed by Esteiro de Maria Nova in Portugal (close to Faro and Parque Natural da Ria Formosa). We visited in mid September, you wouldn’t want to walk far without a hat (if you can keep it on your head in the wind) or without a bottle of water, let alone in the height of the summer – I doubt evaporation is a problem.
—Stephen G. Hipperson—
—Stephen G. Hipperson—
—Stephen G. Hipperson—
100s if not 1000s of locks attached to this pedestrian bridge over the River Wye at Bakewell. The bridge takes people from the main car park to the town centre – where you can purchase the famous Bakewell Pudding – or buy another lock to add to the bridge.
—Stephen G. Hipperson—
—Stephen G. Hipperson—
This Little Egret was taking advantage of the fish stranded by the recent flooding of the River Wharfe near Wetherby. A few years back these birds would have attracted a small crowd of ‘twitchers’, but they seem to be quite well established in the UK now.
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This labrador didn’t need much persuasion to jump in to fetch it’s ball – though I suspect it delibrately ‘misplaced’ it’s target in an attempt to get even more swimming time (like you do!).
—Stephen G. Hipperson—
—Stephen G. Hipperson—
This is one ‘No Fishing’ sign I’ve never seen disobeyed. Nowadays, fishing poles can be 16 metres long and bearing in mind these poles are made of carbon fibre an angler would certainly be dicing with death.
—Stephen G. Hipperson—
Looks as if the mole’s town planners are as good ours at the moment … see a bit of green and build a house on it. AND, in this case, they also seem to be ignoring the basic good sense of avoiding flood plains as this field regularly floods every year.
—Stephen G. Hipperson—
Stephen G Hipperson 