Tag: UK

Up, down and across

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bird on a fence
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guy on a run
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Thomas Atwood on steps
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water on stairs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: steps indoors and out.  Mine happen to be all outdoors.

For more steps and stairs, click here.

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They made it happen

The carpet salesmen

This gilded tribute to the three men who made Birmingham great,  – referred to alternatively as The Carpet Salesmen or The Three Wise Men – is the city’s thank you to  James Watt, William Murdoch and Matthew Boulton.  They certainly used a lot of gold.

A Photo a Week.  For more gilded photos (literal or otherwise) click here.

Do you notice the arch?

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Road near Idstein in the Taunus, Germany
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Under a bridge in Edinburgh
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The gate to the bridge crossing the Rhine in Worms, Germany
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An old archway in Oberursel, Germany

For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.  This week I found some archways.

More streets, roads, paths, and avenues can be found here.

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Where Romans no more tread

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Cilurnum was a fort on Hadrian’s Wall, today it is known as Chester’s Roman Fort in Northumberland.  The roads leading through the fort and trading post can still be made out amongst the excavated foundations.

Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.  For more roads, alleys, paths, and streets can be found here.