Monthly Archives: May 2023

Only Colour: Durham Pink and Yellow

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Brian
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Mining the Diaries 34: Turkey

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Brian

Lord Kinross Room, Pera Palace, Istanbul, 26th April 1997 Early breakfast and a taxi to the Grand Bazaar.  It should have been a short ride across the Karakoy (Galata) Bridge and then a few streets through the centre, but the … Continue reading →

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Only Colour: Venice Yellow

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Brian
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Only Colour: Burano Red and Blue

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Brian
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Trieste Stumbling Stone

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Brian

“A Stolperstein is a ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literally, it means ‘stumbling stone’ and metaphorically ‘stumbling block’. The Stolpersteine project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to … Continue reading →

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Only Colour – Trieste Fuscia

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Brian

The sign reads: ‘A fuscia handkerchief for every woman killed in a feminicide in Italy from 2021’. There were many more along the rail not photographed. The second picture has nothing to do with the only colour theme, but it’s … Continue reading →

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Only Colour – Trieste Orange

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Brian
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Flatiron Trieste

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Brian

Corner of Via Reti and Via Giosue Carducci, Trieste: Homage to the Flatiron Building and Edward Steichen.

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Fen Landscape – Cottenham Lode and Horse Chestnuts

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Brian
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Mining the Diaries 33: New Zealand

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Brian

Lake Paringa Heritage Lodge, 23rd November 1996 Picked up a car, a Mitsubishi Lancer (RU 2318) at Queenstown and headed out north east through Arrowtown (looking like a gold rush theme park with incongruous red double decker buses).  At Arrow … Continue reading →

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Fen Landscape – Broad Lane

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Brian

Broad Lane, Cottenham, after a passing storm, 10th May 2023.

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Fen Landscape – Cottenham Lode

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Brian

Cottenham Lode during a very wet spring. Compare with post on 23rd August last year, the Lode during a very hot summer.

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Something Fishy

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Brian

A diverting pair of signs on the bank of the River Cam near Bait’s Bite Lock, Milton.  Reflections.  One, I hope the Environment Agency is as keen to tackle sewage discharge into rivers as it is to bring errant anglers … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 32: Spain

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Regina Cristina, Grenada, 18th September 1996 The figures framed by the restaurant windows at breakfast carried umbrellas against a fine drizzle.  It wasn’t cold and, undeterred, we set out to walk up hill to the Albaicin on the north … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 31: France

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Brian

Ferme Bellengez, Grandcourt, 1st April 1996 A day touring British and Commonwealth World War 1 cemeteries: Serre Road Nos 1 and 2 (9,553 burials); Ovillers-la-Boiselle (3,440); Gordon Dump (1,680, including a lone Sikh from Hodgson’s Horse); Redan Ridge Nos1, 2 … Continue reading →

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