Fishing the Inland Sea

A small fishing boat is seen heading for home across the Inland Sea between Honshu and Shikoku islands, Japan.

 

Passing Train

Sanjo Cho is suburban district of south west Takamatsu in Japan. We have visited our friends there on a number of occasions and this path took us across the railway to Youmetown which was a large out of town shopping mall.

No doubt, Damian, you will let me know if I have failed to remember correctly the name of the shopping centre!

 

Sunk

A scene that’s familiar to those who walk their dog alongside the Dee estuary in kirkcudbright, is this old timber fishing boat that has been decaying gradually for as long as we’ve known the town, and at high tide it has waves lapping around twice a day as it settles sadly into the river bank. Once you could read its name but even that has weathered away.

 

Doi Suthep Temple

This beautiful temple in northern Thailand was a place of pilgrimage and there was a steady stream of visitors quietly coming forward to make an offering or to say a silent prayer.

 

Thai Flora

A colourful corner of the gardens at the Doi Suthep Mountain Temple in northern Thailand.

 

Brighouse Bay

The shore line can be a colourful place as this scene taken at Brighouse Bay shows.

 

At the Summit

Friends and ardent campaigners for preserving the pristine beauty of Southern Scotland, Janet and Robin, are seen standing at the summit of Fuffock Hill.

I have accompanied then on this walk several times and the views south over the coastal region make the effort to reach the summit very worth while.

 

Cosmos Festival

Our friends are gathered here for a photo after an evening visit to a floodlit flower festival in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan.

 

Mountain Temple

Northern Thailand is beautiful with its forests and waterfalls. Here we were visiting the Doi Suthep Mountain Temple with its gardens and architectural delights.

 

Agra Roadside

This is a reworking of one of my favourite photos taken in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, India.

The town had the character of the wild west and in presenting it as a monochrome with a narrow depth of field helps to reinforce that perception. The treatment also gives it the appearance of a stage or film set.