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Remains of a Church

The Royal Garrison Church is a ruin along the waterfront in Portsmouth. It was originally built in the 13th century but it was bombed in the Second World War and has not been rebuilt. It sits as a reminder of what has been before while it still has a graveyard around it so remains the resting place of many. The lack of a roof makes for some interesting lighting and the shapes of the walls and windows are more apparent. As I walked back to the station, the church was backlit and I couldn’t help grabbing a couple more shots.

Whitby

In the early 2000s, Nancy and I took a trip up to Yorkshire for a long weekend in February.  We were staying in Pickering and we got there just before a decent snow storm arrived.  By the time the snow started, we were comfortably tucked up in the hotel bar but the following day, any chance of going somewhere was out of the question as the town had temporarily been cut off by the snow.  The day after, the roads had been cleared and we took a drive north.

We ended up spending some time in Whitby.  A historic port town, Captain James Cook first went to see from there.  It has the ruins of an Abbey on the hill overlooking the harbor and the town rises from the water in a style you would expect of such an old English town to do.  We went to a really nice pub for lunch as a recall where we had excellent fish and chips – formulaic I know but still bloody good!  I scanned these images when making a surge through my old film shots so I thought I would go back about 20 years to something from the old country.