Look at the conkers we found during a walk through the park today! In my school days we’d have snaffled up every single one of them, but there were hundreds strewn under every horse chestnut tree we passed –…
Browsing Tag
Southampton
This is one of the few buildings in Southampton that didn’t get flattened during the war. I like the little yellow car outside……
When you tell people you live by the sea, they imagine you spend every spare moment with your toes in the sand and eating ice-cream cornets. The little beach we have here in Southampton isn’t quite like that though…
I took this with my mobile phone (Sony Ericsson K800i) and it came out pretty well without me having to tote my SLR around the fairground at night……
I love to walk through the parks in Southampton, they run like a green and tree-filled backbone through the city. They are a lovely way for city dwellers to feel part of nature – there’s always a squirrel willing…
This spooky looking place is Netley Abbey, just outside Southampton. From what I can remember it was built in the 13th century, then Henry VIII came along, “dissolved the monastries” and it was turned into luxury Tudor apartments (some…
This is Castle Towers in the middle of Southampton. Some people call it ugly, but I am rather fond of this brutalist style – especially juxtaposed against the medieval walls and Tudor buildings. Whilst there have been lots of…