Skies & Seas

The distinctive shapes of RAF Stenigot on the horizon of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The tower remains, used as a practice base for the RAF Aerial Erector School. The four saucers (Tropospheric Scatter Dishes once used for the NATO Ace High communication system) have been pulled down and were rusting in a nearby field. Three are reported to have been broken up for scrap in October 2018.

Contrails caught in the setting sun, River Thames near Kew Bridge, London

The remains of a tree, sculptured by the sea, washed up on a beach on Antigua in the Caribbean. The volcanic island of Monserrat can be seen on the horizon

The Giudecca Canal which separates Venice from the island of Giudecca on the left. Photo taken from the tower of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore across the canal from St Mark`s Square

Cruising up the Yorkshire coast with Filey Brigg prominent in the centre (FSX screenshot)

Scarborough Castle from across the North Bay, with Paradise to its right (Chapter 15)

Goa, India in 1994

Corbière Point in the south west corner of Jersey. A magical place and a favourite backdrop for Jim Bergerac (Ch 10)

“Under the deep sky that`s squatting so close over us tonight, you`d think it was trying to hatch us`. Bruce Cockburn `You pay your money and you take your chance` 1981. Photo near Lincoln circa 1988

Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House under threatening skies, March 2016. Jo and I got married at this very spot called Copes Lookout in Kirribilli.