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  1. SIJ - Day 15  Rough seas test the sea defences at Torcross

    SIJ - Day 15 Rough seas test the sea defences at Torcross

    This is Torcross at the southern end of Slapton Sands. The shingle ridge and the village are vulnerable to a combination of high spring tides and strong or gale force east or south east winds. The defences were built after a severe storm in 1979 damaged many of the houses you can see, smashing...
  2. SIJ - Day 14   First Light

    SIJ - Day 14 First Light

    Just a short walk across one field (half way to the estuary) to catch the pre dawn. The trees are a line of Small-leaved Limes (the Linden tree), prehistorical pollen records suggest this had been the commonest tree in the UK, now rather uncommon and a sign of an ancient woodland. Most were...
  3. SIJ - Day 13   Sunrise

    SIJ - Day 13 Sunrise

    OK, so it's only just 09:00 hours and here I am posting my photo for the day. I went out to my Landrover earlier to get my wellies for a morning walk and suddenly saw my photo for the day forming as the sun rose. It meant waiting a few minutes on what has been our coldest dawn this winter, and I...
  4. SIJ - Day 12  Mooring Lines

    SIJ - Day 12 Mooring Lines

    More grey, featureless skies today, so back to the minimalist approach and seek out something more graphic in nature. Nothing much else to say really, a case of letting the photograph speak for itself.
  5. SIJ - Day 11  Tranquil dawn at Newbridge Quay, Kingsbridge Estuary

    SIJ - Day 11 Tranquil dawn at Newbridge Quay, Kingsbridge Estuary

    I had thought about photographing at this spot later in the morning with a different viewpoint trying to catch the ebbing spring tide flowing under Newbridge. However having had my breakfast and one cup of tea the sky looked just too good to resist and since this site is hardly more than a mile...
  6. SIJ - Day 10  Calm seas lap Slapton Sands

    SIJ - Day 10 Calm seas lap Slapton Sands

    With the clearance of this mornings flat grey cloud and drizzle I drove the 5 miles to Slapton and took a series of photographs I had planned beforehand. I then had a snack and a pint of cider in the Queens Arms and found I had to waste some time in the memorial car park waiting for a local Post...
  7. SIJ - Day 09  Anyone fancy a fishing trip

    SIJ - Day 09 Anyone fancy a fishing trip

    Another unremitting grey day, there was the promise of a sunny period or two after lunch but judging by the sky, no chance, so here's a safety from late this morning when I took a short walk down to the creek. A piece of junk really, not sure that I've done it justice. A shot in a few days time...
  8. SIJ - Day 08 Deep in a Devon lane

    SIJ - Day 08 Deep in a Devon lane

    As I walked one mid winters morning, it was a grey and uninspiring day (with apologies to Laurie Lee). A few minutes up the lane past my cottage and I joined the 1000 year old royal carriage road. I didn't take many photographs this morning, most were different to one another and none really...
  9. SIJ - Day 07 A Necklace of Barbed Wire

    SIJ - Day 07 A Necklace of Barbed Wire

    I had attempted a shot at this location, just 300 yards from my cottage, on day 1. Then I had aligned the camera at 90 degrees to todays shot, also included more background which was not really out of focus enough given that this lens only opens up to f/5.6. Also conditions were overcast and the...
  10. Slapton church steeple

    Slapton church steeple

    The steeple of the church in Slapton with (in early January) noisy pairs of Jackdaws claiming nesting sites behind the slatted openings.
  11. Lych Gate cottage

    Lych Gate cottage

    On the right hand side of the church steps in Slapton is Lych gate cottage, this being the entrance to it.
  12. The Church Steps

    The Church Steps

    These steps ascend to the lych gate of the church in Slapton being at the end of "Church Steps" lane.
  13. A lane in Slapton called "Church Steps"

    A lane in Slapton called "Church Steps"

    This lane leads to the lych entrance to the church which is reached by a flight of steps, hence the name.
  14. SIJ - Day 06 The Tower, Slapton

    SIJ - Day 06 The Tower, Slapton

    After yesterdays dramatic seas it was a much quieter day today. It being Friday I had my usual lunch of fish and chips washed down with a pint of cider in the Queens Arms at Slapton, but caught an earlier bus and did some strolling around photography before it clouded up. Slapton was already a...
  15. Curious Bullock

    Curious Bullock

    This guy grabbed my attention on my way to todays SIJ shoot, but he ended up in here and not in the SIJ. He's in a steep field on the leeward side of the Start Point peninsula, although very exposed here if the wind turns easterly.
  16. SIJ - Day05 Rough conditions at Peartree Point

    SIJ - Day05 Rough conditions at Peartree Point

    This is Peartree Point looking back towards Start Point Lighthouse. This is a good area for Atlantic Grey Seals and I was amazed that what I took to be a piece of driftwood bobbing around just beyond the rocks that are immediately in front of my position turned out to be a seal, then I saw a...
  17. SIJ - Day04 Start Point radio masts

    SIJ - Day04 Start Point radio masts

    These two masts rise 450' into the air and the transmitter was opened by the BBC in 1939. The nearest mast is the transmitter, the far mast the reflector. In 1944 their roles were reversed and this became the only transmitter in the UK to broadcast radio services to the troops serving with the...
  18. SIJ - Day03 The 09:15 from Dartmouth

    SIJ - Day03 The 09:15 from Dartmouth

    The 09:15 from Dartmouth, due Plymouth 11:32 taken passing through East Charleton at 10:15 with Julie at the wheel, thankfully only about 3 minutes late since I'm out in the elements in my neighbours garden. I had four shots on the shortlist today, all trying to catch the storm, but I'm not...
  19. SIJ - Day02-Stone Gate Pillar

    SIJ - Day02-Stone Gate Pillar

    This gate has seen better days, the pillar will outlast it I suspect, however it still functions as I had to go through it to set up for this shot, another with the Voigtlander 12mm Super Wide-Heliar at f/8, processed with Bibble Pro 5.2.2
  20. SIJ - 01- Reflected Gate

    SIJ - 01- Reflected Gate

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