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The crew of the engine on the "evacuee" train, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh

School children with WW2 anbulance

School children at Buckfastleigh experiencing some aspects of WW2

School children at Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway re-enacting the WW2 evacuation

Low tide pool on Mattiscombe Sands

Mattiscombe Sands, south Devon, UK

A stream issues onto Mattiscombe Sands, south Devon, UK

A stream issuing above the beach at Mattiscombe Sands, south Devon, UK forms a small waterfall

A cleft in the rocks, Mattiscombe Sands, south Devon, UK.

Near the tide line on Mattiscombe Sands, south Devon, UK

Mattiscombe Sands, south Devon, UK at low tide

An isolated small rock on Mattiscombe Sands, south Devon, UK

This shows the classic layers of Schist that occurs in the rocks at Start point in south Devon, UK

A scanned negative from Voigtlander Bessa R with 25mm f/4 Snapshot Skopar, HP5 film

A scanned negative from Voigtlander Bessa R with Voigtlander 50mm f/2.5 Color Skopar, HP5 film

Scanned from an HP5 negative, Voigtlander Bessa R, Voigtlander 35mm f/2.5 Color Skopar, developed in LC29 at 1+29 dilution

Scanned from an HP5 negative, Voigtlander Bessa R, Voigtlander 35mm f/2.5 Color Skopar, developed in LC29 at 1+29 dilution

Scanned from an HP5 negative, Voigtlander Bessa R, Voigtlander 35mm f/2.5 Color Skopar, developed in LC29 at 1+29 dilution

This is the scene above the lane up the hill behind my cottage

Higher Ley, Slapton, south Devon

in the naaaaaaame of love......... I was feeling playful today being the last day of the SiJ challenge so I decided to recycle an old idea and took this image for my last entry in SiJ.

This is a mere 150 yards up the lane from my cottage. It's the outflow of a small spring fed reservoir, virtually all the houses in the village (about 30) use this water as their water supply. This supply was gifted to the village by the last owner of the Charleton estate, the Marquis of...

The colour version of my SIJ - Day 30 entry

Ghost Dog Was really strapped for time today and this was the best I could do about 15 minutes before day 30 ends.

A very difficult choice today, it was rather wet and I didn't venture beyond my back gate (it's actually in the photograph). Had Chris our local postman made more concessions in his mode of dress to the weather he may well have made it to the SIJ, as it is he'll have to be content with the...

It's a wet, cold day but Chris has made few concessions to the weather, a fleece top and a cap seem to be the only additions. I've seen him in his shorts with frost on the ground. Perhaps Royal mail cut backs mean they only issue their postmen with shorts these days. I did speak to him from my...

Not a great deal to say about this. Local knowledge meant I knew where to find it and the sort of lighting conditions in which to tackle the subject, which was essentially overcast to eliminate the strong shadows that would otherwise have made the shot more difficult. This morning was the morning.

Bolte bridge from the Docklands While I was taking my Day 28 photo in the Docklands, I completely lost track of time and ended up staying there till midnight, and since it's officially the 'next day' I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to take my day 29 photo.

Blackbird in the night I was walking around Melbourne's Docklands when I came across a statue of Graham Kennedy (for the folks not from oz or for the youngens Graham Kennedy used to be a famous TV personality) while I found his statue to be a bit mundane I did find the statue of the bird by...

One of the passageways of Fore Street, Kingsbridge

One of the passageways off Fore Street, Kingsbridge

This is one of three men who were sorting out the rigging of their "Cornish Shrimper" prior to stepping the mast.

Just after sunrise this morning I took a short bus ride into Kingsbridge. From the bus I saw three men working on the slipway on the opposite shore. It turned out they were sorting out the rigging on their "Cornish Shrimper" prior to stepping the mast and launching the boat...

Soltitude I originally took this shot for the weekly challenge with the soltitude theme, I wanted the viewer to look into an empty beach, a jetty and a street devoid of any life and give the viewer a feeling of solace.

Oh dear, some of the things you see when you look beneath the facade.

This is Squeeze Belly Lane in Kingsbridge, one of the narrowest public thoroughfares in the UK. The person in this shot is at about the narrowest part.

This lane might be the narrowest thoroughfare in the UK, it's certainly close to it. This is the top end where it widens out a bit.

This is Clive, one of our local bus drivers and the husband of Mo (My favourite "barperson" day 25) waiting at Kingsbridge with the 09:15 from Dartmouth, departing Kingsbridge 10:30, arriving Plymouth 11:32. Clive has already done an early run Dartmouth-Kingsbridge-Dartmouth and after...

Lest we forget

Yet another quick post breakfast dash up the hill behind my cottage, thankfully not all the way this time. This is the next to last (it was an equally quick dash home to avoid the last) of the early morning blustery showers after some heavy overnight rain. Could it be that the ghost of that...

As usual propping up the bar at The Queens Arms, Slapton

Landlady Sandra at The Queens Arms, Slapton confirms with my my choice of usual "Addlestones" glass

Into the light I took this photo as a candid when she was leaving the shop, I wasn't sure what the camera settings were or if it was even in focus, I was surprised how turned out so I decided to use this as my day 25 image.