David G Johnson's photos

At only two hours forty minutes fly time from the storms and grim winter of the UK... here is a blue sky scene from a quiet residential back road of.. 'Calle Sierramar' lined each side with exclusive villas'.. north of the town of Nerja'... Andalucia.

The small chrome fence seen here - surrounds a hole of around 1 metre diameter where on 12 January 1959, local boys from the nearby village of 'Maro', discovered the now world renowned ''Nerja caves'' system. Today these caves are one of the biggest attractions in the region and contain the widest naturally-formed column in the world, at 32m high and 13x7m at its base - formed by the merging of a stalagmite and stalactite.

Not a very exciting fence.. but here is the sun rising over a distant headland..viewed from a hilltop near to the village of 'Maro'....Andalusia .... the small tower on the horizon is ''Torre de Caleta'... one of many old defence towers scattered along this coast.

North of the resort of 'Nerja' Spain, are the mountainous Sierras of 'Tejeda', 'Almijara' and 'Alhama' Natural Park' .. here are four pics. from a relatively easy walking stretch along the 'River Chillar' The flow varies according to the weather conditions at the time.. on this occasion it was mostly a stream - deepening to knee height in places.

An into the sun shot - and pictured from the Eastern cliffs of the 'Burriana beach' at 'Nerja' - Spain.. young walkers and an older man gaze down from a rock outcrop.

A photo from the beach - to the background 'Balcón de Europa' a large round balcony on a cliff in the Andalusian town of Nerja, Spain. It has spectacular panoramic views of the 'Sierra Almijara' mountain range and the coast with its beautiful beaches, sandy coves and rocky outcrops. In the 9th century the watchtower of an Arabic fortress existed on the site of the balcony. Today - its location in the centre of the town is close to a number of cafés shops and hotels and the bustling atmosphere of this unspoilt tourist town.

Nostell Priory house was built during 1733 by 21 year old James Paine for Sir Rowland Winn and is home to a large collection of Chippendale furniture, and other furnishings all made for the house - and remain in situ today. The park occupies 121 hectares (300 acres) of parkland and gardens with lakeside walks - a gatehouse, through wildflower meadows. Pictured here is the lower lake of three - with the boathouse on the left - and bridge.

I came across this robotic shelf stock scanner in a local store..and having an interest in things technical - and finding out how these things work .. I snapped it's actions. [ Lucky - that I had a spare camera in my pocket !! ] It appears that they are becoming more widely used among stores. The machine will travel the length of every aisle then turn and proceed along the next .. scanning and recording the stock contents of shelves. Shoppers do not need to move out the units' way.. as it will steer around them - then carry on with it's job. It will record the shelf stocks of the whole store automatically ...the operator with the laptop is only observing the machines progress .. Dj.

A view of 'Praça Primeiro de Maio'' in.. 'Castro Marim'.. Portugal.. from October the 8th. 2019. A surprising coincidence of almost crossing paths... as ''Xata'' (Isabel) posted a detail close up of the yellow fronted building during November 2019... Posted on a 'palindrome' date of.... 02/02/2020 which backwards reads... 0202/20/20

The beautiful scenic views along a footpath track between the villages of 'Eyam' and on towards 'Foolow' in Derbyshire... were interrupted by some interested grazing stock...

A shadowy photo' ..of two shady characters lurking around - taken from the 'Forte de São Sebastião', in the old town of 'Castro Marim' - Portugal... with the view over the town .. and towards the castle. Have a splendid 'Happy fence Friday' everyone, and 'Good wishes' from... David J'.

The old telephone booths of the past get fewer.. not all are removed from the site.. here in the village of 'Old Brampton' near Chesterfield - this booth has been adapted to make a local book exchange. The sign on the door reads... ''Please come in''

The 'First Direct Arena' featuring world known big name stars.. is an entertainment focused arena in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The arena 'officially' opened in September 2013 with Sir Elton John, playing to an audience of 12,000. Bruce Springsteen had, however, held the 'first' concert on 24 July 2013. The building has been nominated for both the 2014 'Carbuncle Cup' for the ugliest building of the previous 12 months, and conversely as one of England's greatest landmarks. The 'PIP' shows the B+W version from November 2016.

'Birchinlee' is the site of a village built by the Derwent Valley Water Board for the workers and their families who constructed the Derwent and Howden Dams between 1902 and 1916. Most of the workers had previously been engaged in the construction, in Wales, of the Elan Valley Reservoirs where the accommodation was very basic. At Birchinlee, a "model village" was built; its infrastructure included hospitals, school, canteen (pub), post office, shops, recreation hall, public bath house, police station, railway station, rubbish dump with incinerator, and much else. The population rose to 900 people.// [Wiki] Although overgrown - the patches of levelled ground where the roads and houses once stood.. can still be seen today amongst the trees .. [Dj]

The overflowing 'Derwent Reservoir' in the Upper Derwent Valley - Derbyshire,. The River Derwent flows first through 'Howden Reservoir', then 'Derwent Reservoir' and finally through 'Ladybower Reservoir'. Between them they provide practically all of Derbyshire's water, as well as to a large part of South Yorkshire and as far afield as Nottingham and Leicester 60 miles south. Construction began in 1902... the filling in 1914 and dam overflowed for the first time in 1916. [Wiki] The first fence of 2020... 'keep well' and 'best wishes' to everyone here... from.. David J'.