David G Johnson's photos

Around Madeira and here.. in Portugal are what must be literally billions !! of these individual paving bricks... and whole roadways sometimes consist of them. I once did a movie of the skilled ''calceteiros'' tapping each one singly into the wet mortar by hand. The pattern seen here - where the black tiles meet the white - forms an illusion where the ground appears to form a 'hump' in the centre - when in actual fact the pavement here... is perfectly flat.

Taking a nosy around.. as I was..a lone figure wanders the platform of the seemingly unused 'Monte Gordo' rail station.. but it is far from unused. The office - toilets and waiting rooms are long closed and sealed up.. but a timetable is in place and passengers regularly arrive to travel along the single rail which runs from the town of 'Villa Real de Santa Antonio' in the East - all the way - via Faro - to 'Lagos' the most Western stopping point...a total of 135 km - 86.7 miles. We used the train service ourselves.. going from 'Monte Gordo' to 'Tavira' .. a most comfortable journey of around 35 minutes.

A view taken from the 'Fort de São Sebastião', over the small town of ' Castro Marim' -Portugal.....with the castle on the horizon... Some history information shows that 'gruesome' tortures .. happened in that castle !!

A series of anti erosion fences.. within the dunes and vast sandy beaches of the.. Eastern Algarve.. gem... 'Monte Gordo'

A walk and photograph from November 2018........ (I need to get out more)........... walking along the 'Hope valley' Derbyshire.. West here from 'Lose hill' along the ridge towards the peak of 'Mam tor'

A modified 'Honda' air cooled - 4 cylinder - with unfiltered carbs - at our local 'Eckington motor cycle show'. Tech. notes.. the 16mm apsc lens used here was fitted with the Sony wide angle converter, made specifically for the F2.8 which has a focal-length reduction factor of 0.75×, the resultant actual focal length is 12mm, equivalent to an 18mm lens - on a 35mm-format camera.

Stanage Edge, or simply Stanage (from "stone edge") is a gritstone escarpment in the Peak District. The northern part of the edge forms the border between the High Peak of Derbyshire and Sheffield in South Yorkshire. Its highest point is High Neb at 458 metres (1,503 ft) above sea level. Areas of Stanage were quarried in the past to produce grindstones, and some can still be seen on the hillside—carved, but never removed... 'Wiki'. ... Beautiful walking for as far as legs can carry you..... ''Have a 'Happy fence Friday' ... from Dj.

In the distance is the gritstone mound..'Higger tor' pictured from ''Carl wark'' a hill fort constructed during the iron age and which may have been fortified at the end of the Roman period... 'Higger Tor' is a dominant landmark popular with walkers in the Dark Peak, in Derbyshire.

Strolling down through a meadow known as ''The Captain'' then continuing through 'Ladybank wood'...leads down into the 'Moss valley' North east Derbyshire....

An assortment of craft - used for tourism.. move across the water below the awesome cliffs of 'Los Gigantes... // An oldie from my Panoramio photo's... Sept - 2010. Picture taken...September 26, 2010 Panasonic DMC-TZ10 ƒ/5 1/400 9.7mm ISO 80

A view pictured during May this year...along the rough track - approaching the old town of Bakewell - This track runs from the now disused and re-surfaced old railway line.. 'The Monsal trail' ''Happy fence Friday'' to everyone... from Dj.

Looking back towards the peak of 'Win hill' from the pathway down to the village of 'Hope'

'Win Hill' - north west of Bamford in the Derbyshire Peak District. Its summit is 462 m (1,516 ft) above sea level and bounded by the River Derwent to the east, the River Noe to the south west and Ladybower Reservoir to the north, with a ridge running north west linking it to Kinder Scout. Seen here - to the right is the peak of 'Lose hill' at 476 m (1,562 ft) with the ridge running left to 'Mam tor' at 517 m (1,696 ft)

A snap from November 2018... a most beautiful and well known hike across the ridge - from 'Mam tor' along to 'Lose hill' ... Edale to the left - and the 'Hope valley' down to the right... ''HFF'' everyone !.... from Dj. 'Compositional footnote'... a Pro' photographer suggested to me, to leave a gate open for a shot as it ''Invites'' the viewer into a photograph..... we closed the gate as we passed through......

A most pleasant walk by the river 'Wye' in the valley of 'Cheedale' Derbyshire.