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Take these chains from my heart
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Time and tide wait for no man
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The Ivory Gate
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Stairway to heaven
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Pencil sketch of Boughton House
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Felbrigg Hall Norfolk (paintshop version)
Boughton House, Northamptonshire
When I'm calling you.
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The Settling Rooms, Market Harborough
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The ancient flower
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I wandered lonely as a cloud
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Underwater cavern
Rushton Hall
Happy Easter
Peterborough Central Park
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Tormented soul
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I could do with a beer
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Lost
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You light up my life ...
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A box of roses for my friends on Ipernity
Black & white in the frame
Where flowers bloom
Why be so negative
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Through the frosted glass.
There is only grey
There are some things that make us all the same.
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Physcodelic heavens
East Carlton country house.
Felbrigg Hall
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Dean Court Hotel.
Cycle of life
Clematis Kaleidoscope
Cool as ice
"Box clever"
Boughton House in water colour
Autumnal Fractal Flower
Another fractal experiment
A Sunday morning daisy doodle
A present for Aggie
A golden oldie....
A funky weed
Let us out of here!!
What time is it?
The Secret Garden
The seasons are confused.
Struggling for survival
Ring of confidence
'Paint' the halls with boughs of holly
Owl butterfly.
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Flodden Wall, Edinburgh.
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There have been several town walls around Edinburgh, Scotland, since the 12th century. Some form of wall probably existed from the foundation of the royal burgh in around 1125, though the first building is recorded in the mid-15th century, when the King's Wall was constructed. In the 16th century the more extensive Flodden Wall was erected, following the Scots' defeat at the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513. This was extended by the Telfer Wall in the early 17th century. The walls had a number of gates, known as ports, the most important being the Netherbow Port, which stood halfway down the Royal Mile. This gave access from the Canongate which was, at that time, a separate burgh with its own walls.
The walls never proved very successful as defensive structures, and were easily breached on more than one occasion. They served more as a means of controlling trade and taxing goods, and as a deterrent to smugglers. Throughout their history, the town walls of Edinburgh have served better in their role as a trade barrier than as a defensive one.[1] By the mid 18th century, the walls had outlived both their defensive and trade purposes, and demolition of sections of the wall began. The Netherbow Port was pulled down in 1764, and demolition continued into the 19th century. Today, a number of sections of the three successive walls survive, although none of the ports remain.
The walls never proved very successful as defensive structures, and were easily breached on more than one occasion. They served more as a means of controlling trade and taxing goods, and as a deterrent to smugglers. Throughout their history, the town walls of Edinburgh have served better in their role as a trade barrier than as a defensive one.[1] By the mid 18th century, the walls had outlived both their defensive and trade purposes, and demolition of sections of the wall began. The Netherbow Port was pulled down in 1764, and demolition continued into the 19th century. Today, a number of sections of the three successive walls survive, although none of the ports remain.
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