PaulOfHorsham's photos

Some of the 7" singles

Can't venture far these days, so it's time to practice a bit with the macro lens. I've not even left the house for this one!

Spring is arriving, so here's some daffodils and a phone box in an English village.

Lined up beside the beach

How to make a wooden table more colourful.

Heading home and I spotted this - works much better in black and white I think, mostly because I just snapped it and the camera gave it more colour than I really wanted.

Frequently awarded the prize for best-kept village in Surrey; the pump has been restored in recent years, although there is, apparently, no evidence that it has ever actually pumped any water.

The "Combat de l'échasse d'Or" is a fight on stilts - the 2 teams line up against each other and are supposed to resemble giants. It would appear that training starts early in life.

A day-trip to Namur and I stumbled across the "Fete de Wallonie", celebrating Belgian independence and Walloon identity.

The walk up from town to the citadel opens up constant views of the Meuse stretching away into the hills to the south.

I climbed the 97-metre tower of St. Rumbold's Cathedral to get a great view of the city and surrounding area. The city flag was flapping in the breeze. It features the lion of Flanders on red and yellow stripes.

Intrigued, particularly by the apparently random inclusion of Windsor on the list of destinations, so I took the photo as I passed and investigated further. It was built in 1794 but, in 1818 a turnpike road was opened between Guildford and Horsham, and the obelisk proved to be an ideal place to locate important road signs. It seems that the Prince Regent passed by en-route from Windsor Castle to Brighton Pavilion (each 31 miles, it seems). Brighton is unseen, but on the right-hand side (with the back having no sign).

An old church encountered on a Thames Path walk through the old docks area of South-East London. This building was completed in 1716, replacing an earlier 12th century church. St. Marys has its own website

Wandered through the quiet cobbled old streets of the old Beguinage in Leuven during my recent visit. Quiet because University term was just about to start - these old cottages are now home to students from the University, so quite possibly things are a little different during term time. Beguines were (mostly) unmarried women who lived a spiritual life in this closed community. Unlike nuns, they were free to marry if they chose.

On the staircase at Leuven University Library Tower.

From the path over Benson Lock on the Thames Path in Oxfordshire. This area regularly features on the coldest places today.

Another delightful scene in the quiet back-streets of Chichester