![](thumb_IMG_8177_11.jpg) Munich February 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_12.jpg) Alte Pinakothek; the access staircase |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_13.jpg) Cranach |
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![](thumb_IMG_8177_16.jpg) Durer? |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_17.jpg) Raphael? |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_18.jpg) Leonardo da Vinci? |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_19.jpg) Lippi? |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_20.jpg) Veronese |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_21.jpg) Josse de Momper; the Ruined Bridge |
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![](thumb_IMG_8177_25.jpg) Canaletto |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_26.jpg) El Greco |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_27.jpg) Murillo |
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![](thumb_IMG_8177_29_35.jpg) The Opera: Turandot |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_30.jpg) Wearing 3D specs with George ... |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_31.jpg) ... Ailien, Irmgard, Roswitha ... |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_32.jpg) ...us ... |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_34.jpg) ... Christa and Paul |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_36.jpg) Walk in the Englische Garten Prinz-Karl Palais |
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![](thumb_IMG_8177_38.jpg) Cootes |
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![](thumb_IMG_8177_41.jpg) The Frauenkirche, from the Kaufhof Cafe |
![](thumb_IMG_8177_43.jpg) At the Paros Tavera |
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![](thumb_IMG_8274t_Bishops_Walthamstow.jpg) Bishaop's Walthamstow The Palace |
![](thumb_IMG_8275.jpg) The kitchen and brewery |
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![](thumb_IMG_8278.jpg) The Keep |
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![](thumb_IMG_8282.jpg) Our bed and breakfast Post Mead |
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![](thumb_IMG_8283_1.jpg) Former Pub in the Village |
![](thumb_IMG_8291t_Winchester.jpg) Winchester Cathedral April 2014 |
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![](thumb_IMG_8292a.jpg) The Nave |
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![](thumb_IMG_8294.jpg) The Chancel |
![](thumb_IMG_8298.jpg) The High Altar |
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![](thumb_IMG_8303.jpg) the North Aisle |
![](thumb_IMG_8304.jpg) Silent II by Anthony Gormley ... |
![](thumb_IMG_8306.jpg) ... in the flooded Crypt |
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![](thumb_IMG_8316t_Petworth.jpg) Petworth House and Park April 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8318.jpg) The Rotunda |
![](thumb_IMG_8319.jpg) The Doric Temple |
![](thumb_IMG_8320.jpg) The House Entrance |
![](thumb_IMG_8321.jpg) The Chapel |
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![](thumb_IMG_8323.jpg) The North Bay |
![](thumb_IMG_8324.jpg) J.W.M.Turner |
![](thumb_IMG_8325.jpg) J.W.M.Turner |
![](thumb_IMG_8326.jpg) by the Le Nain brothers |
![](thumb_IMG_8328.jpg) J.W.M.Turner |
![](thumb_IMG_8330.jpg) Henry VIII after Holbein |
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![](thumb_IMG_8333.jpg) Grinling Gibbons carving |
![](thumb_IMG_8334.jpg) van Dyck |
![](thumb_IMG_8335.jpg) Wellington |
![](thumb_IMG_8337.jpg) van Dyck |
![](thumb_IMG_8339.jpg) The Royal Bed |
![](thumb_IMG_8340.jpg) The park |
![](thumb_IMG_8341.jpg) The front of the House |
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![](thumb_IMG_8347.jpg) Deer in the park |
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![](thumb_IMG_8353.jpg) The Rotunda |
![](thumb_IMG_8760_020t_Whitmore_Hall.jpg) Whitmore Hall with Probus June 2014 |
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![](thumb_IMG_8760_025.jpg) The entrance hall |
![](thumb_IMG_8760_026.jpg) Our hosts: Christine and Guy Cavenagh-Mainwaring |
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![](thumb_IMG_8760_038.jpg) The wall of the old house, encased in the present walls |
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![](thumb_IMG_8760_044.jpg) The gardens |
![](thumb_IMG_8760_045.jpg) The stables |
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![](thumb_IMG_8774_020t_Munich.jpg) Munich Opera Visit June 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8774_021.jpg) The Opera: Bellini, Montagues and Capulets |
![](thumb_IMG_8774_022.jpg) Micky, Gastehaus Brunnstein |
![](thumb_IMG_8775.jpg) Jackdaw Orleansplatz |
![](thumb_IMG_8776.jpg) The Villa Stuck |
![](thumb_IMG_8777.jpg) The Friedensengel |
![](thumb_IMG_8778.jpg) Musik Salon |
![](thumb_IMG_8779.jpg) Stuck: Tochter Mary |
![](thumb_IMG_8781.jpg) Stuck: Blasender Faun |
![](thumb_IMG_8782.jpg) Modern ceiling |
![](thumb_IMG_8783.jpg) Empfangs Salon |
![](thumb_IMG_8784.jpg) Speisesaal |
![](thumb_IMG_8785.jpg) Empfang |
![](thumb_IMG_8786.jpg) Stuck: Tochter Mary |
![](thumb_IMG_8787.jpg) Lunch in the garden |
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![](thumb_IMG_8789.jpg) Walk from Iffeldorf to Seeshaupt |
![](thumb_IMG_8791.jpg) Ostersee with Herzogstand and Heimgarten |
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![](thumb_IMG_8796.jpg) Train: Munich Kochel |
![](thumb_IMG_8797.jpg) Bullfinch |
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![](thumb_IMG_8802.jpg) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker |
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![](thumb_IMG_8811.jpg) Groebensee |
![](thumb_IMG_8812.jpg) The ferry arriving at Seeshaupt |
![](thumb_IMG_8815.jpg) Seeshaupt from the ferry |
![](thumb_IMG_8817.jpg) The lake steamer |
![](thumb_IMG_8818.jpg) Off into the storm |
![](thumb_IMG_8819.jpg) After the rainstorm |
![](thumb_IMG_8821.jpg) Tutzing |
![](thumb_IMG_8822_021.jpg) Cy Twombly, Roses Brandhorst Museum, Munich |
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![](thumb_IMG_8822_023.jpg) Cy Twombly, Battle of Lepanto |
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![](thumb_IMG_8822_027.jpg) The fountain: Orleansplatz |
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![](thumb_IMG_8918t_Buxton_festival.jpg) Buxton Opera Festival July 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8920.jpg) Walk: Solomon's Temple & the Golf Course |
![](thumb_IMG_8922.jpg) Another occupant |
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![](thumb_IMG_8924.jpg) past the obstacle |
![](thumb_IMG_8927.jpg) On the tower |
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![](thumb_IMG_8929.jpg) With friends at the Roseleigh Guest House... |
![](thumb_IMG_8933.jpg) ... Richard L., Clare, Richard M., Ian |
![](thumb_IMG_8933a.jpg) The new pillar in the playground |
![](thumb_IMG_8933d.jpg) Picture in La Brasserie this could almost have been Stephen in Orsay in 1974! |
![](thumb_IMG_9333t_Edinburgh.jpg) Edinburgh & Will's Circus |
![](thumb_IMG_9335.jpg) Will, practising at the Edinburgh Mela |
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![](thumb_IMG_9340.jpg) helper |
![](thumb_IMG_9341.jpg) clever! |
![](thumb_IMG_9342.jpg) juggling |
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![](thumb_IMG_9349.jpg) with Grandma |
![](thumb_IMG_9350.jpg) Sari stall at the Edinburgh Mela |
![](thumb_IMG_9351.jpg) The Castle |
![](thumb_IMG_9352.jpg) at the top of Arthur's Seat |
![](thumb_IMG_9354.jpg) "yes" vote from the distant ski slope |
![](thumb_IMG_9356.jpg) Arthur's Seat |
![](thumb_IMG_9358.jpg) The concluding firework display of the Festival |
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![](thumb_IMG_9361_013.jpg) The Dome Bar |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_210t_Wexford.jpg) Bray and Wexford October 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_213.jpg) Sunrise, from our room |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_215.jpg) The Ulysses Guest House |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_217.jpg) Bray sea front |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_219.jpg) A drone! |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_221.jpg) on the ground |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_247.jpg) Wexford with the opera house |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_249.jpg) The fish quay |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_251.jpg) Cormorant fishing |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_281.jpg) Little Gull |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_313t_Birmingham.jpg) Birmingham for the Ring and the Lickey Hills |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_314.jpg) The Bull Ring Church |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_315.jpg) The Bull decorated for Remembrance Day |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_317.jpg) The view from the hotel |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_329.jpg) The Staffordhire Hoard at the Birmingham Museum |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_337.jpg) The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_342.jpg) The Myako Teppanyaki Restaurant |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_346.jpg) preparation |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_346a.jpg) cooking! |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_348.jpg) The Le Truc Restaurant |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_351.jpg) Birmingham from Rednal Hill |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_352.jpg) The Longbridge Works |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_353.jpg) Wet cobwebs |
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Image: Canon Powershot 210 IS (from October:Samsung Galaxy S5 Phone Camera); web reduction with Photothumb