Cambridge, 2014.

By the Cam during the Bumps today.

An Edinburgh shop window at Easter.

LATER

Nice note from Michael Dales pointing out that “Edinburgh shop windows don’t reflect Scotland, just what Scotland thinks tourists willing to spend money think Scotland thinks of itself :)”

Seen in a street in Liverpool.

Mullaghmore is one of my favourite spots on the West coast of Ireland. We often stop there and take a walk on the beautiful curving beach with Ben Bulben as a background. It’s also the place where Lord Mountbatten and three family members plus a local boy were murdered by the IRA in 1979. In a significant visit, Prince Charles visited Mullaghmore today. It’s not clear whether he also visited Classiebawn, the castle that was his great-uncle’s holiday home.

Classiebawn is one of the most memorable houses in Ireland. It was built for Lord ‘Gunboat’ Palmerston and is a bit like a Disney castle which sits on what is probably the most exposed headland on the Sligo coast. I once took this photograph of the road to it on a glorious winter’s day. The house is the speck in the top left of the picture.

From Truth Facts

Same tree, different lighting.

Every year our crab-apple tree surprises us by exploding into blossom. It’s vivid in the morning. But until this evening I hadn’t noticed that it’s striking even at night.

Photographed with an iPhone 6.