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In the foreground of this photo, taken in 2007, you can see the stone carved pillar that sits in front of the Kailash or Kailasanatha temple. These are part of the Ellora caves, a World Heritage Site located near Aurangabad. The Kailash temple is the world's largest structure which has been carved out of a single rock. The carving, undertaken in the 8th Century, began at the top of the temple and worked its way downwards using chisels. It is estimated that 200,000 tons of rock were removed.
The Malvern Hills in Worcestershire were another favourite place to walk when I lived in Birmingham. On this day in 1994, I climbed to the highest spot, Worcester Beacon. Although I was all alone, there were just enough other people around to provide a degree of human companionship. If my memory doesn't fail me, the climb took perhaps an hour and a half and was a bit strenuous, but, oh, what a wonderful feeling when the summit was finally reached and the view could be appreciated!
In the 1970's, I spent two years at university in Birmingham. During this time, I often drove into Shropshire to walk in the hills of the Long Mynd. In 1994, I returned to Shropshire for a week, and visited Ledbury, a market town that has many half-timbered buildings as in this narrow lane that is reminiscent of medieval or Elizabethan times.
Another example, also from 2002, of the beauty of the English countryside, this one from Exmoor in Devon.
This photo of Watersmeet was taken in 2002 near Lynmouth in Devon. This was the longest walk we have ever taken. The path took us high above Lynmouth and down again to this lovely spot. On the way back we walked with a very nice English couple, making a perfect end to a perfect day.
This photo was taken at Miracle Beach near Campbell River, B.C. in 2003 when my Nikon digital camera was only one year old. I took the photo looking directly into the sun to see if it would turn out, knowing that doing this would not be possible with my old SLR camera.
I spent the day with my niece, Catherine, while Paul golfed with her husband, Kevin. A long hike in the forest with its tall, tall trees was followed by a beautiful walk on Miracle Beach.
Here we are in 2003 crossing on the ferry from Powell River to Vancouver Island. This was the summer of the terrible forest fires that threatened communities in southern B.C. It was also a summer of beautiful weather for travelling. We were very fortunate not to have lots of rain - so common on the West Coast. In the rain, mountain and coastal scenery becomes oppressive, but in the sunshine there is nowhere more beautiful.
