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Beautiful places in main land Britain

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Mr Average by Andy Mercer

Featured in RB group “UK Visions” Sept 09 Art from the world of lawns and offices. Artists have always used the materials of their time.. they forged iron and steel. Today many people live and work surrounded by office machinery and it seems right to bring these into the artistic process… as some are already doing. Photocopier poem I like to take a drawing and play about with it.. in this case I put a simple pencil sketch it through a low cost copier ! I like the grainy feel the copier gives this. The original is a pencil drawing and quite delicate this feels quite different. For me this feels a bit like a Warhol… because the FAX process roughens and de-personalises the image. I would put the Mona Lisa through a copier just to see what comes out at the other end. I like the idea that I could FAX this to anyone anywhere and they would receive an original FAXED version. So if you talk to me nicely I might be persuaded to FAX you a copy of this work ! The original FAXED work was on that thin fax paper that darkens with age.. and so it will not last very long.. so in effect this image only now exists on my hard drive and on sites like this. So anyone ordering the online version is getting the nearest thing anyone can get to an original. Ok.. I’ll keep taking the pills. ;)
Halstead Railway Viaduct 2 by Munggo

Halstead Railway Viaduct, Essex England.
Spikes by Richard Veal

Hand Held capture of a section of some railings leaning against an old hut to the rear of Buckfastleigh Steam Train Station, Devon, England, where we also had the pleasure of meeting up with Jay Lethbridge and his family. / A wonderful time was had by all. Best Viewed Large. Below is the B&W version. Which do you prefer? / I prefer the tinted one as there is more contrast. Image Info. / Pentax K110D. / Pentax 18-55mm lens. / ISO 200. / f/5.6. / 1/90th second.
THE FEN by j.p. Howley

LINCOLNSHRE U.K.

Recent Work

Trees at Buttermere by JamieGreen

I loved the way the exposed roots made it look like the tree was about to go for a paddle in the Lake..the other trees waiting to see who’d go first. / Sony Alpha 350 DSLR single RAW tonemapped in Photomatix / Buttermere in the English Lake District 9th Nov 2009
Boundary Of Naturist Beach by Steve & Lesley

Please View Large Just my luck – no-one on it!!! Brighton beach captured in the summer of 2009 with the East Pier in the far distance. Nikon D300 / Sigma 24-70mm
Portpatrick Harbour by Jonesy7

Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, South West Scotland
Brighton Pier, Sussex by Steve & Lesley

Please View Large This is just a reminder of where I will be as of tomorrow night (away for five days) visiting Lesley’s daughter and son in law who of course live in Brighton. Nikon D300 / Sigma 24-70mm
St Michael's Mount, Cornwall by Steve & Lesley

Please View Large Wikipedia © The chapel is extra-diocesan, and the castle is the official residence of Lord St Levan. Many relics, chiefly armour and antique furniture, are preserved in the castle. The chapel of St Michael, a fifteenth century building, has an embattled tower, in one angle of which is a small turret, which served for the guidance of ships. Chapel Rock, on the beach, marks the site of a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary, where pilgrims paused to worship before ascending the Mount. A few houses are built on the hillside facing Marazion, and a spring supplies them with water. The harbour, widened in 1823 to allow vessels of 500 tons to enter, has a pier dating from the fifteenth century and subsequently enlarged and restored. / Some studies indicate that any rise in ocean waters as well as existing natural erosion would put some of the Cornwall coast at risk, including St. Michael’s Mount. St Michael’s Mount is still owned by the St Aubyn family, but visitor access is controlled by the National Trust. There is a row of eight houses at the back of the present village; they were built in 1885 and are known as Elizabeth Terrace. A spring supplies them with water. Some of the houses are occupied by staff working in the castle and elsewhere on the island. The island cemetery (currently no public access) contains the graves of former residents of the island and several drowned sailors. There are also buildings that were formerly the steward’s house, a changing-room for bathers, the stables, the laundry, a barge house, a sail loft (now a restaurant), and two former inns. A former bowling green adjoins one of the buildings. One of the most noteworthy points of interest on the island is the underground railway, which is still used to transport goods from the harbour up to the castle. It was built by tin miners around 1900, replacing the pack horses which had previously been used. Due to the steep gradient, it cannot be used for passengers. The National Trust currently does not permit public access or viewing of the railway. / The harbour, widened in 1823 to allow vessels of 500 tons to enter, has a pier dating from the fifteenth century which was subsequently enlarged and restored. Queen Victoria landed at the harbour from the royal yacht in 1846, and a brass inlay of her footstep can be seen at the top of the landing stage. King Edward VII’s footstep is also visible near the bowling-green. In 1967 the Queen Mother entered the harbour in a pinnace from the royal yacht Britannia. Featured in – Natural In The UK – 14th November 2009 / Featured in – Dimensions – 16th November 2009 Nikon D300 / Sigma 24-70mm
You What!! by Steve & Lesley

Please View Large Saw this barometer in Mousehole, Cornwall and it read as follows:- Rope Moving – Windy / Rope Still – Calm / Rope Wet – Raining / Rope Dry – Sunny / Rope White – Snowing / Rope Invisible – Fog / Rope Gone – Gale Force 10 Great sense of humour! Nikon D200 / Sigma 18-200mm
Gweek, Cornwall by Steve & Lesley

Please View Large On our recent travels around Cornwall we stumbled upon Gweek. What a wonderful setting this was. Featured in – Going Coastal – 13th November 2009 Nikon D200 / Sigma 18-200mm
Egglestone Abbey, County Durham by Steve & Lesley

Please View Large Wikipedia © Egglestone Abbey is an abandoned Premonstratensian Abbey on the eastern bank of the River Tees, 1½ miles (2.5km) south-east of Barnard Castle in County Durham, England, at grid reference NZ061151. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire. The site buildings are protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and they are maintained by English Heritage, Admission is free, and the opening Hours are 10am – 6pm. The Abbey was founded in the late 12th century at some point between 1168 and 1198. The founders were the Premonstratensians who wore a white habit and became known as the White Canons. The followed a code of austerity similar to that of Cistercian monks, unlike monks of other orders, they were exempt from the strict Episcopal discipline. They undertook preaching and pastoral work in the region (such as distributing meat and drink). They chose the site for the abbey was chosen because of its isolation, close proximity to a river and the supply of local stone for its construction. In common with many of the early monasteries, the original church at Egglestone Abbey was enlarged, and partly rebuilt, about one hundred years later, it is this later church that survives today. The abbey was always poor and at times had difficulty maintaining the required number of canons (twelve – from the twelve Apostles). Egglestone Abbey was to suffer at the hands of Scottish invaders and the rowdy English army who were billeted there in 1346 on their way to the Battle of Neville’s Cross. The Abbey was dissolved in 1540 by king Henry VIII, the lands were granted to Robert Strelly in 1548, who converted some of the buildings into a great private house that was abandoned in the mid-19th century. Eventually, much of the abbey was pulled down and some of the stonework was used to pave the stable yard at the nearby Rokeby Hall in the 19th century. / Other Premonstratensian Abbeys include; Shap Abbey in Cumbria and Easby Abbey in North Yorkshire. Featured in – Historic Places – 14th November 2009 Nikon D300 / Sigma 24-70mm
The Shadows Fall by JamieGreen

Buttermere, Lake District National Park, Cumbria,England / Taken on my recent walk around the lake…I spent ages trying to work out why the far point was the only part on that side in shade, the shadows being enhanced by the reflection… / By the time I reached the far side, most of it was in shade… / Sony Alpha 350 DSLR single RAW tonemapped in Photomatix 18-70 lens
Above Feshiebridge by JamieGreen

The River Feshie in the Cairngorm National Park, Scotland. / See The River Feshie at Feshiebridge / This was taken from the bridge looking upstream. / Sony Alpha 350 DSLR HDR 3 shots autobracketed and tonemapped in Photomatix.
Spring is here by sfoxphotography

The sun is shining, walking through the bluebells & may blossom – gorgeous!!
Mainland Courtyard At Tintagel by Brian Mellor

This is the mainland courtyard at Tintagel in Cornwall, England. / The castle was built in two parts…....the shot is taken from the ‘Island’ part. The island is connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway which is constantly eroding.A wooden bridge (modern) now spans the eroding chasm linking it to the mainland.Its original name was ’ Din Tagell ’ which means fortress of the narrow entrance. / The mainland and Island courtyards are of medieval construction built by Earl Richard of Cornwall after he acquired the land in 1233. / The island section was once a dark age settlement with foundations of early stone buildings, the approach to which was protected by an earth and stone bank and ditch defence.It is this dark age period which links Tintagel with the legend of King Arthur…..Arthur is now thought to be a dark age warlord after the Romans left Britain around 406 to 410 AD. / Previous to this, there is evidence of a 3rd to 4th century hamlet on the island section. Very little is known about this period at Tintagel but it is thought to be a fortress of the Cornovii tribe that inhabited the area during the Roman period. / The castle is now in the safe keeping of English Heritage. / This has got to be a ‘must see’ site for anyone visiting Cornwall. There are a lot of steep climbs but the views are spectacular, not only of the history, but also of the Cornish coastline. / 172 views

About This Group

This group will help us in the research of a wider art project…

The proposal.
To hitch-hike Britain visiting the most beautiful areas and land marks to create a visual diary of the travels and sites that are visited.

What can you do to help?
Give us your beautiful places… be it a national trust park, top of a mountain, the bottom of a cave, a tower block in Croyden or simply your own back garden or bedroom, we want to know about it. Why is it so beautiful to you? The view, sentimental reasons, somewhere you can escape to? The only restriction is that they have to be in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland)

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