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2025-11-30: The Columbarium, Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds Extract from the National Heritage List for England: Columbarium. Dated 1933, dedicated July 1934. …

2025-11-30: Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds

2025-11-30: Dawn breaking over a petrol station on Otley Road, Leeds

2025-11-30: Dawn breaking over Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds

2025-11-22: Ireland Wood, Leeds

2025-11-08: Goldenacre Park, Leeds

2025-11-07: Goldenacre Park, Leeds

2025-11-03: Priestley Hall, Leeds

2025-10-25: 1 City Square, Leeds

2025-10-25: Post Office building, no longer used as a Post Office, Leeds

2025-10-25: Stylish cafe in Leeds Art Gallery

2025-10-25: Ireland Wood, Leeds

2025-10-23: Roundhay Park, Leeds

2025-10-22: Ireland Wood, Leeds

2025-10-21: Roundhay Park, Leeds

2025-10-11: AI Roe Deer in Ireland Wood, Leeds

2025-09-26: Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds

2025-09-26: Ireland Wood, Leeds

2025-09-26: Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds

2025-09-26: Ireland Wood, Leeds

2025-09-21: Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds

2025-09-21: Wells Walk, Ilkley

2025-09-10: Ireland Wood, Leeds

2025-09-04: Ireland Wood, Leeds

2025-07-06: Bugio, Portugal

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2025-05-03: Our local supermarket

2025-03-06: Jardins do Palácio Marquês de Pombal, Oeiras

2025-03-06: Palácio Marquês de Pombal, Oeiras

2025-03-06: Jardins do Palácio Marquês de Pombal, Oeiras

2025-03-02: Caldas da Rainha

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2025-01-11: Cais do Ginjal

2025-01-11: Elevador Panoramico da Boca do Vento

2024-12-29: Paço d'Arcos

2024-12-21: Carcavelos

2024-12-21: Bosque da Galiza

2024-12-12: Parede

2024-12-09: Parede parish church

2024-12-01: The Christmas experience in Lisbon

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2024-11-20: The Fort of Sao Lourenco do Bugio in Oeiras

2024-11-07: Paco d'Arcos

2024-11-06: Paco d'Arcos

2024-10-30: Lisbon

2024-10-27: Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian (CAM)

2024-10-26: Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian (CAM)

2024-10-20: Hotel dos Templarios, Tomar

2024-10-20: Castelo de Almourol

2024-10-17: Hipster overlooking the River Tagus

2024-10-17: Cais do Ginjal

2024-10-17: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso (Cacilhas)

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2024-10-17: Cacilhas

2024-10-16: Convento de Cristo, Tomar

2024-10-16: Tomar

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2024-10-01: Cruz Quebrada

2024-10-01: Alges

2024-10-01: Crossing the River Jamor at Cruz Quebrada

2024-10-01: Alges

2024-10-01: Alges Station

2024-09-28: Badajoz, Spain

2024-09-27: Badajoz, Spain

2024-09-22: Oeiras

2024-09-06: Gíjon

2024-08-23: Parque Palmela, Cascais

2024-08-23: Parede

2024-08-22: Parede

2024-08-17: Oeiras

2024-08-17: Paco d'Arcos

2024-08-14: Carcavelos

2024-08-09: Oeiras Marina

2024-08-07: Parede

2024-08-03: Ferry to Cacilhas

2024-07-13: Belém

2024-07-13: Adega Belém The adega is an urban winery close to the tourist attractions of Belém. They only have a few years …

2024-07-09: Standing stones, Carcavelos

2024-07-07: Oeiras Marina

2024-07-07: Praia de Carcavelos

2024-07-07: Oeiras Marina

2024-07-07: Praia de Carcavelos

2024-07-07: Carcavelos The sea view from the park now permanently restricted by the seafront development of a health centre …

2024-07-07: Parede

2024-07-03: Estoril

2024-07-02: Cascais

2024-07-02: Estoril

2024-06-29: Trafaria Ferry

2024-06-29: Trafaria

2024-06-29: Trafaria Ferry

2024-06-29: Escultura de Luz, Belém

2024-06-29: Belém

2024-06-29: Datsun car

2024-06-29: Belém

2024-06-28: Jardins do Palácio Marquês de Pombal, Oeiras

2024-06-28: Carcavelos Winery in Oeiras

2024-06-28: Jardins do Palácio Marquês de Pombal, Oeiras

2024-06-22: Parede

2024-06-22: Villas del Mar

2024-06-22: Parede

2024-06-22: Avenidas Novas

2024-06-21: Avenidas Novas

2024-06-21: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

2024-06-21: Avenidas Novas

2024-06-18: Parede

2024-06-16: Oeiras

2024-06-16: John Shop, Oeiras

2024-06-16: Modern house, Oeiras

2024-06-16: Oeiras

2024-06-16: Fig tree, Oeiras

2024-06-16: Jardins do Palácio Marquês de Pombal, Oeiras

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2024-06-16: Snail collector, Oeiras

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2024-06-13: Parede

2024-06-11: Bay of Cascais

2024-06-11: Monte de Estoril

2024-06-11: Cascais

2024-06-11: Bay of Cascais

2024-06-11: Cascais

2024-06-10: Clare's garden

2024-06-07: Oeiras

2024-06-06: Oeiras Marina

2024-06-06: Paco d'Arcos

2024-06-06: Oeiras

2024-06-06: Santo Amaro

2024-06-06: Parede

2024-05-31: Portalegre Green door

2024-05-31: Portalegre

2024-05-30: Portalegre

2024-05-30: Portalegre The biggest plane tree in the world.

2024-05-30: Portalegre Municipal market.

2024-05-30: Portalegre

2024-05-30: Hotel Palacio Portalegre

2024-05-30: Quinta da Fonte Souto

2024-05-30: Portalegre

2024-05-30: Portalegre Sé Catedral de Portalegre

2024-05-30: Portalegre

2024-05-29: Portalegre

2024-05-26: Casa Reynaldo dos Santos e Irene Virote Quilhó dos Santos

2024-05-22: Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisboa

2024-05-22: Parede

2024-05-21: Parede

2024-05-20: Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisboa We saw Falstaff, the final opera performed at TNSC Lisbon before it closes for several years of …

2024-05-17: Parede Two garden chairs and table

2024-05-17: Oeiras O Reis

2024-05-17: Estoril The bathing season has officially started.

2024-05-13: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Pre-opera drinks in Gulbenkian garden. (Madame Butterfly from the Met.)

2024-05-13: Jardins do Palácio Marquês de Pombal, Oeiras Volunteers dressed in mid-eighteenth century fashion for a party in the gardens of the Palacio …

2024-05-13: Jardins do Palácio Marquês de Pombal, Oeiras The Marqueses de Pombal taking a stroll in their gardens.

2024-05-09: Mérida, Spain 2024 A device on a door in the Parador.

2024-05-09: Mérida, Spain 2024 Panel from La China, a derelict department store in the Plaza de Espana.

2024-05-09: Mérida, Spain 2024 Puente de Lusitania

2024-05-08: Mérida, Spain 2024

2024-05-08: Mérida, Spain 2024 Plaza de Espana

2024-05-08: Mérida, Spain 2024

2024-05-08: Mérida, Spain 2024 Templo de Diana

2024-05-08: Mérida, Spain 2024

2024-05-08: Mérida, Spain 2024 Templo de Diana

2024-05-08: Mérida, Spain 2024 Alcazaba de Mérida

2024-05-08: Mérida, Spain 2024 Ponte Romana de Mérida

2024-05-08: Mérida, Spain 2024 Alcazaba de Mérida

2024-05-08: Mérida, Spain 2024

2024-05-07: Mérida, Spain 2024

2024-05-07: Mérida, Spain 2024 Plaza de Espana

2024-05-07: Mérida, Spain 2024 Ponte Romana de Mérida

2024-05-07: Mérida, Spain 2024

2024-05-07: Mérida, Spain 2024 Teatro Romano de Mérida

2024-05-07: Mérida, Spain 2024

2024-05-07: Mérida, Spain 2024 Ponte Romana de Mérida

2024-05-07: Mérida, Spain 2024 Plaza de Espana

2024-05-07: Mérida, Spain 2024 La China, a derelict department store in the Plaza de Espana.

2024-05-03: In and around Parede, Mayday 2024 __

2024-05-02: Jardins do Palácio Marquês de Pombal, Oeiras

2024-05-01: In and around Parede, Mayday 2024

2024-04-28: Alges

2024-04-28: Dafundo

2024-04-28: Passeio Maritimo

2024-04-28: The fort at Cruz Quebrada, a cruise liner just arriving.

2024-04-28: Lighthouse at Caxias

2024-04-28: Crossing the River Jamor at Cruz Quebrada

2024-04-28: Aquarium Vasco da Gama in Dafundo

2024-04-28: Alges

2024-04-28: Parque dos Anjos, Alges

2024-04-28: Alges Station

2024-04-24: Santo Amaro

2024-04-24: Orchid

2024-04-24: Statue of Calouste Gulbenkian in the grounds of the arts complex that bears his name, Lisbon 2024

2024-04-24: Aqueduct in the park of the Marqueses de Pombal, Oeiras 2024

2024-04-24: Lichen = clean air, Oeiras 2024

2024-04-24: Garden of the Marqueses de Pombal, Oeiras 2024

2024-04-24: Parede, 2024

2024-04-24: Hidrofoil Surfer, Parede 2024

2024-04-24: Parede, 2024

2024-04-24: Wires, 2024

2024-04-22: Cacilhas, 2024

2024-04-19: Capela do Paço da Bemposta

2024-04-18: In the grounds of the palace of the Marqueses de Pombal, Oeiras 2024

2024-04-18: Parede Beach, early Spring 2024

2024-04-03: Journey's End, Estoril 2024

2024-03-13: Trilho da Ribeira das Vinhas, Cascais [Lumix GX9, Snapseed]

2024-03-12: Trilho da Ribeira das Vinhas, Cascais [Lumix GX9, Snapseed]

2024-03-12: Trilho da Ribeira das Vinhas, Cascais [Lumix GX9, Snapseed] I can’t help but see a face in the facade of the building at the top.

2024-03-12: Trilho da Ribeira das Vinhas, Cascais [Lumix GX9, Snapseed]

2024-02-26: Oeiras, Portugal

2024-02-12: Lisboa, 2024

2024-02-09: Parede, February 2024

2024-01-24: Parede, Portugal - January 2024

2024-01-11: Estoril

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2023-12-14: Parede, Portugal iPhone SE edited in Snapseed

2023-11-13: Tiled wall of a private house in Faro by twentieth century “originalist” Manuel Gomes da Costa. …

2023-11-08: Agave, apparently. All around. I’m terrified they might wake up one dark damp night.

2023-11-08: Faded modernism in Parede

2023-11-08: Three leaf clover

2023-11-08: Today’s view of the sea

2023-11-08: New museum in Parede

2023-11-08: New museum under refurbishment in Parede

2023-11-04: Parque Morais, Parede

2023-11-04: Parede

2023-11-01: Saint Sebastian says hi!

2023-11-01: Catering & Eugenia

2023-11-01: Igreja de Sāo Juliāo, Setúbal

2023-10-29: Estoril

2023-10-29: Bay of Cascais

2023-10-29: Watching the volleyball in Cascais

2023-10-29: Parede

2023-10-29: The Atlantic Ocean, from Parede

2023-10-18: Parede

2023-10-18: Eduardo das Conquilhas, Parede

2023-10-18: Parede beach

2023-10-18: Parede beach, mid-October 2023

2023-10-18: Adamastor café, Parede

2023-10-18: Parede beach

2023-10-12: Villas del Mar

2023-10-12: Parede

2023-10-10: Parede, Portugal - iPhone SE

2023-10-10: Miradouro de Santa Luzia, Parede

2023-10-09: I took this snap of the Bay of Cascais. I used my ancient Minolta Rokkor 40mm lens (from my Minolta …

2023-10-07: Arcade, Faro

2023-10-05: Toy train in Faro

2023-10-01: Quinta Real de Caxias

2023-10-01: Parede, beyond is the Bay of Cascais

2023-10-01: Modernist block falling into disrepair, Caxias, Portugal

2023-09-30: Harvest moon, September 2023

2023-09-28: Streets of Lisbon, Portugal 2023

2023-09-23: Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais

2023-09-18: Mallorca, 1980s

2023-09-17: Oeiras Marina

2023-09-17: Oeiras Pool

2023-09-17: Oeiras Marina

2023-09-17: Santo Amaro

2023-09-15: Searching for a digital colour aesthetic that corresponds with my mind’s eye. This is a highly …

2023-09-13: Cascais, 2023

2023-09-11: Parede beach, summer 2023

2023-09-09: Parede, Portugal

2023-09-09: Garden in Parede

2023-09-05: Igreja da Memória, Belém

2023-08-31: Blue moon sinking over the Bay of Cascais on the last day of August 2023

2023-08-26: Monument in Parede to the pioneers of powered flight who made the journey from Lisbon to Rio de …

2023-08-26: Chalet Mariana Costa, Parede

2023-08-25: Japanese shrine, Tokyo 2000

2023-08-24: Japanese shrine, Tokyo 2000

2023-08-21: I know of only two craft beer places on the Oeiras/Cascais estuary. This one in the marina at Oeiras …

2023-08-20: New moon over the Bay of Cascais

2023-08-19: Parede

2023-08-19: Modernism in Parede

2023-08-19: Mural by Notart, Parede

2023-08-19: Brutalism, Parede

2023-08-19: Serious photographer snapping paddle-boarders

2023-08-19: Very low tide, Parede

2023-08-19: Old folks’ home, Parede

2023-08-19: Best modernist house in Parede

2023-08-19: SMUP (Music Society) - Parede

2023-08-19: Mural, Parede

2023-08-14: Bay of Cascais from Parede

2023-08-10: The cat had a bath today. He’s clean, but exhausted.

2023-08-10: Estoril, 2023

2023-08-01: Highly recommend this white wine from Portugal.

2023-07-28: Lady remonstrating with entitled idiot in black car blocking road.

2023-07-28: Tree stump in the park at Estoril, close to James Bond’s favourite hotel in Portugal.

2023-07-28: Not everyone is looking forward to the Pope disrupting our lives in Portugal next week.

2023-07-27: Rocking the black sock look, Lisbon

2023-07-27: Moonrise over Saldanha, Lisboa

2023-07-27: Grown-up ladies dressed in pink, having lunch together before going to see the Barbie movie.

2023-07-27: Chamite de Perola, Avenidas Novas Lisbon

2023-07-23: Faro, Portugal

2023-07-22: Near Sāo Bento, Lisbon

2023-07-20: Rua Vale, Lisbon

2023-07-19: Hospital de Jesus, Lisbon

2023-07-13: Weird building on Avenida da Liberdade, Lisbon

2023-07-12: Avenida da Liberdade

2023-07-04: Lisbon from Paço d’Arcos

2023-07-04: Paço d’Arcos, Trafaria on the other side of the estuary

2023-06-29: Faro, shrouded by smoke from Canadian forest fires.

2023-06-20: The marina at Faro

2023-06-10: Probably the best bourgeois restaurant in Lisbon

2023-06-09: Bay of Cascais

2023-06-02: Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisboa

2023-05-28: Esta fonte mandou fazer o povo deste lugar com licença do senado era de 1736. This public font was …

2023-05-28: Parque Municipal de Oeiras

2023-05-28: Palace Marques de Pombal (Palácio do Marquês de Pombal)

2023-05-23: Villa in Parede, Portugal

2023-05-04: Clare

2023-05-04: Seventieth birthday official portrait.

2023-04-12: Work has started on the rehabilitation of this historic military site in Parede. There are now two …

2023-04-12: Historic military site in Parede

2023-04-09: War memorial, Oeiras

2023-03-19: The view from Salazar’s office in a fort on the Bay of Cascais.

2023-03-19: Giant Asparagus, Cascais

2023-03-19: The Bay of Cascais

2023-03-14: I miss Génève, but Paço d’Arcos has its own ‘jet d’eau’.

2023-03-14: Paço d’Arcos

2023-03-12: Marques Pombal, Oeiras

2023-03-12: Mysterious lady, Oeiras

2023-03-12: Pelourinho, Oeiras

2023-02-25: From an exhibition at MNAC in Lisbon. Work by Portuguese artist Veloso Salgado, “de Lisboa a …

2023-02-24: Marques de Pombal

2023-02-22: Cascais, February 2023

2023-02-02: Oeiras in February sunshine.

2023-01-28: Arco da Vila, Faro, Portugal Amazing sculptural quality to the arch, incorporating the earlier mediaeval city gate.

2023-01-27: Faro, Portugal

2023-01-25: Faro. January 2023 beautiful, but so cold.

2023-01-25: Faro - so cold this January 2023.

2023-01-22: Cascais trail, just a few hundred yards from the municipal market.

2023-01-22: Babbling brook, Cascais. January 2023

2023-01-22: Winter lambs, Cascais.

2023-01-10: Cascais, Portugal Our house not quite visible in top left-hand corner.

2023-01-10: Cascais, Portugal

2022-07-21: Freguesia de Alcobaça

2022-07-17: Alcobaça, 2022

2022-07-17: Even the rear of the monastery is impressive.

2022-07-17: Mosteiro de Alcobaça, 2022

2022-07-17: Alcobaça. Perfect spot for leisurely reflection.

2022-07-17: Water font in the wall of the monastery at Alcobaça, 2022.

2022-07-17: Junta de Freguesia de Alcobaça

2022-07-17: Mosteiro Alcobaça

2022-06-11: Villas del Mar

2022-06-11: Villas del Mar, Parede

2022-04-20: Mosteiro de Alcobaça, 2022

2022-04-15: Mosteiro de Alcobaça at dawn, 2022

2022-04-15: Mosteiro de Alcobaça, 2022

2022-02-18: Praia dos Ingleses [English Beach], Porto, February 2022 New York is just over the horizon.

2022-02-18: Ateneu Comercial do Porto, February 2022 An old-fashioned gentlemen’s club. There is a terrific and inexpensive restaurant open for lunch …

2022-02-18: Porto, February 2022

2022-01-24: Alcobaça, January 2022

2022-01-22: In and around Parede, January 2022

2022-01-08: Lisbon, January 2022

2022-01-08: Basílica de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires, Chaido, Lisboa, January 2022

2022-01-08: Rossio Railway Station, Lisbon, January 2022

2021-12-14: Avenidas Novas, Lisboa, December 2021 “Avenidas Novas” was the … designation of Lisbon’s expansion … north by the end of the 19th century …

2021-12-14: Avenidas Novas, Lisboa, December 2021

2021-12-13: Avenidas Novas, Lisboa, December 2021

2021-12-13: Not the Avenidas Novas - but close by, Lisboa, December 2021

2021-12-13: Avenidas Novas, Lisboa, December 2021

2021-11-12: Praia das Maçãs, October 2021

2021-11-12: Praia Pequena, October 2021

2021-11-12: Praia Grande, October 2021

2021-11-12: Hotel Arribas, Praia Grande, October 2021

2021-10-30: Atlantic coast in the north of Portugal, 2021

2021-10-27: Casa Belo Horizonte, Praia Nova, Aveiro, October 2021

2021-10-27: Lagoon, Aveiro, October 2021

2021-10-27: Praia da Barra, Aveiro, October 2021

2021-10-25: Praia da Barra, Aveiro, October 2021

2021-10-25: Costa Nova, Aveiro, October 2021

2021-10-25: Dew on the car, Aveiro, 2021

2021-10-15: Clare taking a boat trip around Lac Léman, Geneva, October 2021

2021-10-15: Lac Léman, Geneva, October 2021

2021-10-15: Clare taking a boat trip around Lac Léman, Geneva, October 2021

2021-10-15: Lac Léman, Geneva, October 2021

2021-10-14: Enjoying a craft beer in the autumn sunshine, Geneva 2021

2021-09-27: Lisbon from the south bank of the Tagus, 2021 Our friend Joe enjoys one of the best views of Lisbon from his apartment in Cacilhas.

2021-09-26: Parede, 2021 Note the tiny blackbird, enjoying the sunset.

2021-09-26: Parede, 2021

2021-09-18: Sanlúcar de Barrameda, 2021

2021-09-17: Sanlúcar de Barrameda, 2021

2021-09-16: Sanlúcar de Barrameda, 2021

2021-09-05: Parede, 2021

2021-08-24: Catherine of Braganza, Lisbon 2021

2021-08-24: Ponte Vasco da Gama, Lisbon 2021

2021-08-24: Gil, Expo ‘98 Mascot, Lisbon 2021

2021-08-24: River Tagus, Lisbon 2021

2021-08-24: Parque das Naçoes, Lisbon 2021

2021-08-20: At Adamastor, Parede August 2021

2021-08-19: Modern life. Staring into a screen instead of taking in one of the most beautiful Western European …

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2021-08-09: Palacio Marques Pombal, Oeiras 2021

2021-08-09: Lunch in the square, no cars. Oeiras, 2021.

2021-08-09: Marques Pombal palace and park. Newly renovated fountain. Oeiras, 2021.

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2021-03-19: Connecting a cartridge the right way.

2020-11-02: Doors, Vila Nova da Milfontes, 2017 Milfontes

2020-11-01: Parede, 2017 Detail from house in Parede

2020-10-30: Azenhas do Mar, 2015 Clinging to the cliffs on the western edge of the continent of Europe.

2020-10-30: Sao Pedro do Sintra, 2015

2020-10-30: Cascais, 2015 I love a nicely laid table. This one in the Hotel Albatros in Cascais. And, yes, those are fish …

2020-10-30: Wimereux, 2014 Sunset. Again.

2020-10-30: Trafaria, 2014 The quayside cranes dominate the west-facing view.

2020-10-30: Trafaria, 2014 A colourful seafront in Trafaria.

2020-10-30: Trafaria, 2014 Some very nice places to eat in Trafaria.

2020-10-30: Trafaria, 2014 We hatched a plan to live in Trafaria, across the river from Lisbon. It didn’t survive the week we …

2020-10-29: Regents Park London, 2014 Japanese family enjoying the cherry blossom. Cold early spring day. Minolta Hi-Matic

2020-10-29: Moscow, 2001 One Sunday morning we trudged through virgin snow on the outskirts of Moscow to visit a craft …

2020-10-29: Red Square, Moscow 2001 Olympus OM-2

2020-10-29: Cafe Versailles, Lisbon, July 2020 The first lockdown was lifted and we visited some old haunts. Cafe Versailles is one of the best …

2020-10-29: Cafe Nicola, Rossio Square, Lisbon during first lockdown July 2020 Usually impossible to get a seat on the terrace at this old-fashioned cafe in central Lisbon. During …

2020-10-29: Esposende, Portugal, October 2020 We visited this small town north of Porto on the strength of an article in Monocle. The article …

2020-10-28: Praia Grande, close to the most westerly point of mainland Europe, October 2020

2020-10-28: Mont Blanc, from Lake Geneva, Switzerland, 2019 We were in Geneva on business. Clare took a photo on her phone. It came out dark and gloomy, but …

2020-10-28: Cathedral before the fire, Nantes, France, 2019

2020-10-28: Coffee break, Somewhere in France, 2019

2020-10-28: Saint John of Beverley, my great-great-great-great-grandfather

2020-10-28: Wimereux, la plus belle station du Nord We once owned a weekend apartment in Wimereux. Makes me happy just thinking about it.

2020-10-28: Clare, Kaffee Haus, Lisbon, 2020 Highly recommended if you need a break from Portuguese or bland international cuisine. Authentically …

2020-10-28: Clare, Bangkok, September 2019

2020-10-28: Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, February 2020 Before the pandemic affected the north of England, but with an appropriate sense of foreboding.

2020-10-28: Esposende, October 2020 Nokia 7.2 Snapseed

2020-10-28: Clare at Praia Grande, October 2020

2020-10-28: Hotel Arribas, Praia Grande, October 2020