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[davenash] 17/3/2025 17:58:02

Welcome Back. Freddie. ;o)

[eriktherock] 17/3/2025 17:43:11

You were missed !

[horneblower] 15/3/2025 11:35:08

Well done freddie. Hope ADVFN come to their senses soon.

Small thing...Munich or München, not Münichen.

[freddie01] 15/3/2025 09:08:37

Grand Canal, Venice, Italy







Hereford is a cathedral city and the county town of the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England. It is situated on the banks of the River Wye and lies 16 miles (26 km) east of the border with Wales, 23 miles (37 km) north-west of Gloucester and 24 miles (39 km) south-west of Worcester. With a population of 61,900 in 2024, it is the largest settlement in Herefordshire.







The Dark Gate is a tunnel located under the artificial slopes of Castle Hill near St. Adalbert's Basilica in Esztergom, Hungary. The tunnel is 90 metres long and follows the line of the castle's former eastern walls. The entire tunnel is vaulted and built in Neo-classical style.







Münichen, Germany








Lago Di Como, Italia | by jackmartinphotoart








Ipswich is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, after Peterborough and Norwich. It is 50 miles (80 km) northeast of London and in 2011 had a population of 144,957. The Ipswich built-up area is the fourth-largest in the East of England and the 42nd-largest in England and Wales. It includes the towns and villages of Kesgrave, Woodbridge, Bramford and Martlesham Heath.







Roma








Cinque Terre is a string of centuries-old seaside villages on the rugged Italian Riviera coastline. In each of the 5 towns, colorful houses and vineyards cling to steep terraces, harbors are filled with fishing boats and trattorias turn out seafood specialties along with the Liguria region’s famous sauce, pesto. The Sentiero Azzurro cliffside hiking trail links the villages and offers sweeping sea vistas

[freddie01] 14/3/2025 07:00:16

Finland








Llandrindod Wells is a town and community in Powys, Wales. It serves as the seat of Powys County Council, and is therefore the administrative centre of Powys. The town was historically in Radnorshire.

Llandrindod Wells developed as a spa town in the 19th century, with a boom in the late 20th century as a centre of local government. Before the 1860s the site of the town was common land in Llanfihangel Cefnllys parish. Llandrindod Wells is the fifth largest town in Powys. The population as of the 2021 UK census was 5,602, an increase on the previous census.








Estonia








Bogliasco, Italy








Dubai At Night









Fishguard is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 3,400 (rounded to the nearest 100) as of the 2021 census. Modern Fishguard consists of two parts, Lower Fishguard and the "Main Town". Fishguard and Goodwick are twin towns with a joint Town Council.








Big Buddha Phuket









London

[freddie01] 13/3/2025 06:59:11

Saint Mark's Square - VENICE








Bury St Edmunds commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a cathedral as well as market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The town is best known for Bury St Edmunds Abbey and St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Bury is the seat of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich of the Church of England, with the episcopal see at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. In 2011, it had a population of 45,000. The town, originally called Beodericsworth, was built on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin around 1080. It is known for brewing and malting (Greene King brewery) and for a British Sugar processing factory, where Silver Spoon sugar is produced. The town is the cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk and tourism is a major part of the economy.









Senja, Norway || maxrivephotography









P o s i t a n o









Rouen is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the region of Normandy and the department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the population of the metropolitan area is 702,945. People from Rouen are known as Rouennais. Rouen was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy during the Middle Ages.









Cardigan (Welsh: Aberteifi, is a town and community in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. Positioned on the tidal reach of the River Teifi at the point where Ceredigion meets Pembrokeshire, Cardigan was the county town of the historic county of Cardiganshire. Cardigan is the second-largest town in Ceredigion. The largest town, Aberystwyth, is one of the two administrative centres; the other is Aberaeron.

The settlement at Cardigan was developed around the Norman castle built in the late 11th or early 12th century. The castle was the location of the 1176 Cardigan eisteddfod, precursor of the present-day National Eisteddfod. The town became an important port in the 18th century, but declined by the early 20th century owing to its shallow harbour. The castle underwent restoration in 2014.

The population in 2001 was 4,203, reducing slightly to 4,184 at the 2011 census.









PUGLIA









The Field of Light Uluru is one of Australia’s most spellbinding experiences. Watch as darkness falls and the desert lights up with thousands of swaying stems in a dazzling display of colour. This is Uluru as you’ve never seen it before, and a truly unforgettable experience.

[freddie01] 12/3/2025 06:55:39

Japan






Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply Leamington, is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following the popularisation of its water which was reputed to have medicinal qualities. In the 19th century, the town experienced one of the most rapid expansions in England. It is named after the River Leam, which flows through the town. The town contains especially fine ensembles of Regency architecture, particularly in parts of the Parade, Clarendon Square and Lansdowne Circus. The town also contains several large public parks, such as Jephson Gardens, the Royal Pump Room Gardens and Victoria Park. Although originally founded around its spa industry, Leamington today has developed into a centre for retail, and digital industries, which has gained it the moniker "silicon spa"







Blythe Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in Barston, Solihull

Homes here don't come cheap around here, with an average price tag of a staggering £615,500.








H a l l s t a t t








Palace of Fine Arts in SAN FRANCISCO








Northampton is a town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is situated on the River Nene, 60 miles (97 km) north-west of London and 50 miles (80 km) south-east of Birmingham. Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; the population of its overall urban area was recorded as 249,093 in the 2021 census. The parish of Northampton alone had 137,387.








V e n e z i a








“Tropical Aurora” | Railay beach, Thailand || fpenta

[freddie01] 11/3/2025 07:15:59

Thanks clocktower.





Kerið is a volcanic crater lake located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, along the Golden Circle.








Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of 1.158 million in the city proper. Birmingham borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The royal town of Sutton Coldfield is incorporated within the city limits to the northeast. The urban area has a population of 2.6 million and the wider metropolitan area has a population of 4.3 million, the largest outside London in the UK.









Murud-Janjira is the local name of a famous fort and tourist spot situated on an island just off the coastal town of Murud, in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. Malik Ambar is credited with the construction of the Janjira Fort in the Murud Area of present-day Maharashtra India.







Nature’s Canvas by Steven Lamar








SHIRAKAWA-GO, ŌNO, GIFU, JAPAN







Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centuries. Founded in the early Middle Ages, its city status was formally recognised in a charter of 1345. The city is governed by Coventry City Council, and the West Midlands Combined Authority.[9]

Formerly part of Warwickshire until 1451, and again from 1842 to 1974, Coventry had a population of 345,324 at the 2021 census, making it the tenth largest city in England and the 13th largest in the United Kingdom.








Diamond Head is a volcanic tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. It is known to Hawaiians as Lēʻahi, which is most likely derived from lae (browridge, promontory) plus ʻahi (tuna) because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin. Its English name was given by British sailors in the 19th century, who named it for the calcite crystals on the adjacent beach.








Restormel Castle - Cornwall

[clocktower] 10/3/2025 13:57:28

Wonderful. I never tire of looking at these photos and so many bring back happy memories.

Sadly,I think only Europeans truely apprciate many of these historic plasces- towns, villages, churches, castles and even the countryside.

Thanks f.

[freddie01] 10/3/2025 13:03:44

Thanks Horneblower.

[horneblower] 10/3/2025 10:55:26

Google Lens search says the untitled volcano is in Hawaii.

[freddie01] 10/3/2025 07:03:53

Volcano - Hawaii








Aberystwyth is a university and seaside town and a community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is the largest town in Ceredigion and 16 miles (26 km) from Aberaeron, the county's other administrative centre. In 2021, the population of the town was 14,640.

Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, Aberystwyth means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". It has been a major educational location in Wales since the establishment of University College Wales, now Aberystwyth University, in 1872.








The Dhamar Crater, also known as Dhamar Volcano, is believed to be a volcanic caldera located in the town of Damt in southwestern Yemen.








Drying Steamed Fish. Vietnam







Untitled








Newtown is a town in Powys, Wales. It lies on the River Severn in the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It was designated a new town in 1967 and saw population growth as firms settled, changing its market town character. Its 2001 population of 10,780 rose to 11,357 in the 2011 census, and rose again to 11,362 in the 2021 census.








King Of Wings - New Mexico







Kronstadt is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, located on Kotlin Island, 30 km (19 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, near the head of the Gulf of Finland. It is linked to the former Russian capital by a combination levee-causeway-seagate, the St Petersburg Dam, part of the city's flood defences, which also acts as road access to Kotlin island from the mainland.

[freddie01] 09/3/2025 07:59:49

Morning davenash.

A quick image search agrees with you.

[davenash] 09/3/2025 07:41:14

Morning Freddie -
Pretty sure that 'The White Cliffs of Dover' are actually Old Harry Rocks in Dorset.
Still a beautiful picture though.
Thanks for all your efforts on this & the other threads
Best Regards ;o) D

[freddie01] 09/3/2025 07:28:29

Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland







Wooden Bridges ~ Bridges over Bosnia River ~ Mevludin Sejmenovic







Odda, Norway | tatsolbe








Dudley is a market town in the West Midlands, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Wolverhampton and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Birmingham. Historically part of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. In the 2011 census, it had a population of 79,379. The wider Metropolitan Borough had a population of 312,900. In 2014, the borough council adopted a slogan describing Dudley as the capital of the Black Country,[3][4][5] a title by which it had long been informally known.








Torre de Belém em Lisboa, PORTUGAL









Praça do Rossio (Praça Dom Pedro IV) em LISBOA







S a n t o r i n I









Peterborough is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is 74 miles (119 km) north of London, on the River Nene. As of the 2021 census, Peterborough had a population of 192,178, while the population of the district was 215,673.








The White Cliffs of Dover are the region of English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The cliff face, which reaches a height of 350 feet, owes its striking appearance to its composition of chalk accented by streaks of black flint, deposited during the Late Cretaceous.









Old Windmill , Coventry

The building was originally formed around a tree trunk and was renovated in 1985 to expand the bar area into an outdoor courtyard and an extra room that was a former toyshop. The historic ale house has kept the original features immaculate while keeping its decor to a high standard for customers.

The premises is a Grade II listed building with a history dating back to the 14th century when it was constructed around a tree trunk. The original feature of the fireplace conceals a priest's hole, while the pub had its brewery at the rear until 1930 and is still preserved as a display. It was renovated in 1985 to expand the bar area into an open courtyard and a room that was previously used as a toyshop.

[freddie01] 08/3/2025 07:01:13

Gloucestershire, England photo via elizabeth







Le Château de Chenonceau à Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, FRANCE







Burg Falkenberg - DEUTSCHLAND







Cannock is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverhampton are also nearby. Cannock lies to the north of the West Midlands conurbation on the M6, A34 and A5 roads and to the south of Hednesford and the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Cannock is served by a railway station on the Chase Line. The town comprises four district council electoral wards and the Cannock South ward includes the civil parish of Bridgtown, but the rest of Cannock is unparished.








The Seine Islands, Paris, France: The Seine is dotted with two natural islands, île Saint-Louis and île de la Cité, and one artificial island, île aux Cygnes... The Île de la Cité, 22.5 hectares in size & Île Saint-Louis 27 acres in size. Île Saint-Louis is connected to the rest of Paris by four bridges to both banks of the river and to the Île de la Cité by the Pont Saint-Louis. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the area governor for the Roman Empire. In 508, Clovis I, the first King of the Franks, established his palace on the island (Île de la Cité).








Mount Ama Dablam









Münichen, Germany








Shrewsbury is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Wolverhampton, 15 miles (24 km) west of Telford, 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Wrexham and 53 miles (85 km) north of Hereford. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 76,782.[3] It is the county town of the ceremonial county of Shropshire.

[freddie01] 06/3/2025 07:00:11

Nottingham is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located 33 miles south-east of Sheffield and 45 miles north-east of Birmingham.







Multnomah Falls, Oregon - Copyright © 2008 Scott Wood







Castleton Village, England







Natural harbour, Cornwall, England || Alessio Andreani








King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is 36 miles north-east of Peterborough, 44 miles north-north-east of Cambridge and 44 miles west of Norwich







Český Krumlov, South Bohemia, CZECH REPUBLIC







G D A Ń S K







PARQUE GÜELL - BARCELONA








Norwich is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about 100 mi north-east of London, 40 mi north of Ipswich and 65 mi east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich City Council local authority area was estimated to be 144,000 in 2021, which was an increase from 143,135 in 2019. The wider built-up area had a population of 213,166 in 2019.

[freddie01] 05/3/2025 07:00:38

Derby is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire is named after Derby, which was its original county town.






Château de Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, FRANCE






The Château de Fougères is a castle in the commune of Fougères in the Ille-et-Vilaine département of France. The castle was built on a naturally protected site, a rock emerging from a swamp surrounded by a loop of the Nançon river acting as a natural moat.







Italy






Boston is a market town and inland port in the borough of the same name in the county of Lincolnshire, England.






Meteora Monasteries






Dubrovnik, Croatia | by aroundq






Monet’s Magical Bridge ~ Photograph by Susie Weaver

[freddie01] 04/3/2025 07:01:50

Skegness







Machu Picchu







Diana’s house, Ostia, Italy. Of this insula the inferior floor is conserved, in which stores were located and from which they left the stairs of access to the two or three superior floors.

The insulae [a] were blocks of flats, usually on rent, of several floors in Ancient Rome. They were used by citizens who could not afford to have private homes (domus).








The Northern Lights over Trømso, Norway








Stoke-on-Trent: Gladstone Pottery Museum Inner courtyard of the Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.








Sottoguda, Belluno, ITALIA








S U Ł O S Z O W A - P O L A N D







ART NOUVEAU - ANKERUHR (The Anker Clock) in Vienna, AUSTRIA

[freddie01] 03/3/2025 07:01:14

Crewe is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 55,318 and the built-up area had a population of 74,120. Crewe is perhaps best known as a large railway junction and home to Crewe Works; for many years, it was a major railway engineering facility for manufacturing and overhauling locomotives, but now much reduced in size. From 1946 until 2002, it was also the home of Rolls-Royce motor car production. The Pyms Lane factory on the west of the town now exclusively produces Bentley motor cars. Crewe is 158 miles northwest of London, 28 miles south of Manchester city centre, and 31 miles southeast of Liverpool city centre.







Lofoten







Bolonia







Roma







Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire. It gained the royal charter of a market town in 1227. The town lies in the Maun Valley, 12 miles north of Nottingham. It had a population of 110,500 at the 2021 census. Mansfield is the one local authority in Nottinghamshire with a publicly elected mayor, the Mayor of Mansfield.







Jerash, Jordania







Hensol House,

Pendoylan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom








Segovia - España

[freddie01] 02/3/2025 07:02:03

Lincoln is a cathedral city and district in Lincolnshire, England, of which it is the county town. In the 2021 Census, the city's district had a population of 103,813. The 2021 census gave the urban area of Lincoln, including Bracebridge Heath, North Hykeham, South Hykeham and Waddington, a recorded population of 127,540. Roman Lindum Colonia developed from an Iron Age settlement of Britons on the River Witham, near the Fosse Way road.







P R O C I D A







Dolomites, Italy







Porto







Wrexham







The Matthias Church in BUDAPEST








De Haar Castle in Utrecht, NETHERLANDS








Nijenrode Castle, Breukelen, Netherlands

[freddie01] 01/3/2025 07:03:04

Standing proudly on the banks of the Manchester ship canal, to the south of the Wirral and to the north of Chester, Ellesmere Port is a bustling town with a rich industrial heritage.







Faroe Islands








Rothenburg ob der Tauber








Amsterdam







Runcorn








Tetbury








Downhill House, County Londonderry.








Norwegian roads

[freddie01] 28/2/2025 07:02:31

Louth - Lincolnshire








Bogliasco, Italy








Alesund Norway







London







Bangor is small city in Wales, Great Britain. It is one of the smallest cities in Britain







Puerto Natales - Chile







L I S B O A








Lindos, Rhodes, Greece by nico_cene