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Race Rocks Lighthouse was built in 1860 and is the second oldest lighthouse on the Canadian Pacific coast. It cast its first beam of light on December 26, 1860.

It is the only lighthouse on BC’s coast that is constructed of stone. Most of the stone that makes up the tower was quarried in Scotland, while the top third is made from sandstone from nearby Gabriola Island.

One of the most striking features of the lighthouse is its black and white stripes, something no other nearby lighthouses have.

The Canadian Coast Guard automated the lighthouse in 1997. Victoria-based Pearson College continues to staff the station. (orcaspirit.com)

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If you squint, you can see two tiny triangles in the calmer section of water just below the house on the island. This was our only view of Harbour Porpoises!

Strait of Juan de Fuca, British Columbia, Canada. June 2022.

Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.

BC Whale Tours.

Front to back, Aston Martin DB4, XKE Jaguar, XK120 Jaguar, and in red, 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4

Very nicely decorated and there is a British Legion club under 15 minutes walk from here.

www.britishlegion.org.uk/

Pentax K3iii & 20-40mmWR

British Museum London

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typically British, seen in London. Any stereotype you have as a tourist will be satisfied here

The reason for the name ‘Cathedral Grove’ becomes immediately obvious only a few minutes into visiting. Soaring towards the sky, these huge trees form their own beautiful cathedral of nature.

Featuring a magnificent temperate rainforest with enormous 800 year old trees, a carpet of ferns and draping moss, Cathedral Grove is an essential stop on any Vancouver Island road trip.

Officially known as MacMillan Provincial Park, the trees in Cathedral Grove are amongst the oldest and tallest in Canada.

It’s a humbling experience to stand next to these incredibly tall and gnarled tree trunks, some as wide as a car. The tree canopy is up to 80 metres high in places, with the sky a distant proposition. As you walk through the forest, beams of sunlight filter through the branches above, illuminating so many layers of green.

This incredible forest filled with Douglas fir, Western Hemlock, Grand fir and Western Red Cedar trees is the most easily accessible grove of old growth on Vancouver Island. (offtracktravel.ca)

MacMillan Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.

Eagle-Eye Tours Ultimate British Columbia.

British Museum

The bears moving over to the ninth hole to watch our finish and to get a better view of my drive. Taking the kids to their first golf tournament is exciting for these youngsters. I expect i will be asked to sign their golf hats when i finish.

Safest place on this course for bears is on the green. The sand traps on the other hand have a lot of activity.

British Columbia - Canal Flats - Timber ready for floating

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Nikon F2 / Kodachrome 64

British Invasion! Poppy Parker

A photograph of the mountain tops of British Columbia.

London

Arundel Circus,

City Walls.

Southampton, UK

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Happy Friday!

So I'm getting there with the new spot close to home. There's a spot where I can lie on a public footpath, which the hares sometimes use to travel between two fields. I'm finally getting some closer views!

Have a great weekend...

Nikon D500 - Nikon 500mm F4 AFS II

Shutter speed - 1/1250

Aperture - F/5

ISO - 400

British Railways sign.

Bangor railway station is a railway station in Bangor, Gwynedd, operated by Transport for Wales Rail. The station, which is 24+3⁄4 miles east of Holyhead, is the last mainland station on the North Wales Coast line between Crewe and Holyhead.

I saw this energetic otter two weeks ago at The British Wildlife Centre

British wildlife centre photography day

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View on David Foster Way by Red Fish Blue Fish of people eating in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on Vancouver Island, Canada

Distinctive British beetle in the family Cerambycidae, on moss

Elephant sculpture at The British Ironwork Centre, Oswestry, Shropshire

British short-haired cat

Another horse 🐎 sculpture at The British Ironwork Centre.

There are quite a few different designs available to purchase at the Centre

Finally my camera is back after a shutter malfunction, caught this shy little one yesterday morning

A series from a favourite photo location of mine.

Quite atmospheric this one

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#488 Explore on Wednesday, July 18, 2007

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British Museum London

The sculpture is

" Snapper " the Aligator at The British Ironwork Centre, Oswestry, Shropshire. He is about

115cm in Size !!! His price is over £1,500.00 to purchase.

View of Victoria Harbour Ferry looking toward the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on Vancouver Island, Canada

Boeing 747

Can't fence me in!

The mighty Rockies around Edelweiss, Golden BC area. These are shots i never got around to posting from our trip to Golden a couple of years ago - right now it's cold and wet and cloudy - so it's not a good time for photoshopping.

A shot taken inside the entrance to the British museum.

This is a 4 shot stitch of Ultrawide vertical shots

These photos were shot on a hike in the Brecon Beacons following the Cwm Llwch horseshoe walk. This is a 8 mile walk starting at Cwm Gwdi car park. It is the hard way to the summit of Pen Y Fan, the highest mountain in southern Britain.

The post-sunset sky often looks good, despite very little of interest on the ground... apart from a bend in Old Bath Road. Stopped to snap this sky in another test of the 3 lenses of my old phone - this one is the 'main camera' (the closest to a 'normal' lens).