‘I must go down to the sea again’

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Entrance to Spinalonga

 

Spinalonga is a very small uninhabited island close to the coast of Crete.  In the early twentieth century it was a leper colony.  The last inhabitant, a priest, left the island in 1962.  Life on Spinalonga during this period is vividly but sensitively described in Victoria Hislop’s novel The Island.­­­

Beside the bridleway

Just passing by! (2)

These photos were taken from the passenger seat of a car while travelling on the A508, using the camera on my smartphone.

 

Rampant Cow Parsley

The bridleway stretches for almost one mile, fringed on both sides, at this time, by rampant cow parsley throughout its entire length.  I am not a great lover of cow parsley, but I am attracted by the ‘architecture’ of the growth beneath the canopy of white florets

 

 

Just passing by!

These photos were taken from the passenger seat of a car while travelling on the A508, using the camera on my smartphone.

 

 

 

 

 

Spring, the period of transition from Winter to Summer