Excellent Chris. When you come across the photos of Marti and Gerrard on their trusty Lambretta, you can think about one of the greatest occasions of a photographic nature I had this year. They both presented slides and stories from their honeymoon through Eastern…

The cover photo she explained as her first self-portrait, an impromptu effort in a hall mirror – but my first thought on…

In order to get the prize in the post, we've made our decision a day early, as announced in our summer post 'Coast to Coast'.

ChrisW, if you could drop me a line with your details, that would be swell.

Hoping you all…

We've been having great early morning light the last few weeks – a combination of low (by Beijing standards) smog and the sun rising late in the southeast. Frigid, but great light. Early bird! Huh! Combination of the need to get my wee one to kindy on…

Early bird catches the.... open door? Nice light there : )

Guanwang Miao at dawn – first time I've seen the door open.

In fact I wish to attain a sate of Wa (Japanese (和?) = harmony) as the festive season approaches!

Since apples would be a suprising crop and Columbia a strange river name in northern Burma, I assume by "Wa state" you mean Washington?

That's a shot. Love it.

Havana, 2013

That's a contender. Awesome.

And Nora – that police horse looks like it's been set up for flowers in its hair, even if too well groomed for authentic 1967.

Great images Chris,
they capture two timescales eloquently!

Lovely pictures ChrisW, especially the middle one in this group.

Too lazy to scan older travel pictures..... so scraping the bottom of the San Francisco barrel

I really like all these Chris. Abandoned histories have a special resonance, somehow. And while I don't think they quite reflect what the Historic places trust says, they have a forlorn beauty about them.

Cheers.

somehow express the spirit of workers past

integrated with ongoing ecology.
The features of this historic precinct are recognised by the Historic Places Trust, but oddly it describes the freezing works as
an industrial ruin. It is a rich…

So they built it out over the adjacent stream on 6-8-metre concrete columns, no trouble.…

A small part of the seaward façade of…

but less interesting I reckon.

Tokomaru Bay’s southern headland beyond is Te Mawhai, pretty interesting too. These photos in December 2010 – work…

But these…

...and been threatened with a rather messy execution. Although I think I may have posted that before... Oh well.

A Venice shot.

And one from Prague.

Is there still a row of them? Recall almost lapsing into a sugar shocked coma just walking past pastry row... :)

One of Gaudí's buildings.

Park Güell.

Amazing place, huh?

Bart – upload one, then edit post, add another, post, then repeat.
Lovely doors. :-)

That one does things to my eyes! (which way round does it go!?)

Amazing stuff, everybody!

And welcome, GrahamB, your pictures are fascinating.

Couple more from our archives.

Athens.

Sagrada Família.

Street parade Salamanca.

I admit we used a navman to get there though, not really a map as such...

Here's one of those unexpected extras you can find in your hotel wardrobe, if you'r lucky...

Oct 1992 – Children on Donkey Cart near Kashgar Market

Dec 1992 – Early selfie – Walking with my donkey through Tibet to Nepal

April 1992 – Tibetan Kids near Rongbuk Monastery enroute to Everest – Tough little guys.

June 1992 – Local transport – Shikara on Dal Lake in Srinagar

July 1992 – Friendly local above Leh Palace in Ladakh

(Thanks for the…

Hi Craig. Did the 2nd photo fail to upload? Drop me an email if you like. Should be working Ok. Like the first shot.

Checking out the view – damn, the neighbours are close.

Looking towards where Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang spend their summers...

The houses jumble on the hillside.

The street is set up for summer tourists – as Beidaihe pretty much always has been, at least since the foreign concession era.

At Christmas time.

Verona, Italy.

Dry Valleys, Antarctica.

Taking it through a commercial flight window is why there are a few odd out of focus bits on it.

Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (actually a pretty good museum, surprising as it may sound), opposite the lion, Wanping, August 2012.

Lugou/Marco Polo Bridge – I thought I'd attached it to my first post. Oh well.

Shunzhimen, eastern entrance to Wanping Town, August 2012.

If you want to have another go, I'll clean up the above for you afterwards.

Puente de la Mujer, Buenos Aires.
Awesome…