The red legged partridge, introduced from Europe by Charles II to provide sport for a king and game for the table. Against a backdrop of heather moorland the partridge is difficult to spot, but rather easier to shoot with the camera when perching on this old Northumbrian wall.
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A bold Yes stands on the site of D R Collins fish processing factory in Eyemouth. Further down the road, a modification to the Better Together hoarding expresses simple gratitude for the result of a referendum which saw Scotland voting to remain part of the United Kingdom in one of the most stimulating political debates of […]
A dramatic white cross on a blue ground flies over the remains of Fast Castle on the Berwickshire coast like a metaphor for the times. Little remains of the castle which fell in and out of English and Scottish hands before falling into disrepair and ruin. It was one of the many castles in which Mary […]
Pre war Britain came to the harbour today in the shape of a classic Austin Seven Saloon. Nicknamed the Baby Austin, they were built by the Austin Motor Company in 1922. Such was their popularity that by 1939 there were some 290,000 in service throughout the world. My father owned an Austin Seven after the war. He called it the […]