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Life amongst the asbestos and other risks of the burnt out railway carriage. ... now there's a story to tell !
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The past too had its beautiful days.
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How can you not like this eh?
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Mid September and a late Hebe flower finds a friend.
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The Quay on Lundy. Awaiting the Oldenburg docking.

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Countisbury Hill, North Devon.

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The Blue Ball Inn at  Countisbury, this fine old in, dating from around the 14th century, features in some of the stories in the book - Ghosts and Things.

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“Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change”.


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The valley near Withypool, Exmoor.
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Behind every picture there are many intriguing stories to be told.
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​Coming home from Lundy in the storm, the Oldenburg negotiates the sand bar into Bideford.


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Views from Mars Hill in Lynmouth
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​Robbers Bridge on Exmoor.
The historical place of real robbers and inspiration for the
'Lorna Doone' story.

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Looking out to the estuary, Appledore to left, Instow to right.
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Exmoor in January. Somerset - Devon border
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A view of the Hartland Peninsula from Westward Ho! This area is the graveyard of over 50 ships wrecked before 1900.
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Winter Solstice 2015
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Christmas Eve 2015 The sea off North Devon Coast
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Bideford Bay on Boxing Day 2015
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One Autumn Sunday in Devon.
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The colour of October on Badgworthy Water,
the small river that runs down the Doone Valley on Exmoor, Devon, UK 
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Some genius with an eye for beauty and imagination to match created this wonderful mural on a wall in Naunton Village Hall. The inset is added so you can see the depth of quality. A Cotswold dreamscape to be sure.
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Appledore - safe harbour for repairs.
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Schooner in the estuary.
PictureImage is everything. 'That's a great shame,' thought the Wolf
So, what's Mr Wolf waiting for?

My guess is it's that great ghost story book that's nearly ready for print.
Nothing better than a good Caribou dinner then relax with a cuppah and a good short story.
       I'm afraid the three pigs story upset him a little.
​Time will heal all, they say.

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Clouds look over a sunlit Lundy Island. Land of Vikings, Pirates, smugglers and Puffins. Stone quarry,fog cannons, light houses, pub, church, ship wrecks, seals, sharks, caves and all. 
Lundy.
A special place off the North Devon coast.

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Coloured Agate slice obtained from Earth and Heaven shop in Bideford North Devon. Great place, nice people.

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They say your eyes are the windows of the soul . . . it's not just a one way street, so let your soul look through and see a new world . . . don't keep it in the dark, draw back the metaphorical curtains and have a read.
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Beached home near Instow.
Poor old Buzzard just peacefully cruising in the June sunshine, 
picked on by seagulls with nothing better to do. 
Avian yobs that they are. 
As reported in 'Worms and roadkill monthly' their favourite magazine.
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​​'That, which we often blindly seek, ​is in truth,
that within us, which is the seeker itself and always was.
It is the seeker in ourselves, we seek.'
​When you know this, you will be changed forever.

                                             RJS