Life in Colour

To find out more about this year’s photo challenge here on Travel Words, please read this post.

This month we are looking at Brown. The colour of Mother Earth.

They call Dungeness the desert of England, though experts observe that, lacking both the dearth of water and the extreme differential in night and day temperatures, it fulfils none of the desert criteria.

It is certainly a uniquely beautiful site where you can capture some intriguing photographs with its lighthouses, abandoned fishing boats, wooden cabins and thriving wildlife.What browns can you find in your world?

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Heyjude

I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

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    1. I guess it is, but even more atmospheric. It wasn’t a very bright day on our visit which was probably September I think. On our way back home from Canterbury.

        1. Haha… what a coincidence! Did you visit the church in St Mary in the Marsh? I am sure there is a church around there which is of interest, but we missed it.

    1. Thanks PP. I am not on the first groups of people – over 80s, care home residents, NHS staff and care workers, over 75, then over 70 and extremely vulnerable people. They are supposed to have a jab by mid-Feb. Then it should be my turn, though I actually believe teachers and front-line workers should come before me as I don’t have to go out to work. Hoping by Easter we will be able to visit family in the UK.

      1. Over here we are not starting the vaccine roll out till, maybe, next month. I think we have time to watch the rest of the worlds reactions first. I think we are all pinning our hopes on it

        1. Well you have so few cases I guess the vaccine isn’t urgent. I just wonder how long immunity will last for and whether the mutations will alter things. I don’t think we have seen the last of this virus.

    1. It’s an odd place. We just went on our way back to Surrey from Canterbury – I like to try different routes. The beaches down there are very interesting too for the plant life they support.

    1. This was a grey day! I wouldn’t fancy it in the rain though. But a fascinating area and a cute little steam railway too.

  5. What an interesting place, and as you say one where you can take the most amazing photos! (I looked it up and scrolled through all the photos of the place. Love the deep rusty colours of the first and third photos, and photo two highlights just how deserted the place is.

    1. It is. Plus nearby Rye is very pretty and Rye Harbour beach too. And if you like steam trains you can get here on the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.

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    1. I didn’t find it sad at all, though it is desolate, but people do live there and then there is the huge nuclear power station and a steam railway!

  10. I have been there many times, fascinated by the bleakness. And the fact that a nuclear power station looms large over the area adds to a very surreal feeling.
    Best wishes, Pete. x

    1. It’s an interesting place. I liked it even though it wasn’t a particularly nice day; you are right it does feel somewhat surreal.

      1. I see you have the G7 arriving in the summer. That’s going to cause a few headaches for locals around St Ives, I’m sure. x

        1. Mmm… I am wondering whether I’ll be able to get to TESCO without being stopped. Might have to avoid Carbis Bay for a few days. And lovely as it is down here we really don’t need to encourage any more holidaymakers, until they build more car parks!

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