2021 NH Summer/SH Winter Photo Thread [Spoilers Please!]

Some hill views near sunset from Zaryadye Park







Izmaylovo Estate (which is situated in a man-made island), July 12th



Intercession Cathedral





The gates:









Victory Park (July 13th, temp was in the lower 90s F at the time; subtropique skies too)









Visited Kolomenskoye Pk./estate in the evening of July 14th.









A few shots within Izmaylovo Kremlin (a cultural center though), July 15th











Visited Kremlin itself in the morning (the 16th). Trinity/Troitsky Tower, the entrance









A few shots from VDNH, July 20th











Also the VVC weather station. Not the best placement (some ventilation is blocked by those trees but doesn't report much higher temps than other nearby sites).

Stopping in Orleans





Drought damage in a nearby forest. Lots of dead trees everywhere. Sad.





Already in the Souffff, in the aptly named Collonges-la-Rouge (Collonges-the-Red)





You can tell it's been wet.





Nearby village of Turenne, seat of the world-renowned viscounty of Turenne.





Lots of hollyhock there





Hot air balloons over the Dordogne river:





Aww





Town of Terrasson





Brantôme, the so-called "Venice of the Périgord". Indeed, there are a couple of bridges.





Downstream from Brantôme lies the lovely village of Bourdeilles







In Périgueux




Let's pretend it's sleeping. 





La Roque-Gageac





Lots of albizias there





Canoeing on the Dordogne





Castelnaud castle, which was English during the 100 years' war:





Unmistakenly British indeed, they've kept the narrow roads. 





Beynac stayed on the French side:











Overlooking an English castle on the other bank of the Dordogne river. I remembrance, I farted in their general direction:





It was clearing up fast.





Stopped in Gourdon heading southeast





Stopped again in Rocamadour.





This is the Lombard Street of pedestrians:





On the banks of the Tarn river near Millau





Big viaduct there:





That part of Aveyron definitely has a Mediterranean flair.





Indeed, there are cicadas:







This hamlet is only accessible via a zipline across the river:





Bathing in the Tarn river. It was warm for once (31°C/88°F):





Back in NW Aveyron, everything's nice and green.





Behold, this is a 5th century ruin.







In the big Catholic pilgrimage site of Conques, on the way to Santiago de Compostela:

Just a good way to show the land that I work in and around, it's a beautiful yet desolate place.








Camping Trip:

July 25th-26th

Snottygobble Loop Campsite





Windy Harbour and Point D'Entrecasteux.

Got up very early from my campsite and drove the 45 min drive down to Windy Harbour, traipsed around for a couple of hours before meeting some family in Pemberton, and finally driving back to Perth that evening.



One of the more spectactular views, from Windy Harbour beach looking at Point D'Entrecasteaux





Cliffs around Point D'Entrecasteaux





Salmon Beach: famous for surfing, swimming and fishing. Also I broke my leg here when I was 12 jumping off of a 4-5m high rock, spent about 1 hour there before some surf-lifesavers could fashion a makeshift stretcher and take me up to an ambulance where I spent another day in the small Pemberton hospital before being sent up to Perth to an actual hospital.




Possibly my favourite view in a long time, these never-ending cliffs jutting out over the ocean; disappearing into the watery sunshine on a winters day.



Warning Geology Porn