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Carl Phillips

@carlinbedar.bsky.social

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Recently retired! 🍾. Now living in 🇪🇦. Originally from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, but spent most of my life in Shropshire. Ardent European 🇪🇺. Socialist at ❤️. Love the outdoors - you can't beat travelling, eating good food & drinking great 🍷. Partial to scones and coffee! 🍰☕️

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · 1d

An eyecatching and vivid display of pink outside a restaurant in Mojacar Pueblo. ❤️

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekPforPink

📷 #photography #Mojacar #Almeria #Espana

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · 12d

Malaga Cathedral.

It's impressive in the daylight, but at night, it seems to come alive!

🇪🇦❤️

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekNforNights

📷 #photography #Espana #Malaga #catedral

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · 28d

One of my favourite spots to sit and take in the awesome views.
Had some terrific times in my old house in Ironbridge. ❤️

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekLforLines

📷 #photography #vista #thegorge #pergola

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Sep 7

The eerie streets of Lincoln on a cold, dark, damp evening in November. 🖤🖤

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekJforJetBlack

📷 #photography #Lincoln

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Aug 26

Where I used to live.
The wonderful Shropshire town of Ironbridge and now a World Heritage Site.
The birthplace of industry, and where the world's first iron bridge was erected over the River Severn back in 1779.
Here's the iconic bridge

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekIforIconic

📷 #photography #Gorge

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Aug 13

I've always loved this impressive chandelier that hangs above the stairwell of a hotel/restaurant in Cheltenham. 🍷🍷

Loads of wine glasses!

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekGforGlass

📷 #photography #hotelduvin #Cheltenham #wineglasses

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Aug 11

Dining table decorated.✅️
Wine glasses ready. ✅️
Just need the guests to arrive! 🤔

🍷🍷🍷🍸🍸🍸🍾🍾🍾

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekGforGlass

📷 #photography #dining #glasses

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Aug 5

Up high over Ironbridge & beyond!
.....and the views were wonderful.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekFforFire

📷 #photography #balloon #Shropshire

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Jul 28

Don't we just all love good food at great eateries!

I certainly ❤️ eggs! 🍳🥚

.....and I've taken a LOT of pics of them! 😮🫣🤣

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekEforEasy

📷 #photography #food #eggs

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Jul 25

Yesterday evening.....sat on the beach and took this picture. Instantly thought of The Beatles.

'Here comes the sun, doo, dun, doo, doo
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right'

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekDforDrivetime

📷 #photography #PuertoRey #Espana #Almeria #Sunset

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Jul 14

How times change!
I used to receive letters almost daily.
Now, the postbox cuts a lonely figure, and is rarely opened!
Communication habits for me have certainly changed! 📱📲☎️📞💻🖥⌨️

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekCforCommunication

📷 #photography #postbox #Ironbridge #TheGorge

Silver postbox sits on the wall beneath a wisteria plant.

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Jul 11

Two bridges that span each side of the Ironbridge Gorge.
The world famous Iron Bridge and the lesser known, but equally beautiful, Coalport Bridge.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekBforBars

📷 #photography #Gorge #bridges #Ironbridge

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Jul 8

The wonderful city of Salamanca! 🇪🇦❤️
Here's the Plaza Mayor, which is surrounded by wonderful bars & eateries.🍷🍹

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekBforBars

📷 #photography #Espana #PlazaMayor #Salamanca

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Jul 1

An Awesome Artichoke at Attingham! ❤️🌿

A visit to the wonderful @nationaltrust.org.uk site in Shropshire.

Here's an image from the walled vegetable garden on site.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekAforAlliteration

#photography #NationalTrust #Attingham #Artichoke #Summer

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Jun 26

Last November, I visited Tredegar House @nationaltrust.org.uk

There was a wonderful commemoration of Godfrey Morgan’s military horse ‘Sir Briggs’, created in willow and draped in over 4,000 hand-made poppies. ❤️🐴👍

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekZforZoology

📷 #photography #NationalTrust

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Jun 17

Fortunate to have a lemon tree in the garden! 🍋

From tree to bowl to glass!

A perfect G&T with garnish straight from the doorstep! 💛

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekYforYellow

💛💛💛💛

📷 #photography #Bedar #Espana #lemons

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Jun 7

A somewhat funky hotel frontage in Palma, Mallorca! 🇪🇦😮🫣👍.

Bold and fun!

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekWforWacky

📷 #photography #Palma #Mallorca #wacky #Espana

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · May 30

My 5 geranium pots hanging from the wall of the entrance to my house in Spain.....and I happen to live at Number 5!!!! 😉👍🪴

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVfor5

📷 #photography #Bedar #Espana #Almeria

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · May 20

🎵🎵 Up, up and away, in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon.....🎵🎵

Soaring high up in the sky, above my former home in Ironbridge. 🎈🎈

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekUforUp

📷 #photography #balloon #Gorge #Ironbridge

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · May 12

The backstreets of Pienza, Italy, with its impressive clock. 🇮🇹

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekTforTime

📷 #photography #pienza #clock #italia

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Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · May 9

I struggled with this week's #AlphabetChallenge, but then remembered my Buddha who sits serenely on the Spanish terrace! 👍👍

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekSforSilver

📷 #photography #home #Espana #Bedar #Almeria

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · May 7

It's great to have the Cabo de Gata Natural Park on the doorstep. 🇪🇦
Lovely drive out along the rugged coastline.
❤️.

📷 #photography #almeria #cabodegata #espana

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Apr 26

Here in 🇪🇦, when looking at any tapas menu, you'll undoubtedly come across vast QUANTITIES of QUESO! 🧀🧀

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekQforQ's

📷 #photography #food #tapas #queso #espana

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Apr 15

An abundance of patterns! (Cushions, Table & Umbrella!) 👍

On the terrace at my previous home in Ironbridge, Shropshire.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekPforPatterns

📷 #photography #Ironbridge #Gorge #patterns

Carl Phillips @carlinbedar.bsky.social · Apr 13

One of the best things about living here in 🇪🇦, is having LOADS of great tapas to choose from.
Me encanta! ❤️

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOforOodles

📷 #photography #food #Espana #tapas

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