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Tony Roberts
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former engineer.
interests: walking in London and around, local and world history, rail transport, beer, natural world.
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · Aug 13
Cycling down to the sea. Although you can't see them, there are marvellous views left and right. On the horizon, the white cliffs of the Isle of Wight.
#landscape #photography #purbeck #dorset #seascape 📷
Two cyclists on the path down to the sea. Sunlight illuminates an area across their path. Across the sea can be seen the white cliffs of the Isle of Wight. The sea is calm and the sky is a little overcast.
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Grand Union Canal 13
Making our way slowly towards the Thames
Some more pictures of those horses
#photography #canals #grandunion 📷
Horses graze on a slope beside the Grand Union Canal. Three Canada Geese are swiming upstream. Young trees and bushes line the bank. Horses graze on a slope beside the Grand Union Canal under a three-quarter moon. The horses are reflected in the water of the canal. A horse is having a drink from the Grand Union Canal, its reflection disturbed by ripples of its own making. A second horse approaches. Meanwhile two men look on. In the background are outbuildings of Stockers Farm.
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Grand Union Canal 12
Making our way slowly towards the Thames
Next on our walk is Stockers Lock and House
#photography #canals #grandunion 📷
This photo could be considered misleading. In the background are two buildings. The front, white one, is the lock cottage, whereas the taller, stock brick building behind, is Stockers House (grade II listed), built for the City of London Corporation as a residence for its Collector of the Coal Dues on the Grand Junction Canal. To the left can be seen the lock gates and behind it the bridge to the house. In front, a mirror pond. The canal at this location has a distinctly rural feel as we pass Stockers Farm. Horses are grazing and one of them is about to have a drink at the canal.
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Ashcombe Wood, Mole Valley
#Walking #Surrey #Trees #Photo
Photo showing a gnarly tree surrounded by lush green woodland.
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Through the Black Valley into the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks

#MountainMonday #PhotographersOfBlueSky
#Photography #Ireland
A lone white cottage in the distance sits quietly under the mountains. A cloudy day casts shadow over the Reeks.
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Views of the Scafells from the Greendale Round #LakeDistrict
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I finally got down to see the newly opened stretch of the Thames path at Vauxhall that Patricia Stoughton kindly informed us of. It was a lovely day so I decided to test the zoom lens on my Pixel 10 phone on the Elizabeth tower. 📷
The top of the Elizabeth tower, British Houses of Parliament taken from across the Thames. Clock face of the Elizabeth tower, British Houses of Parliament taken from across the Thames. Not all the text is legible. Elizabeth tower, British Houses of Parliament taken from across the Thames. The original photo. View towards Vauxhall Bridge, London, taken from the recently opened section of the Thames Path. A couple and an adult with child are making use of the foreshore. The chimneys of Battersea Power Station rise up behind the bridge.
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Grand Union Canal 11
Making our way slowly towards the Thames
Below Batchworth Lock the River Colne leaves the canal.
#photography #canals #grandunion 📷
On the Grand Union Canal a boat chugs towards us, passing a towpath bridge over the leaving River Colne. On the boat a woman takes a photograph of the leaving river. The Colne, as it leaves the Grand Union canal, forms a tranquil green pool for a lone fisherman.
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Quiet places
December 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Grand Union Canal 10
Making our way slowly towards the Thames
Batchworth Lock at Rickmansworth
The canal has been following the River Gade, which has joined it. Now it meets the Chess and the Colne
This series isn't attracting much interest, so I may stop posting.
#photography #canals #grandunion 📷
The river Chess joins the canal. The Chess is on the left and the Grand Union Canal can be seen on the right of the photo with separate gates. A party is having a picnic beside the Chess and a swan is visible behind the gates. I don't know if the Chess gates get used nowadays. A canal boat is moored in the basin below the lock gates. The Grand Union Canal lock gates are illuminated by the sun. The Chess gates are hidden by a footbridge. The cafe, left, advertises ice cream, cold drinks, maps, gifts, duck food and boat trips. An openstreetmap of Batchworth lock, with the tributaries marked, flowing from right to left.
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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The last leaf...
A last leaf among seed ball baubles, caught in the sun.
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Grand Union Canal 9
Making our way slowly towards the Thames
Approaching Batchworth
#photography #canals #grandunion 📷
Foliage creates an arch over the towpath of the Grand Union Canal. In the distance a tall weeping willow overhangs the path. Approaching Batchworth. Glints on the Grand Union Canal. Boats linethe left bank.
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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I just loved the forms of the trees in this wood, adorned with countless other plants growing on them. An incredible sight to see and photograph!

#autumn #dartmoor #woodland #nature #photography
The ancient oaks of Dartmoor are gnarled and full of life, from fungi, lichen and ferns growing throughout. The colours are fabulous in autumn, from greens to yellows, and even orange. I just loved capturing these scenes.
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Half way through boat licence year. If I don't move at all now, my CRT licence review next April will still show c.300 miles travelled. Should get a new licence on range, but they'll be wanting words about the 14-day rule
#boatlife
#ukcanals #canal #narrowboat
#KeepCanalsAlive #FundBritainsWaterways
Historic narrowboat travelling down a canal lined with trees in transition from winter to spring.
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Great Gable from Haystacks #LakeDistrict
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Not all pollinators can be seen flying around during the day! Some visit flowers in the dark, like some species of moth. These fluffy ones can be more effective pollinators than bees for some species of plant!

#PollinatingLT
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Yesterday. Trees in our local cemetery, catching the late sun.
It is a good place for a short stroll and very peaceful.
#photography #landscape #trees 📸
An oak tree catches the light in the local cemetery. Gravestones cluster beneath. Another oak tree in the cemetery catching the evening light. Gravestones beneath and in the foreground a bench. Acloser view. A chimney from a house in Hampstead Garden suburb shows between two trees on the right of the photo. The sun shows behind two trees in the cemetery, back-illuminating the leaves of the deciduous tree.
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Grand Union Canal 8
Making our way towards the Thames
Cassiobridge lock, Croxley Green
#photography #canals #grandunion 📷
A jogger with his dog approaching Cassiobridge lock. Below the bridge in the distance the lock gates can be seen. Canal boats line the left bank. The Grand Union canal at Croxley Green.
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Architects pitch alternative Liverpool Street station “Arch” to rival Network Rail’s “tower”

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Architects pitch alternative Liverpool Street station “Arch” to rival Network Rail’s “tower”
An alternative vision for an oversite office development of Liverpool Street station has been unveiled, offering what its designers claim is a less disruptive route to funding an upgrade of the railwa...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Very impressive, moving 2 boats with one engine and one tiller.

📷 GFX 100S
🔭 #Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 70-210mm

#Photography #FujiGFX #FujiFilm #GFX100S #MediumFormat #Autumn #Fall #UKcanals #Waterways #VintageLens
Family of boarders on 2 supply boats traveling together to the next client.
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Grand Union Canal 7
Below Ironbridge lock with and without boats
#photography #canals #grandunion 📷
A young man sits on a narrow boat with his legs dangling. In the background is the bridge by Ironbridge lock Looking towards the bridge below Ironbridge lock. The lock gate is closed and a little water is escaping through the gap, suggesting the last boat passed in the direction away from us, leaving the lock full of water. A breeze riffles the water surface in the bend of the canal while the sky is reflected in the middle of the picture. A single person is walking along the towpath towards the bridge.
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Yesterday on Hampstead Heath
#photography #hampsteadheath #kenwood
A gloomy view of the City of London from Hampstead Heath one month from Solstice New arrivals on Hampstead Heath (Kenwood) for Wonderland. A new house on Hampstead Heath (Kenwood) for Wonderland.
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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#OnThisDay 170 years ago, Victoria Docks' opening resulted in diversion of the North Woolwich line via a new station at Custom House; the swing bridge on the original route was too disruptive to rail traffic. The 1847 route remained in use for freight as the 'Silvertown Tramway'.
1872 map showing the vicinity of Victoria Docks in East London, with the original railway to the south and the new 1855 route to the north.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Misty morning, good morning BS ☕️☕️, have a wonderful Tuesday today 🤍🤍🤗
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Wow!
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Grand Union Canal 6
Ironbridge lock Cassiobury Park
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Arriving at Ironbridge lock by Cassiobury Park. The lock gates can be seen in the distance and behind it the bridge over the lock. Woodland of the park cann be seen on the left. Looking across Ironbridge lock on a dull day to a canal boat which is heading for Berkhamsted and the north. On the left,a group of dogwalkers regard the boat. Because the boat is upward bound, the lock remains full of water. The trees of Whippendell Woods border the left side of the canal.
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM