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Great Britain
Egryn, Tal-y-bont, Wales.
Sag
Egryn, Tal-y-bont, Wales.
Skeleton
Dungeness, Kent, England. Part of the hull has fallen away from this abandoned upturned boat to reveal wooden struts that struck me as exposed ribs of a decaying carcass.
Rivets
Dungeness, Kent, England.
Shells
Dungeness, Kent, England. These scallop shells were lying discarded in a huge pile, having been plucked unceremoniously from the sea and ripped of their living contents. They made for an image which to me was beautiful, but the reality of it is these are plundered skeletons left to rot in an unnatural grave.
Boat #1
Dungeness, Kent, England. I liked the bright cheerful colours of this listing old fishing boat abandoned on the Dungeness shingle.
Boat #2
Dungeness, Kent, England. I liked the bright cheerful colours of this listing old fishing boat abandoned on the Dungeness shingle.
Skull
Rannoch Moor, Scotland. Beauty in death; the subtle tones of colour on this deer skull matched the lichen of the rock.
Crofter's House
Isle of Harris, Scotland. This decaying old cottage is now used as a shelter for sheep. But as I ventured inside, treading carefully through the thick carpet of straw and compacted droppings, I found this poignant reminder of the life of the last inhabitants - a vase still placed on the mantlepiece; the drying rail above the gas stove; and the wooden chair in the corner, facing into the bare room.
Nabataean House
Petra, Jordan. A weathered facade and doorway, thousands of years old, hints at what was once surely an astounding, ornate and elaborately carved entrance, hewn by hand directly out of the sandstone wall.
Bolts #1
Dungeness, Kent, England.
Bolts #2
Dungeness, Kent, England.