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Iceland: more photos

Nick Miners — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:04:02 +0000

My friend Mark, who came with me to Iceland, has posted his photos of the trip on his website, along with a day-by-day account of the tour. Please go and have a look.

Iceland: Strokkur

Nick Miners — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:56:09 +0000

Strokkur, in the Geysir region of Iceland (from which the word ‘Geyser’ originates) is — not surprisingly — a geyser that erupts once every five minutes or so. Here is a sequence showing just how spectacular this can be.

Iceland: colour

Nick Miners — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:19:52 +0000

South coast of Iceland, 28th-31st August 2010.

Iceland: water and ice

Nick Miners — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:19:25 +0000

South coast of Iceland, 28th-31st August 2010.

The road to Barcelona

Nick Miners — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:07:34 +0000

I have just returned from a fantastic road trip across France to the Spanish city of Barcelona. Our route took us from Calais in the extreme north of France, through Clermont-Ferrand in the Massif Central, an elevated section of France where the autoroute reaches altitudes of over 1200m above sea level. Further south the autoroute crosses the Viaduc de Millau, one of the tallest bridges in the world, which spans (and rivals as a spectacle) the Gorges du Tarn near Millau in the Aveyron département. After leaving the Massif Central, we drove through the Mediterranean south coast alongside Montpellier and Perpignan, before crossing the border with Spain to the east of the Pyrenees.

Five nights in Barcelona were barely enough to see what this amazing city and its surrounding area has to offer, but we managed to see some of the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi’s most famous work, including the Parc Güell, and the simply breathtaking Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia (Church of the Holy Family), which, nearly 100 years after Gaudi’s death, is still under construction to this day. To the north of the city, the monastery of Monserrat lies 1,000m above the surrounding countryside on one of Spain’s most beloved mountains.

Our route back took us through the Pyrenees to the medieval French fortified city of Carcasonne, and back to the Viaduc de Millau where we approached from beneath, rather than crossing it, to get a different perspective. As we approached Clermont-Ferrand for a second time, the skies over the Massif Central gave us a rather impressive send-off with one of the most stunning sunsets I have ever seen.

In Bruges

Nick Miners — Sun, 09 May 2010 08:39:21 +0000

As I write, I’m about to check out of the Hotel Notre Dame in Mariastraat in the historic Belgian city of Bruges. The city (Brugge in Flemish) used to be an important hub of trans-European trade until its port silted up in the middle of the 16th Century, but it has retained many of its medieval buildings and all of its charm. Probably unfairly, Belgium isn’t top of the list for many visitors to mainland Europe, but Bruges is certainly one of the most beautiful and friendly cities I’ve visited. Here is a selection of some of my photos of the many faces of this wonderful little place.

My friend and fellow photographer Mark Casey will have his photos online soon. I will link to them here when they’re online.

UPDATE: They’re up. Please go here.