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Category: Travel and Photography

September 26, 2023 + #Silenti, mystical travel, Photography, Places and Prose, Travel and people, Travel and Photography

A Donegal Journey (1)

by Steve Tanham

The town of Buncrana lies in the far north-west of Ireland, in County Donegal: that part of the country that is on a line with Northern Ireland, yet is in the Republic. It’s long been our intention to visit this beautiful part of the ‘Emerald Isle’. Green it certainly is, and currently living up to its rainy reputation… But hailing from Cumbria, we’re no … Read More A Donegal Journey (1)

August 29, 2023 + #Silenti, Motorcycles, Places and Prose, Travel, Travel and Photography

Girl on a Motorcycle – Part One

by Steve Tanham

My father’s eldest sibling – my Auntie Mary – though hailing from the family hometown of Bolton, Lancashire, married a highly decorated and highly tall (6’4”) Scottish army officer at the end of WW2. In 1946, on the way to begin her new life as the wife of a now Glaswegian police officer, two English serviceman in the same train carriage advised her to … Read More Girl on a Motorcycle – Part One

July 4, 2023 + #Silenti, Consciousness, Lake District, Mindfulness, mystical travel, Photographic techniques, Photography, Travel, Travel and Photography

Wet Summer Light

by Steve Tanham

Ulverston on a June day. Immediately after a dowsing in one of the rainstorms that have ended two solid months of sunshine and blue skies here in the extreme north-west of England. It’s actually a pleasant change, though I have no desire to ‘hex’ the lovely summer we’re having. We’re in Ulverston – a lovely market town that used to be in north Lancashire, … Read More Wet Summer Light

April 23, 2023 + #Silenti, Places and Prose, Travel, Travel and people, Travel and Photography

#SundayHumour : first day in heaven

by Steve Tanham

I’m a simple man when it comes to food.. Especially simple, old-fashioned grub when we go out for a meal; which, given the presence of the Collie, is a rare treat. A reunion with a much-loved former neighbour in Whittle-le-Woods, near Chorley, Lancashire, saw us sharing the pub’s dining room with a funeral and having some of the best ‘home cooking’ I’ve ever had. … Read More #SundayHumour : first day in heaven

April 4, 2023 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Celtic Christianity, Consciousness, English Lake District, History, Lake District, landscapes, Photography, Travel and Photography

Treachery and Morecambe Bay

by Steve Tanham

The treachery of Morecambe Bay has been well-documented throughout its history. Volatile, unpredictable and downright dangerous are words often used to describe it by those in the know. A ‘sister’ resort to Blackpool, forty miles to the South – Morecambe has managed to cling to a little of its former Victorian glamour partly due to such iconic buildings as the renowned Art Deco Midland … Read More Treachery and Morecambe Bay

March 26, 2023 + #Silenti, Collie dogs, Consciousness, English Lake District, esoteric psychology, landscapes, Photographic techniques, Photography, Silent Eye School, Travel and Photography

No strangers on the shore

by Steve Tanham

“Lead them in,” said the man who taught me much about composition in photography. “You’ve got to ferry those looking at your images into the core of the shot…” The steps, alone, were a perfect ‘lead’ down to the beach. Add in the storm wall and the high level of the promenade’s main body and you have a harmonic set of ‘pointers’. The third … Read More No strangers on the shore

February 23, 2023 + #Poetry, #Silent Eye, #Silenti, #WhimsyPhotoEssays, Consciousness, Higher Mind, landscapes, Mystical poetry, Travel, Travel and Photography

Reborn in innocence

by Steve Tanham

©Stephen Tanham 2023 Stephen Tanham is a Director of the Silent Eye, a journey through the forest of personality to the dawn of Being. http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk and http://www.suningemini.blog

February 21, 2023 + #Silenti, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose, Silent Eye School, Social History, Travel and people, Travel and Photography

A return to Manchester

by Steve Tanham

For over two decades, the centre of Manchester was only a short journey from our offices in the rapidly changing landscape of Salford Quays – then a barren set of post-industrial docks whose only offering to the 1990’s was a floating wine bar, soon to be burned to a hulk of floating black wood because it’s owner wouldn’t pay protection money to the neighbouring … Read More A return to Manchester

February 14, 2023 + #Silenti, English Lake District, landscapes, Photographic techniques, Photography, Silent Eye School, Travel and Photography

The massive Skiddaw

by Steve Tanham

The massive presence of the mountain called Skiddaw towers over the Lakeland town of Keswick. The entire north-eastern horizon is dominated by its sheer size. I was intending to simply post the photo above, but the dramatic image invites a bit more background information for anyone who is not familiar with the northern part of the Lake District National Park. The opening shot was … Read More The massive Skiddaw

February 12, 2023 + #Poetry, #Silenti, #WhimsyPhotoEssays, landscapes, Photographic techniques, Photography, Travel, Travel and Photography

And Cherries on Sunday

by Steve Tanham

©Stephen Tanham 2023 Stephen Tanham is a Director of the Silent Eye, a journey through the forest of personality to the dawn of Being. http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk and http://www.suningemini.blog

January 10, 2023 + #Silenti, Lake District, Photographic techniques, Photography, Travel and Photography

Mystery and the Priest Hole

by Steve Tanham

We were walking through a very rainy Ambleside a few days ago. What I smilingly call my ‘camera mind’ spotted how well the lines and colours of the Priest Hole pub contrasted with the wet and uniform grey of the January light. I also loved how the bright ‘double yellows’ led the eye away into the misty gloom… The ‘lead-line’ of the road on … Read More Mystery and the Priest Hole

November 20, 2022 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, landscapes, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose, Travel and Photography

The bridge over the railway at Grange

by Steve Tanham

The railway made Grange-over-Sands; and part of that legacy is a wonderful but decidedly odd-looking metal bridge over the line as you’re leaving the town to the West – in the direction of Barrow-in-Furness. It’s a favourite piece of architecture – mainly for the photogenic views up the line, as in the cover shot… The giant L-shaped structure dominates this part of the promenade. … Read More The bridge over the railway at Grange