Category: Odd Photos

Garry McGivern’s August-2023 cycle touring photos. Photographs that have appeared on the website over the past month. This month’s photos come from previous tours in Kazakhstan, Portugal, Turkey and his most recent European tour. There are also a couple of pictures from Garry’s time in hospital in 2018. Photographs from Garry’s bike ride around Benelux are also now on Flickr.

There are also more photos on Garry’s Facebook and Instagram pages, which you can view without subscribing. But if you already subscribe to social media, why not follow Garry? You can also subscribe to Garry’s blog and receive news and updates straight to your inbox.

Low Countries Photo Albums (click on the photo to view the albums)

Garry McGivern’s August-2023 Photos

Garry in Belgium

Ghent

Twisting road

Follow me

Windmill in Portugal

Defor, Ki and pup, who guarded my bike while I was in England

Dieppe Marina

Wind turbines in France

Lake next to my campsite in Loeuilly, France

Church in Dizy-le-Gros, France

French contryside with Montmédy Citadel in the background

Adolphe Bridge Luxembourg

More hills in Belgium

Onboard the good ship Shahdag

The view from my hotel room in Aktau, Kazakhstan

Long hill in Belgium. Who said it was flat

Garry by the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium

Ghent canal

Restaurant in Amsterdam

An inqusitive duck

Battersea, London taken on the train home

I’m awake

Garry in Italy in 2010

The funfair came to Bognor

The end of the Victorious Festival

Netherlands Bicycle Tour July 2023

Low Countries Collage

Aircraft carriers in Portsmouth

If needed, add the photos from either side of the “on this day” post

Garry McGivern’s July-2023 cycle touring photos. Photographs that have appeared on the website over the past month. This month’s photos come from previous tours in France, Ireland, and the UK. There are also plenty of photos from Garry’s ride to Bath at the beginning of the month and his most recent tour in Europe. There is also a link to Garry’s Flickr page, where most of the photos from July are. However, Garry’s European tour photographs aren’t yet available on Flickr.

There are also more photos on Garry’s Facebook and Instagram pages, which you can view without subscribing. But if you already subscribe to social media, why not follow Garry? You can also subscribe to Garry’s blog and receive news and updates straight to your inbox.

July 2023 Flickr Photo Album (click on the photo to view the album)

Garry McGivern’s July-2023 Photos

River Yar on the Isle of Wight

Passepartout on the Fast Cat

The motley crew of the good ship Barnacle, before the wind got up

Garry at Bishop’s Waltham Palace

Church at Great Wishford

Loaded and ready to Salisbury

Garry with his cousins

Pulteney Bridge Bath

Cheddar Gorge

Looking out over the Mendip Hills

Wimborne Minster

Passepartout with an old car in the New Forest

The ford that caused Garry’s accident

Camp in the New Forest

Outside the impressive Chateaux Sully-sur-Loire

Sunflowers in France

Artwork along Weston Shore Southampton

Garry at Hatchet Pond in the New Forest

The ruins of Bishop Waltham’s Palace

Locks at Bradford-on-Avon

Tacaushune windmill, apparently the oldest Norman windmill in Ireland.

Passage East harbour Ireland

The Circus, Bath

Bathampton church

Along the A30

New Forest ponies

Benelux tour map

The Albion Hotel in Brighton with fire crews and police still attending

Rainbow near Brighton. Very apt

Hatchet Pond, New Forest

Dieppe harbour

Château d’Arques La Bataille

Along the Avenue Verte

The cathedral in Ailly-sur-Noye

Sunflowers near Jumel, France

A nice end to the day 10 miles along this cycle path

Taking a break by the straw bales

A pint to celebrate

Benbulbin County Sligo

Church in Buzancy

Bee on flower

Notre Dame Cathedral viewed from under the Adolphe Bridge. There’s a cycle path there.

Pont Adolphe, Luxembourg

Some inquisitive cows wondering what I was doing

Passepartout in the woods

Medical supplies from the pharmacy

Rochefort, Belgium

I don’t blame them. I’d leave my bike at the bottom of that hill.

Windmill at Lede, Belgium

The Grote Markt Antwerp

Castle in Ghent

This time five years ago

The bar at Camping Achtmaal

Cheddar Gorge

Chepstow Castle

Etten-Leur, Netherlands

Church in Etten-Leur

Crooked houses in Amsterdam

Now there’s something you don’t see every day a plane crossing on a bridge overhead

My boat back to England

I like the way they load bikes on this ferry

The Tower of London

Westminster Cathedral, which I never knew existed

Garry McGivern’s June-2023 cycle touring photos. Photographs that have appeared on the website over the past month. This month’s photos come from previous tours in Italy, Monaco, France, and the USA and Garry’s little ride around southern England at the end of the month. There is also a link to Garry’s Flickr page, where most photos from his mini tour are, along with other pictures that Garry has taken while out and about on his bike.

There are also more photos on Garry’s Facebook and Instagram pages, which you can view without subscribing. But if you already subscribe to social media, why not follow Garry? You can also subscribe to Garry’s blog and receive news and updates straight to your inbox.

Garry McGivern’s June-2023 Photos

Swanage Bay

Passepartout on the Fast Cat

I really need to get a different coloured pair of shorts

My first road sign with New York on it. Not far to go now

River Yar on the Isle of Wight

The riverside in Wareham

Swanage Bay

New Forest ponies

Southsea Castle

Leaving the IOW on the Fast Cat

A family of Brent geese at tonight’s campsite

Passepartout all ready for the day ahead

On the Transporter bridge near Rochefort

Brouage in France

Taking a break in Christchurch

Corfe Castle

Steam train in Swanage

The Lymington River at Brockenhurst

There seem to be a lot of ponies, which is good

Waiting for the Pink Ferry

Sunset last night after the storm

Just before the storm hit

Boats in Monaco

The Casino at Monte Carlo

Along the Downs Link

I just had to get my photo taken by the Colosseum

Monument to Victor Emmanuel II in Rome

June 2023 Flickr Photo Album

Garry McGivern’s May-2023 cycle touring photos. Photographs that have appeared on the website over the past month. This month’s photos come from previous tours in Spain, Australia, and the USA and Garry’s latest ride in France. There is also a link to Garry’s Flickr page, where the photos from his Brittany tour appear.

Unfortunately, the weather on Garry’s ride wasn’t that great, and a lot of the photographs reflect this with the grey sky’s. Photos always look better when there’s a blue sky, but beggars can’t be choosers. And there are still plenty of photos. Click on the picture below to view on Garry’s Flickr page. There are also more photos on Garry’s Facebook and Instagram pages, which you can view without subscribing. But if you already subscribe to social media, why not follow Garry. You can also subscribe to Garry’s blog and receive news and updates straight to your inbox.

Garry McGivern’s May-2023 Photos

Boats at Dell Quay

Felpham seafront

Beaver in the canal near Rennes

The viaduct in Morlaix

Garry in Worthing

Waiting at the doctors

Near Langueux

With Jan in the snow

On highway 50 in the USA

Houses in Morlaix

That’s the washing all done

River d’Étel

Mill near La Boel

At least I found a new friend

Saint-Père-Marc-en-Poulet

Langstone Harbour

Waiting to board the ferry home

On the Golden Gates Bridge

The Golden Gates Bridge

A field full of poppies

Prat in a hat

Inside the empty ferry

My last look at Saint-Malo

The viaduct at Les Ponts-Neufs

All set up for my last night in France

Timber-framed buildings in Morlaix

Mairie de Guingamp

The Brisbane skyline

Arriving at the finish

Morlaix viaduct

Church in Pleyben

Pont-Aven taken from the pont, which is presumably where the town gets it’s name

Château de Lanniron Quimper

Look what I found for lunch, a lovely quiche

Passepartout in Vannes

There’s been plenty of mills today

Apigne near Rennes

Port De Dinan

Passepartout on board the Brittany ferry Bretagne

Sunset over Portsmouth harbour

Setting off from Felpham

Brittany Bicycle Tour Photo Album on Flickr