Little alley in Haarlem

Hidden alleys like these are quite common off the main streets. One wonders what treasures are hidden within. Considering the err... questionable services offered in the area, I'm wondering now (a little late though) if that poster at the back was offering something rather risque...

*Photo taken using much loved (but rather beat up) Sony compact camera.

Sidepath marker

There are bicycle paths off the train line. We should do that the next time :) 

Alston train

A diesel engine we rode on that day. Wanted to ride the steam train but that one only comes out on weekends. Oh well, next time then...

The Hills of Alston

This photo didn't pop until auto-correct pumped up the colour. Love the heather covered hills and sheep dotting the pastures below it.

Pensive

Caught him at just the right moment.... was he looking far into the future? We'll never know :) 

La Flora

Thistle

Err... snowdrops? No, not snowdrops.

No idea. some kind of composite bud maybe.

Bloomed version of the above? Could be, right?

Hmm... sweet peas? 

Found a few more close-ups of wildflowers from Alston and lumped them all here... I'm trying to group things rather than load them one at a time because that would take forever. Eventually I may identify and label them all. When, I don't know. I'm too tired to plot and plan these things now ;( Have to concentrate on work... Hopefully I can get a new 2nd hand camera body soon so that I can go out for more excursions. We'll see. Insya-Allah. 

Haarlem Train Station

Because the colours were so dull to start with, I turned this into Black and White.

 then cropped it to landscape. 

There! Looks much nicer, right?

Honeysuckle

At Dove Cottage.

Wild Raspberries

What can I say? I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE red. Especially raspberry red. These wild raspberries were by the tracks in Alston. I never imagined the photo would turn out so nice.  The trip was a month ago and I'm still slowly looking through the thousands of photos I took and finding gems among them. It will keep me happy for a while, since my 1000D is officially dead and I can't go buying another expensive toy immediately. All in good time, will buy myself an upgrade soon, insya Allah :) 

Rosehips

I'm a sucker for rosehips because to me they're SO exotic. Malaysia mana ada rosehips besar2 macam ni. And for some reason I kept remembering an old advertisement selling rosehip syrup... Maybe that's why I get so excited to see the real things. haha... Kelakar kan? Kat sana rosehips ni berlambak kat mana2...Yg ni kat tepi landasan keretapi kat Alston. 

Harebell

Ok, I take maybe 10% credit for this shot because all I did was adjust the dials. The rest was all done by the camera. But I'm really pleased with it. Cantik kan.... :)