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Love to watch sunrise/sunset, big book reader, particularly Nature & Travel and classics. Love to walk and run. No DM's please.

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Some photos from #Greatstone beach to go with the earlier video, very windy, about 30mph SSW with lots of moving sand, sunny and mild though. 🌞 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin

12.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A touch windy on the beach today at #Greatstone 🀩 #video #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin #wind

12.03.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Slow start as usual πŸ€ͺ Late sunshine on the iconic church at Vik in Iceland on this day in 2016 🌞

12.03.2026 09:34 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Almost clear for #sunset at #Greatstone this evening 🌞 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin

11.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beautiful sunny day on #Dymchurch, a mild 13c, the westerly wind is slowly rising, currently around 20mph. 🌞 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin

11.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's brightened up after some early rain at #Greatstone, a fairly brisk westerly breeze has sprung up and it looks windy and touch cooler for a few day now. Have a good day 🌞 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin

11.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Good three tonight 😊 Photo from #sunset at #Greatstone on this day last year 🌞

11.03.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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James ia another book that has been on my to read list for a while. Once I got into it, I found it hard to put down and will certainly read more by Percival Everett. Pretty good likeness in my pencil drawing bookmark of the author 😊✏️ #books #booklover #BookSky πŸ“šπŸ’™ #art #pencildrawing

10.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The sun did finally break through this afternoon at #Greatstone 🌞 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin #sunset

10.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Got there in the end. Photo from Reykjavík on this day in 2016 😊

10.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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One word for this morning at #Greatstone and that is 'foggy' Have a good day😊 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin #fog

09.03.2026 07:10 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Nearly a two 😊 #sunset on this day in 2024 at #Greatstone 🌞

09.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Another slow start πŸ€ͺ Photo from #sunrise over the Thames on this day in 2016 at #Gravesend riverside 🌞

08.03.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very murky and mild start to the day at #Greatstone with some mist/fog reluctant to shift over the marsh with just a very light NE breeze blowing βšͺ😊 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin #fog

08.03.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Back on the average this evening 😊 Photo from #sunset on this day in 2022 at #Greatstone. 🌞

07.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just finished Fludd by Hilary Mantel, very different to the Wolf Hall trilogy, a dark comedy with a touch of supernatural happenings in the conflict between traditional and modern religion in in an isolated northern community in the 1950s. Great original story πŸ‘ #books #booklover #BookSky πŸ“šπŸ’™

06.03.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another photo from this morning 😊

06.03.2026 09:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mild at 12c and almost calm with a slight dew this morning at #Greatstone. Milky skies and sun due to high pollution levels from #SaharanDust over South East England . Have a good day βšͺ #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin

06.03.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Well that wasn't very good πŸ€ͺ #sunset from this day in 2020 at #Greatstone 🌞

06.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Nearly forgot to post this one, it took a while 😊 Photo from #sunset at #Greatstone on this day last year 🌞

05.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As it's #WorldBookDay, here's a favourite book of mine 'Concrete Island' by the great JG Ballard #books #booklover #BookSky πŸ“šπŸ’™

05.03.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A quick stroll to #Greatstone beach for high tide, stunning day, not a cloud to be seen, 14c with a very light SSE breeze, perfect 🌞 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin #spring

05.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gorgeous day out at #Greatstone, light SSE wind, 12c, clear blue sky. Might wander down to the beach later. Have a good day 🌞 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin

05.03.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩A good guess on line 3 😊 I became sixty just over 40 minutes ago and received the perfect present a few minutes before midnight with the birth of a fourth grandchild πŸ₯³ #sunset early March 2025 at #Greatstone 🌞

04.03.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The passage where Hamnet and his twin sister are very ill is so well written that I instantly looked up Maggie O'Farrell and wasn't surprised to find that she too had a life threatening illness as a child. Often the very best fiction is autobiographical. I would recommend it πŸ‘

03.03.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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North Sea Storm Brewing #seascape #marineartist 24x20” blockcanvas

03.03.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩I really thought I was there in two tonight πŸ€” Photo from #sunset earlier at #Greatstone 🌞

03.03.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just back home this evening to catch #sunset at #Greatstone, it's been a rather nice day across Kent 🌞 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin

02.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#sunrise on the dog walk at #Greatstone this morning. Have a good day 🌞 🐾 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent #EastCoastKin

02.03.2026 07:20 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's taken me a while but I've finally read Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. An extraordinarily powerful and emotional book at times, worthy of many prizes. Managed to draw a bookmark of the author with a reasonable likeness 😊✏️ #books #booklover #BookSky πŸ“šπŸ’™ #art #pencildrawing

01.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0