Calmgrove

Unexpected

Frog drummer and fountain, Llangenny, Powys

Out/in

Gothic Revival entrance to former College of Commerce, later part of Bristol Polytechnic, then UWE (University of the West of England) but now a bijou residential building.

Tracery

Roses and folly (with medieval castle window tracery), Tower Lane, Crickhowell, Powys.

In/Out

Entrance/exit to the Chapel café, Abergavenny

Replica of the Matthew, the ship in which the Genoese explorer Giovanni Caboto or John Cabot set foot in Newfoundland in 1497, running trips in Bristol’s Floating Harbour. Behind are the masts of the SS Great Britain, the restored transatlantic steamship; in the foreground (fore-water?) a pair of swans for scale

Pooch

Memorial on Aldeburgh promenade, Suffolk, to two dedicated doctors

Raven

Beady-eyed taxidermied raven in display case, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Dragonfly

Model dragonfly, Abergavenny market, Monmouthshire

Otters

Otter models, Abergavenny Market, Monmouthshire

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