Farewell to 2025

January 2025: the perfect post-Christmas colour schemes

Green: Leslie Green's oxblood tiles and a magificent green wall

Silver and green: sunset on the North Downs

February: ‘tenacious of purpose’

Household Cavalry banner, Knightsbridge Barracks

Gibbs Family Motto over gate at Tyntesfield, Somerset

March: London

A slice through London's architecture

A slice of Canada Wharf

April: Hard won celebrations

Segments of the Berlin Wall in Lewisham, south London

Segment of the Brighton Marathon, East Sussex

May: Wild Life

Armenia - the parasitic plant Phelypaea tournefortii

Romania - Brown Bears

June: Colours

A good year for Ragwort and Cinnabar moth caterpillars

The Derby - so very nearly called the Epsom Bunbury

July: remnants of an undemocratic but very stylish Rotten Borough (Gatton Park in Surrey)

Town Hall with Voting Urn

St Andrew's Church

August: Women in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire

Self explanatory

Stain glass by Helen Whittaker, Beverley Minster

September: Stonehenge

Glamping: a wonderful way to start the day (despite the wires)

a wonderful way to experience the henge (no wires here)

October: County Durham

A village honours graceful animals - browsing local gardens

Walkers honour an unusual site: a way maker

November: Quirky

Landscape savvy railway modellers

A spectacular array of Swamp Cypress 'knees', in London's Bushy Park

December: Christmas celebrations

Tapas bar in Granada

After 200 years of passenger trains, a steam engine heads for London Victoria - on time!

Best wishes to all for a very happy and healthy 2026.