Nature through the eyes of my camera

Friday 22nd March - Braille Braille was create by a French man, Louis Braille. He lost his sight as a child and later developed a code for the French alphabet. Braille is a system of touch reading and writing for visually impaired people. Raised dots represent the letters of the alphabet, numbers, punctuation marks, special symbols etc. Braille consists of a set of six raised dots. The number and arrangement of the dots used distinguishes one character from another. Uncontracted Braille (grade I) - is the study of basic dot combinations for the letters of the alphabet, the main punctuation signs and the numbering system. Contracted Braille (grade II) - uses the same letters, punctuation and numbers as uncontracted braille but adds a series of special signs to represent common words or groups of letters. There are 187 contractions in Braille 2 Contracted Braille is used as it requires less space. Books, magazines and other information use it as it produces less bulky books and magazines...

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Thursday 22nd August - 4.5 miles. Route taken: Beach, A12.. (Time taken 2.35 hours) Having realised the Walking Men sculptures were only on the beach at Lowestoft until the end of this month (something my husband and I wanted to see), it seemed like an ideal time to cover the above walk for my Voyage award. Our walk started from East Pavilion Point, a Victorian-style glass pavilion. From here we had a look at the harbour entrance, which is very narrow, but can be approached whatever the tide. The Shannon Class Lifeboat is moored just inside the first harbour. We made our way along the promenade. There was much squawking coming from the beach  where a flock of gulls had gathered with their young. Two bird hotels have been built out to sea for nesting kittiwakes. They have been nesting in Lowestoft sine the 1960's. Their numbers had been in decline due to lack of nesting sites and over fishing. Since the hotels have been erected numbers are on the increase once again. The South pier ...

Wednesday 21st August - Distance 2.4 miles Route taken: Beach, shingle and track. Time taken 1.30hrs. Having had a pleasant stay over night at the Hotel Victoria we decided to walk back to where the walking men were to try and take photos while there weren't many people about. There was a total change in the weather today. There was a strong southerly wind blowing and it was much cooler. The wind was whipping up the sand on the beach. I found the beach along this section fascinating with its pristine surface as far as you could see. Time to collect the car and make our way back to Kessingland so I could continue my journey to Benacre. I had delayed the start as long as I could. I wasn't looking forward to walking this section. I would be walking into a strong head wind on uneven ground, on my own. I passed more beach huts as I headed along the coast heading out from Kessingland. A lone hut stood forlorn above the shingle, presumably belonging to a fisherman. Marram grass bent o...