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They're filming the new season of Grantchester in, well, Grantchester, at the moment. I wrote last year about spotting a favourite tree in one of the episodes. Well, it must have been a good location, because they were setting up for filming there again this morning as Tilly & I walked past.

Were I a true paperazzo, of course, I would have had something better than a zoomed iPhone camera with which to take the picture.

More importantly, it would not have been back in my pocket when, a few minutes later, the stars (James Norton and Morven Christie), in full costume and beautifully lit by the early morning sun, smiled their thanks at me as I stepped aside to let their LandRover cross the cattle grid. :-)

Bird Hills, Ann Arbor, Michigan. This unusually-shaped tree changed its appearance completely as I walked around it, but this was my favourite angle. Click for larger image.

Having bought a large number of items on Amazon this week, I felt there was a certain irony about this sign at a bricks-and-mortar store...

Well, that's what they reminded me of! Crooked Lake, Michigan.

We thought these were more adventurous than your average hen.

Then we realised they were just trying to impress the Lord of the Manor.

Grasmere, from Helm Crag, this evening. It's good to be back.

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The Chapel, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

I have a sentimental attachment to this place, because I got married here nearly 24 years ago. At that time, it was beautifully lit with candles. But I have to admit that, most of the rest of the time, the dark oak and limited light makes it rather gloomy. It takes some careful photography to do it justice by natural light.

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