No surprise that at this time of year the
Guardian Travel supplement hasn't had much of interest to say. But it's been making up for it with some very pretty pictures.
Last week they published three
Instagram pictures from Max Avdeev taken in Yakutia. If there's a way to link to Instagram to show only photographs tagged 'Yakutia' by a single photographer, I have yet to find it, but the tag
'cold assignment' seems to be all his own. More photos on his website, especially these of
Kotelny Island.
Thuis week, the Big Picture featured
this amazing image from Chase Guttman (
website), who has won
Young Travel Photographer of the Year (same link leads to some fine photographs of Iceland in a younger age group). What amazingly well-travelled young people these are...
Poking around the internet I found
this BBC article about another set of prizewinning photographs. My travel envy was alleviated by the realisation that my favourite set had been taken on Spittal beach in Northumberland (you have to scroll right down the page to see them).
These are all stunning photos, and I wish mine were half as good. But every now and then I'm quite pleased with one. This is my favourite from our pre-Christmas visit to London:

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