David Martin (still has an underlying condition)

@geogdave.bsky.social

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Alien from another platform. Emeritus Prof #Geography, https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5wyh9h/emeritus-professor-david-martin Trustee https://www.geograph.org.uk/ Mostly #Maps, #Photography, #Population, #Census, #Statistics, #BloodCancer, #Faith

An orange-painted riverside house with towers, turrets and oriel windows. Seen in bright evening sunlight. In the right foreground a line of coloured boats are drawn up on a small beach. A pale blue sky is reflected in the river.
A grass campsite sloping down towards the sea. The rooftops of a small village are visible in the distance. Sunshine, blue sky, hedge along the right and tree in the centre.
View along a grass-covered reservoir dam under a blue sky with shallow water in the spillway in the foreground, reflecting the sky. Wooded valley side in the distance. Underbank Reservoir, South Yorkshire, UK
Fake Telegraph article title: "Alistair Heath Make no mistake, paddington bear is a direct attack on the British family"
Screenshot showing partial text listing the Nolan principles of public life. Highlighted headings are: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, Leadership
Screenshot of message which reads "EVRI Your parcel was delivered to your address. Your courier delivered your parcel at" (sender and time redacted). Includes part of OpenStreetMap location map and photo of parcel on front step
Trip boats seen bow-first moored alongside a quay, on the left. Three bright yellow boats dominate the centre of the image with a darker vessel in the foreground and a yacht haven in the background. Illuminated by bright low winter sunlight from the right.
View along a beach with waves breaking in foreground, line of beach huts, background of low wooded cliffs under a blue sky
A montage of 16 autumnal photos from around Southampton, Romsey and the New Forest, UK. Images show sunlit autumn vegetation (bracken, bare trees, yellow leaves) under blue skies, some with frost and ice. One shows an old mill building, another a railway station and another a train running alongside a river.
Sunlight and shadows on a grassy plain in the New Forest, UK. There is frost on the ground in the shadows of the trees but it has thawed in the sunlight. Distant trees under a blue sky.
View across sea from Great Cumbrae, Scotland with islands left, right and centre. Cloud over mountains on furthest island which is Arran. Grass foreground, blue sea, blue sky
Paddle steamer Wingfield Castle under a grey sky in the docks at Hartlepool, UK
Wharf on a narrow canal under a blue sky, with moored narrowboats, Aynho, Oxford Canal, UK
Memorial marking the point where the Greenwich Meridian crosses the south coast of England, Peacehave, seen on a summer day with clear blue sky.
View over a steep path descending into a bay with chalk cliffs and a sea fog partly obscuring the opposite hillside. Arish Mell, Purbeck, UK
Boats in the harbour at Lyme Regis,UK with a blue sky reflected in the water and old buildings on the harbour wall to the right
Rows of coloured houses interspersed with trees on a hillside overlooking a marina with moored boats of different types, sized and colors, Bristol, UK
People eating lunch under an awning with Union Jack bunting and brightly painted picnic tables, milk churns, ice cream umbrellas
Cliff-top view looking west along the Purbeck Coast, UK. Hazy bue sky, blue sea, green fields, coast path
Mooring costs at Packet Boat Waterside & Marina in Uxbridge depend on the specific mooring and its facilities, starting at approximately £5 746 per year...
Lock and towpath on the Grand Union Canal near Uxbridge, UK on a fine April day under a clear blue sky.
View into a geo - an inlet eroded in cliffs - in chalk cliffs at Flamborough Head, UK. Blue sky, blue sea
A wet beach at sunset, empty of people and reflecting a line of cliffs, the nearest of which are in shadow but with sunlight further away.
Coastal marshland with pools and channels under an almost clear blue sky
Four modern University of Southampton campus buildings seen across gardens under a clear blue sky
View into river valley with grass meadow and steep woodland either side, hazy blue sky
Old white boat moored in a creek. Still water reflecting a hazy blue sky.
Rolling countryside under a hazy blue morning sky. Village in a valley and hills in the distance. Dorset, UK
Low evening sunlight from behind the photographer illuminating a waterlogged grassy foreground and a line of trees against the horizon, New Forest, UK
Puddles on a track climbing a sunlit wooded hillside, with a glimpse of distant landscape
A ford in a river reflecting trees under a clear blue winter sky
View along a sunny quayside with moored trip boats and a harbour in the distance. Pale blue sky and deep blue water
High water in a tidal river flowing under a multi-arched stone bridge. Distant marshland and a railway track running along the bank on the right. The scene is weakly sunlit, but with a stormy sky.
Village sign for Canada in the New Forest National Park, UK
Grassy track and hedgerow at edge of rough grassland, under a mostly clear blue sky - the former Hamble Airfield, near Southampton, UK
A long seafront view with an oceanarium nearest the camera and many walkers on the promenade. Vegetated cliffs above, weak low January sunlight across the sea
Annotated outline map of England and Wales from 1930s school exercise book. Pupil has drawn in areas of e.g. cattle, sheep, fruit farming and shipbuilding, cotton, woollen industries
Curving wooden footbridge crossing a lake, with bare trees nearby and a clear blue winter sky reflected in the water
Three New Forest ponies standing on grass by a stream in sunshine
Trees and blue sky reflected in floodwater
Frost crystals om top of post with blurred frosty grass in background
A line of moored narrowboats reflected in the smooth surface of a canal on a dull winter afternoon.
Playing field in the foreground with line of modern houses beyond and downland in the distance, under a partially cloudy sky and weak sunlight
Sunlit garden with lawn, trees and shrubs under a blue sky
Extracts from four areas of housing mapped on OpenStreetMap, from top right 1980s marina village, 1970s local authority estate, 2010s speculative development, 1930s speculative development - images reveal the different styles of housing size, connectivity, street layout and urban space
Fast passenger catamaran ferry Red Jet 7 passing Cruise Ship MV Aurora, alongside Berth 38 in Southampton Eastern Docks. Grey sky and grey water.
Children's fairground rides in front of the Medieval Bargate, Southampton UK
Direction sign seen against an autumnal tree and blue sky. Shows distances to Nomansland, Penn Common, Bradshaw, Brook, Newbridge and Copythorne.
Sunlit grassy common land with standing water in the foreground and scattered trees in the distance
Churchyard of St Margeret's Church, Wellow, Hampshire, UK with grave of Florence Nightingale in the foreground. Sunny winter day with a clear sky.
Side-by-side renderings of OpenStreetMap data for Romsey UK, on the left using standard OpenStreetMap symbology and on the right using OpenTopoMap
Flooded ford on sunny day. Top of 7ft depth gauge just out of the water
Photo of a sunlit lake surrounded by trees, with a fishing platform in the foreground