A drift around the stairways of Positano, Italy

The last couple of weeks gave me a very different change of location for my wanderings, where I spent a wonderful two weeks on the Amalfi coast in southern Italy. This post features a few pictures of some of the stairways in the town of Positano. We trekked up and down these stairs on a daily basis, but there were so many different sets of steps I'm pretty sure we didn't cover them all.

Stairway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Stairway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Doorway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Stairway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Stairway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Stairway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Stairway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Stairway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Passage, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Stairway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Narrow passge, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Old gateway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Stairway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Stairway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Stairway, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

    

I'm now back home, and the weather could not be more of a contrast with almost permanent rain today. It feels more like Autumn than Summer. I am however looking forward to more Urban Wanders around London, and was planning some for later this week although given the pending tune strikes I may need to reconsider where I head off to.

An Urban Wander around Hampstead, London NW3 (part 2)

Reasonably hot on the heals of part one of my Urban Wander around Hampstead is, as you might expect, part two. This part of the wander features the landscape as I drifted in a south westerly direction in a loose attempt to get back to Paddington. I could easily have spent hours here, looking at each street, alleyway, lane, yard, house and doorway in more detail. The selection below is by no means exhaustive and has whetted my appetite for a return visit, hopefully with a more striking sky.

Ginsberg Yard, Hampstead, London NW3

Golden Yard, Hampstead, London NW3

 Golden Yard, Hampstead, London NW3

I'm always a bit of a sucker for outdoor stairways. Shame about the over exposure on this one but I was taking the picture in to the weak sun. Somehow the view from the top of the stairs didn't look so appealing.

Flight of Stairs, Hampstead, London NW3

Narrow passageway, Hampstead, London NW3

  

A cheeky peak into someone's garden, from the road of course.

View into garden, Hampstead, London NW3

Narrow street, Hampstead, London NW3

Alleyway, Hampstead, London NW3

Holly Berry Lane, Hampstead, London NW3

My favourite of this part of my drift. I'm not sure whether these doors had all been recently painted, or just well looked after, but they were a striking sight on this rather dull day.

Brightly coloured doors, Holly Walk, Hampstead, London NW3

 Holly Walk, Hampstead, London NW3

Holly Walk, Hampstead, London NW3

    

A wander around the narrow streets of Appledore, Devon

A change of scenery is in order for this blog post. You'll find no ghost signs, urban decay or disused railways today, but instead pictures from a recent week away in Devon, and in particular the narrow paths and roads of Appledore in Devon.

Little to say about the first few. I think the pictures speak for themselves, showing what a trult beautiful place it is.

Narrow streets, Appledore, Devon

Narrow streets, Appledore, Devon

Narrow streets, Appledore, Devon

Narrow streets, Appledore, Devon

Narrow streets, Appledore, Devon

A bit of variation now as we deviate fleetingly to look at some of the wonderful doors in Appledore (no pun intended).

Painted door, Appledore, Devon

Gate and door, Appledore, Devon

This next picture is probably my favourite of the lot, with the quirky display of brass instruments decorating the window ledge.

Brass instruments, Appledore, Devon

Narrow streets, Appledore, Devon

Okay, so I did start off my saying there would be no ghost signs, but this is a very different sort of ghost sign to those I normally post about. This is a mosaic in a doorway, presumably of an old shop. I did a quick search but could find nothing about what this used to be.

Doorway mosaic, Appledore, Devon

Narrow streets, Appledore, Devon

Narrow streets, Appledore, Devon

So once again, apologies for the lack of commentary in this post, but I really do think the pictures tell the story.