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No-one seems to know why this is called Johnny's Wood or, indeed, who Johnny was.

These beautiful woods are in Borrowdale, UK Lake District.

I've been busy on other things recently - now nearing completion so, hopefully, I'll have more time for photography.

The Jal Mahal or "Water Palace" in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

It was built in 1799 by the then Maharajah and was modelled on a similar palace in Udaipur.

The lake in which it sits, Man Sagar, is man made and very shallow. It dries up completely in times of drought.

The palace was built as a summer residence because, being surrounded by water, it was cooler.

It is now abandoned though the roof garden is still maintained.

This is a rework of an old post which attempts to capture the illusion that the palace is "floating" on the water.

I shan't be around very much between now and the new year so I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and New Year.

Comments are very welcome but please no invites as I won't have time to deal with them.

(For those that are interested, this is our Christmas card for this year. It was originally shot in 1981 and has been re-photographed, tweaked, selectively coloured, text added and, of course, approved at every stage by the AD. It features our two children, now aged 36 and 38.)

For you, the best Christmas record of all time!!!

This was shot from the slopes of Loughrigg, over Rydal Water with, to the right, the whole of the Fairfield Horseshoe.

In my humble opinion, one of the finest walks in Lakeland.

A group of foxgloves high on the slopes of Catbells in the UK Lake District.