The riverside quays are a great place for a brisk winter walk or a gentle summer stroll.  Boats and water birds animate the scene and open skies give distant views of local landmarks, forever changing with weather and the season.  The local landmarks along the river Seine are world famous, unlike those along the river Tweed but water, wind and weather and the basic structures of bridges and quays find echoes between the two.

 

Boats on the river Seine
Berwick’s three bridges
Berwick bridges and swans
A quiet evening at Berwick quay
Mid river music in early summer with the Eiffel Tower in the distance
Sunset over the Seine with that landmark again
Evening at Berwick lighthouse…
and the lighthouse seen from the town walls
Notre Dame cathedral on a summer afternoon…
and the cathedral (with gulls) on a hazy winter morning
Storm clouds behind the town hall clock tower…
and evening light seen across the Tweed from Spittal

 

This week’s photo challenge Tour Guide asked ‘What do you love about where you live? Show us!’  As I currently go ‘home’ to both a studio flat in central Paris and a stone cottage in Berwick upon Tweed my take on where I live is a little confused.

Click on any photo to view the gallery.