Photo highlights: Spain, France, and the South Downs

March to May 2026

Published

Umbrella pines on a sunlit Mediterranean hillside
Sunlight flaring through tall pines along a roadside
A dark car on a narrow shaded street between tall city buildings
Skateboarders at an outdoor seaside skatepark under a clear blue sky
A skateboarder dropping in on a ramp at a seaside skatepark
A fiery red sunset glowing over a calm sea
Orange sunset clouds over a dark sea with distant boats
A small watchtower on a wooded hilltop against a blue sky
A sunlit whitewashed street with a parked scooter and passers-by
People crossing a plaza below snow-capped mountains
A tall apartment facade with rows of windows and shuttered balconies
Workers tending a green field with farm buildings and hazy mountains beyond
Four farm workers tending rows of crops below patchwork hills
A lone farmstead below a green hill under a wide cloud-streaked sky
A weathered terracotta apartment facade with plant-filled balconies
A leafy tree framed by a red archway in a sunlit courtyard
An ornate arcaded courtyard with stone colonnades
A lone tree standing in a vast open field
Older men playing cards at a table in a village plaza
Sunlit brick apartment balconies with a bright yellow panel
A pink rose hanging above a Romanesque stone bell tower
A calm lake below a wooded hill topped by a small tower
Layers of colourful flyers plastered on a wall below a historic stone building
A country road curving through misty green woodland
A small boat on hazy calm water under a pale sky
A small red-roofed hut on a green hillside beside a tree
Orange parasols shading a busy harbourside restaurant terrace
Aerial view down a harbour street lined with parked cars and a single red car
Aerial view of a seafront road and curved-roof building beside a rocky breakwater
Rows of small fishing boats moored along a wooden jetty
Long shadows of people walking across a sunlit wet harbour plaza
A shopper walking down the aisle of a covered market on a rainy day
Crowds walking through a busy street market between old buildings
A loaded touring bike on a bridge framed by diagonal girders over a river
A row of small trees along the horizon of a green wheat field
A stone château with towers rising above village rooftops and a billowing cloud
A bright café interior with tables and chairs beside a sunlit window
A rusted South Downs National Park sign beside a green hedgerow under a hazy sky
A 'keep off the cricket square' sign on a green pitch before hazy hills