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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

2016 Standing inside 5,000-year-old spirals at Brú na Bóinne — Newgrange, Knowth, and the largest collection of Neolithic art in Europe. #BruNaBoinne #Newgrange #Knowth #Neolithic #AncientIreland #MegalithicArt #CountyMeath #Ireland #TravelPhotography #ExploreIreland #TravelDiaries #TravelBluesky

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

2016 800 years of Irish history visiting Trim Castle and its neighboring ruins, St. Mary's Abbey and Bective Abbey — County Meath, Ireland. #TrimCastle #BectiveAbbey #CountyMeath #Ireland #IrishHistory #CastleRuins #MedievalIreland #TravelPhotography #ExploreIreland #TravelDiaries #TravelBluesky

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

2024 Arriving at #Mariehamn — a flag flying over the harbor and the four-masted tall ship Pommern. Next was a tour to #Kastelholm Castle, a medieval stronghold of stone walls and hidden courtyards. #Åland #TravelPhotography #Finland #TravelDiaries #TravelBluesky

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

2018 Visiting the #Panthéon in #Paris — revolutionary-era statues, and centuries of French history meet under one roof. From the grand façade to the painted apse and the marble tributes to Voltaire and the Convention, every corner tells a story. #TravelPhotography #TravelBluesky #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

2018 Inside the Basilica of Saint-Denis — famous for #Gothic architecture and the burial place of France's kings, from the towering west facade to the royal tombs, ambulatory, and crypt, all rebuilt after Revolutionary-era destruction. #France #Paris #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries #TravelBluesky

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

2016 Into the north of Ireland — the ancient stone rampart of An #Grianán of Aileach with views over Lough Swilly, a bronze #Dagda watching over the Old Church Visitor Centre, a Celtic high cross at #Colmcille Heritage Centre, fog-shrouded #SlieveLeague cliffs, and a wander through #Donegal Town.

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

2009 An afternoon along the #SouthBank — #Parliament and #BigBen across the #Thames, a spin on the #LondonEye with views over the city, and a stop at the #BattleOfBritain Monument's bronze relief of #RAF pilots. #London #England #TravelPhotography #Travel #Westminster #TravelDiaries #TravelBluesky

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

2009 A day exploring the #TowerOfLondon — the White Tower's ancient stone, marching Yeoman Guards in scarlet and bearskin, a costumed history reenactment on the lawn, and views out to #TowerBridge over the #Thames. #London #England #UK #TravelPhotography #UKTravel #TravelDiaries #TravelBluesky

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

2002 Chasing old #lava in the #Mojave — cinder cones and lava fields in the Mojave National Preserve, near #AmboyCrater, #California, with a stop on the cracked, sun-bleached pavement of Historic #Route66. #Volcano #CinderCone #Geology #RoadTrip #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries #TravelBluesky

A rounded, reddish-brown volcanic peak rises above a dark field of jagged lava rock in the Mojave Desert, with pale desert scrub and clear blue sky in the foreground.

A Joshua tree with upraised, spiky branches stands in the foreground of a desert scene, with a flat-topped volcanic cinder cone visible in the distance under a hazy blue sky.

A dark, symmetrical, flat-topped cinder cone volcano rises from a sandy desert plain scattered with black lava rock and low green shrubs, seen from a distance under pale sky.

A weathered asphalt road surface, cracked with age, bears a faded white "Historic US 66" shield painted directly on the pavement.

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

2024 #Helsinki keeps surprising — #ArtNouveau granite giants at the train station, a church carved straight into bedrock, a bronze forge crew mid-swing, and even a very green Peter Pan on a pedestal. #Finland #Architecture #TravelPhotography #PublicArt #TravelDiaries #TravelBluesky

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

2024 Sunlight on #SenateSquare, then down into the quiet brick vaults below #HelsinkiCathedral — Finland's neoclassical grandeur has layers you don't expect until you go underground. #Helsinki #Finland #TravelPhotography #Architecture #Neoclassical #NordicTravel #TravelBluesky #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

2016 Walking 40,000 interlocking basalt columns at #GiantsCauseway, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions 50-60 million years ago. Nearby, Dunjuce Castle clings to cliffs since 13th century. #AntrimCoast geology & medieval history collide. #NorthernIreland #Geology #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

2016 Standing where #Titanic was built at Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard. The museum tells her full story - from slipway launch to tragedy. Built 1909-1912, 24,360 tons, maiden voyage 10 April 1912. Industrial heritage meets maritime memory. #Belfast #NIreland #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

2002 Mammoth Mountain's hidden volcanic activity: CO₂ still actively venting from its magmatic system, kills forests at Horseshoe Lake and Obsidian Dome shows ancient lava glass near June Lake. #MammothMountain #EasternSierra #Geology #ObsidianDome #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries #Volcano

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

2001 Sunset Crater's black lava flows in Northern #Arizona. The cinder cone erupted around 1040 CE—geologically yesterday. The San Francisco volcanic peaks are in the distance. #SunsetCrater #Volcanic #NorthernArizona #CinderCone #LavaFlows #Flagstaff #Geology #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries

Rough black lava rock field in foreground with sparse vegetation, Sunset Crater cinder cone rising in background with scattered pine trees on dark slopes and patches of red soil visible.

Expansive lava flow field with jagged black volcanic rocks, Sunset Crater cinder cone dominating background, sun glare visible in upper frame, scattered pine trees on crater slopes.

Forested landscape with weathered tree snag in foreground on dark volcanic soil, green ponderosa pine trees, distant San Francisco Peaks visible through clearing under partly cloudy blue sky.

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

2024 Kotka's urban charm: harbor canals meeting forested waterfalls. Just an hour from Helsinki, this coastal city blends maritime life with natural beauty. #Kotka #Waterfall #Finland #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries #Canal

Cascading waterfall flowing over tiered rock formations into calm lake, white decorative footbridge at base, visitors ascending stairs along rocky hillside, tall pine and birch trees surrounding, reeds along water's edge.

Calm blue canal in Kotka with small moored boats at wooden dock, concrete quay wall with bollards in foreground, green trees lining both banks, pedestrian bridge visible in distance under clear sky.

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

2024 #Langinkoski Imperial Fishing Lodge - built for Tsar Alexander III in 1889. Still one of Finland's finest salmon rapids, now protected. History meets wilderness. #ImperialFishingLodge #Kotka #Finland #SalmonRapids #AlexanderIII #FinnishForests #RiverRapids #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

2024 Wooden boardwalk + Finnish bog = peaceful immersion. #ValkmusaNationalPark delivers the scent of pine, the creak of duckboards, and endless green that stretches toward the forest edge, right in southern #Finland. #Valkmusa #Nature #Kotka #TravelPhotography #Suomi #TravelDiaries #Forestwalking

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

2018 Ancient Greece meets French Baroque grandeur. The Ludovisi Gaul and Dying Gaul—copies of (copies of) Hellenistic masterpieces—stand among Versailles' fountains and perfectly ordered gardens. #Versailles #ClassicalArt #RomanStatues #France #EuropeanTravel #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

2002 The duality of Lassen in wildfire season: earth's own steam meeting fire's smoke. Here geothermal vents are sharing the sky with smoke from distant fires. #LassenVolcanic #Geothermal #California #WildfireSeason #NaturePhotography #VolcanicLandscapes #LassenNP #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

2001 #BryceCanyon — thousands of #hoodoos stacked into amphitheaters of orange, rust, and cream, with pines threading through the spires and the Utah high desert stretching out beyond. #Utah #NationalPark #AmericanSouthwest #Geology #TravelPhotography #Outdoors #HikingHigh #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

2024 Stroll through #Tallinn — cobbled streets, #MedievalCity walls and towers, #Toompea Castle and #TallHermann, the onion domes of #AlexanderNevskyCathedral, and a quiet moment in the Governor's Garden. #Estonia #OldTown #ViruGate #TravelDiaries #TravelPhotography #BalticStates #UNESCO

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

2024 Wandering Tallinn's Old Town — medieval towers and gates, carved doorways, a church restoration — then diving into Viking and merchant history at the Estonian History Museum: silver hoards, trade scales, and a room full of blades. #Tallinn #Estonia #Viking #HanseaticLeague #TravelPhotography

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

2016 From Douglas to Peel, Isle of Man — where Viking longships and carved Celtic crosses fill the #HouseOfManannan, and the ruins of #Peel Castle stand watch over the harbor. #IsleOfMan #PeelCastle #VikingHistory #CelticCross #Manx #Museum #History #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries #IOM

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

2016 A day exploring Douglas, Isle of Man—a walk along the seafront to the Manx Museum, then getting lost in centuries of Manx history and Celtic stone carvings. #IsleOfMan #Douglas #ManxMuseum #Tynwald #CelticHistory #StandingStones #BritishIsles #TravelPhotography #Museum #History #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

2001 Wandered through Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho — black lava fields, cinder cones, and lava tubes that make you feel like you've landed on the moon. #CratersOfTheMoon #Idaho #Volcano #LavaFields #CinderCone #LavaTube #Geology #PNW #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

2018 Walking through the living painting — Monet's water lily pond and flower garden at Giverny, still exactly as the canvases it inspired. #Giverny #Monet #MonetsGarden #WaterLilies #France #Normandy #VisitFrance #ArtHistory #GardenLovers #ImpressionistArt #TravelFrance #EuropeanTravel

A couple standing beneath rose-covered arched trellises in Monet's flower garden, with his pink-and-green house visible in the background.

A weeping willow reflected in Monet's lily pond, with pink water lilies floating among the pads under a clear blue sky.

Monet's water lily pond framed by trailing willow branches, with lily pads and pink blooms scattered across the still water.

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

2016 From Liverpool John Lennon Airport to the quiet evening streets of Douglas, Isle of Man — a triskelion flag, a lonely sea tower, and a steak sizzling on a hot stone to end the day. #IsleOfMan #Douglas #UKTravel #IrishSea #Britain #TravelUK #EveningStroll #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries #IOM

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

2001 From the layered flood basalts of the Columbia River Gorge to the glaciers of Mount Hood — Pacific Northwest geology on full display. #MountHood #ColumbiaRiverGorge #Oregon #Washington #PNW #FloodBasalt #Geology #PacificNorthwest #TravelOregon #VisitWashington #NatureLovers #OutdoorPhotography

Mount Hood's snow-streaked summit rising above a dense forest of conifers under a clear blue sky.

Layered columnar basalt cliffs along the Columbia River Gorge on the Washington side, with dry grassland and scattered pine trees above.

A tall basalt cliff face showing multiple stacked lava flow layers, with a road and river visible below and a car driving past.

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

2024 A self-guided walk through Riga's #ArtNouveau district — swooping facades, sculpted dragons and owls, and the painted staircase of the #ArtNouveauMuseum. So much of it traces back to architect #KonstantīnsPēkšēns. #Riga #Latvia #Architecture #EuropeanTravel #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

2024 A quiet walk through #BastejkalnsPark — canal bridges, bumblebees in the dahlias, a fence of love locks, and Riga's #FreedomMonument standing tall over it all. #Riga #Latvia #VisitLatvia #LoveLocks #BalticStates #TravelLatvia #EuropeanTravel #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries #bumblebees

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

2024 #Klaipėda, #Lithuania. Teatro Aikštė ( #TheatreSquare ) in front of Klaipėda City Theatre. The statue of 'Ann from Tharau' is a reconstruction. It is said that a certain dictator had the statue destroyed as it showed its back to him when he gave a speech from under the theatre's arched balcony.

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

2024 Amber capital of the Baltic: Palanga, Lithuania — a palace turned amber museum, manicured botanical park, and a pier stretching straight into the sea. #Palanga #Lithuania #BalticSea #AmberMuseum #VisitLithuania #TravelPhotography #EuropeTravel #Baltics #TravelDiaries #Amber

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

2018 Perched above tidal flats, below a fiery Normandy sunrise, starting to wander the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel — Romanesque naves, Gothic cloisters, and a medieval treadwheel. #MontSaintMichel #Normandy #France #FranceTravel #Abbey #GothicArchitecture #TravelPhotography #UNESCO #VisitFrance

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

2016 Our home base for North Wales: the mountain village of #Betws-y-Coed, all grey stone cottages, ivy-covered bridges, and a church tower keeping time over the valley. 🏔️ #NorthWales #Snowdonia #VisitWales #WalesTravel #WelshVillage #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries #UKTravel #Britain

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

2016 Exploring the triple-level #DevilsBridge, #Wales — stone stairs and walkways cut through a mossy forest down to a roaring waterfall, with a stop for Welsh chocolate and chainsaw-carved #bears. #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries #WalesTravel #VisitWales #WelshChocolate #WaterfallHike #UKTravel

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

2002 Starting in Bellingham, Washington, Chasing snowy peaks in the North Cascades — Mt. Baker's rounded volcanic dome, Mt. Shuksan's jagged spires, and Nooksack Falls tumbling through the forest. ❄️🏔️ #Bellingham #MtBaker #MtShuksan #WashingtonState #PNW #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries #Geology

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

2024 Westerplatte, near Gdańsk — where WWII began on September 1, 1939. The Monument to the Coast Defenders stands over the site today, a quiet green headland where the first shots of the war were fired. #Westerplatte #Gdansk #Poland #History #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries

Aerial view at dusk of the Monument to the Coast Defenders at Westerplatte, its tall granite obelisk rising from a grassy mound above surrounding trees, with a pink-and-blue sunset over the Baltic in the distance and a road, cars, and pier in the foreground.

Wider aerial view at dusk showing the Westerplatte monument on its tree-lined mound beside a canal, with a red tugboat and pier in the foreground and the pink sunset glow along the horizon.

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

2024 (2 0f 2) Deeper into Malbork — battle murals, painted vaults, carved stairs, and finally the castle's St. Anne's chapel. A journey through 700+ years of history. #MalborkCastle #Poland #UNESCOWorldHeritage #GothicArchitecture #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

2024 (1 of 2) #MalborkCastle, #Poland — walking into the world's largest brick fortress, once HQ of the Teutonic Knights. Gatehouses, towers, and the Grand Master's Palace. Painting: Battle of Grunwald (1410) by Tadeusz Popiel, 1910. #TeutonicKnights #TravelPhotography #TravelDiaries #Gothic

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Geoffrey the Navigator @follow-the-map.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

2018 Spent a night on Mont-Saint-Michel watching it transform — crowded in daylight, then the abbey lit gold against the night sky as the tide swallowed the causeway and turned the mount back into an island. 🇫🇷 #MontSaintMichel #Normandy #TravelPhotography #UNESCOWorldHeritage #France #TravelDiaries

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