Transbritannia

Flights from London to Iceland fly over a lot of water, a little part of Iceland, but mostly over the length of Britain.

Take a look at these aerial photos of mountains, valleys, islands, cities and towns - mine are mainly of Scotland and the north of England, because it was cloudy down south.

Glasgow airport

The Firth of Forth, and Forth Road Bridge

 The iconic Forth (rail) Bridge is just about visible in the background, behind clouds.

River valley in Scotland

 I haven't been able to identify this one.

Stornoway and Isle of Lewis

Stornoway is in the left middle-ground.

Loch Linnhe

 Two photos of Loch Linnhe - one of the north-western edge, and one where its two sides nearly meet.

Robin Rigg wind farm

I identified this, as it was the only wind farm with 60 turbines.

Liverpool, the Mersey and Birkinhead

Liverpool is in the lower half of the photo.

Anthony Gormley's statues on Crosby Beach

I went to Liverpool last week, and continued on to see Anthony's Gormley's statues on Crosby beach. The statues were installed there in 2005 as a temporary art project, but are now permanently installed.

Crosby is a non-bathing beach - but the statues ignore that. 100 statues are placed along the beach, in the tide and out to sea. The way they look despends on the tide - whether it's in or out.

The statues are entitled 'Another Place' and I really liked how they were looking across the sea, maybe towards Ireland or towards America.

Millions of people left Liverpool's port to sail to America in the hope of a new life. Millions of people left Ireland for Liverpool in the hope of a new life. Are the statues looking back to the past or forward to the future?

I was reminded of a big tradition in 19th century Irish art of Ireland imagined as a maiden, Erin, standing on the shore looking out to see for her exiled lover to return to free her and the nation.

Who or what are the statues looking to?