grindle

Getting high in Riga

Rambles end, aware that you could take a lift to the 26th floor Skyline Bar of the Radisson I took the opportunity to visit to get some snaps of the city lookin...

Exciting News: Worldmappin V2 is live

We are happy to share the great news with you! Some of you have probably been curiously thinking already about what our team has been up to over the past month,...

Riga random.

Just a ramble through Riga, destination unknown, when I get there I will know. So just a few captures. Freedom Riga's Freedom Monument, unveiled in 1936, standi...

Jugendstil architecture. Riga.

In the heart of the city, is a street, not a very long street, probably less than 300yds in fact. But what a feast of German Art Nouveau, or "Jugendstil" archit...

Come see my big balls #SMARP Round 263 entry

In the town square in Kaunus Lithuania, a gazing ball. The artwork is called Taškas (Dot) it is a highly polished stainless steel ball that has a diameter of ju...

This looks freakin awesome

Just some screen shots and a little bit of a narrative from your truly, about the WIP ongoing in the beloved worldmappin community. I am guessing here, that if ...

Big murals. Vilnius

"Corest Fity" The mural, and not misspelt, was created for the Vilnius Street Art Festival in 2019. Now time worn "Freedom" Created in 2015 a creation by an Ita...

If you have a human brain, reply to this post

Just a little experiment to see how many people are still active. While I know most won't respond even if there's rewards to be had just cause they can't be bot...

A tale of woe. Ladakh

...and so... a few days after the Hemis Festival I missed my footing whist strolling through Leh, in Ladakh, not looking where I was going, the pain in my right...

Reflecting on a Baltic puddle. Contest entry Round 257

Just a muddy puddle , a wet cold day out on the Curonian Spit Lithuania. https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/grindle/23swXqJXt8Mc6TXJwmnAwmv4oMxoBwAjmvRLoXc...

Antique chessmen. Let battle commence.

A rather amazing chess set on display under glass in the Rundāle Palace, Latvia; what a piece of treasure. I try but am pretty crap at playing, too much of a no...

Reflecting on heads, Latvia #SMARP 255

Just messing about catching some reflections in Rundāle Palace, Latvia; shooting into antique mirrors I do not have a clue who this bloke is Nor this stern look...

Jūrmala, Latvia

It was an interesting stop for a few hours on the journey through the Baltic states, it was good to learn of its past history and status during Soviet times. It...

Exploring a 259-Year-Old British Cemetery at Calcutta 🇮🇳 For c/Tombstone Tourism by @grindle

All good people love walks through old cemeteries, and those who don’t are either villains or madmen... I can't recollect which writer told this, but I remember...

Rundāle Palace , Latvia.

Rundāle Palace, built originally in the 16th century, demolished in the 18th and then rebuilt, over the years it changed hands through death and abdication. The...

Howling at the moon

I wasn't too expectant today to welcome in the 1st New moon of 2026, it had been a miserable day of cold wintery showers, cloudy skies; but as I rose from a lat...

Palmse Manor. Estonia. Reflections #SMARP 253

Situated in Lahemaa National park, Palmse Manor is a restored baroque mansion and open-air museum. The complex Consists of gardens, and buildings dating back to...

Tallinn revisited

It has been 4 years since I last visited Tallinn, I was hoping to see lots of new paint on walls, I visited old hunting grounds in the Balti Jaama Turg Area awa...

Throw back Thursday, remembering a road trip through Ladakh, where have the last 10 years gone

The Hemis Monastery, high in the Himalayas, has been around since the 11th century. It is the largest and richest monastery in the region of Ladakh, so much for...

3rd year of #TheLongestTrip that the war sent us on... 9 countries in one year 🛳️🕍🏝️

More than three years have passed since our lives unexpectedly changed dramatically... The journey that my two daughters and I embarked on because of the war, i...