Right, prepare to scroll down and down … herewith, the remaining Bench Series 2015 photos, presented geographically. It’s a mix of incidental benches and focus benches. I’d like to give a huge thanks to Jude to hosting and organising this challenge all year. I now have to train myself to stop photographing every bench I see!
Czech Republic

Franciscan Gardens, Prague (shame about the garbage can!)
France

Along the Corniche, Cannes
Sri Lanka

The promenade, Galle
United Kingdom
London

The British Library

St Dunstan
And a trio from Kew Gardens, one of my favourite London places.

Strange metal mesh kangaroo lurking behind benches at Kew

Wintry sunlight at Kew

Bluebells at Kew
Royal Ascot

Prime viewing benches for the races
Eastbourne Pier

Blue benches lining the pier
I love Eastbourne. I used to walk along the coast, up and down those rolling chalk cliffs with the amazing views out to sea.
Somewhere in Wales
I don’t mean to be cryptic about the location, I just forget where this is!

A drizzly day in Wales, and the remains of a church.
Stratford
I don’t remember the name of my hotel, but it had this lovely grotto out back.

Grotto, bench and wine glass
United States
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Benches on the street

Outside the New Mexico Museum of Art

Museum of Contemporary Native Art
Lamy, New Mexico
Never heard of Lamy? Me neither. But I spent a few hot hours at its train station, waiting for a train whose arrival time became later and later …

Waiting room, Lamy Amtrak station
Williams Junction, Arizona
Another place you may never have heard of — unless you’ve taken the train to the Grand Canyon.

A marvellous use for old train parts!
Grand Canyon Village

El Tovar Hotel

A bench made from a log. I did not try this one for comfort, I admit.
near New Orleans
This is Oak Alley Plantation, well worth a visit if you’re in the area.

Oak Alley Plantation
And that, you’ll be relieved to learn if you’ve made it this far down the page, is the end of the Bumper Bench Bonanza. “Thank you” to everyone who has visited these posts over the past year!
Oh, so many, so beautiful and one or two I recognise. I adore the curvy shape of that last bench, but I may well be back to drool over the rest tomorrow π
Thank you so much for joining in the challenge, it has been a lot of fun and who would have thought how popular bench photographer is. Make that was. I am closing my eyes to benches for a while π
Have a good Christmas Kaz, wherever you find yourself.
Jude xx
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That plantation had quite a few curvy iron benches in idyllic settings, it was tough to choose just one. π
Happy Christmas to you too, Jude!
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Maybe they wouldn’t miss one then? π
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I’d like to see you ‘liberate’ one!
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I have really enjoyed – and laughed a lot over – all your many benches. Great idea!
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Thank you Truels! Gotta share the bench love. π
And a lovely Christmas to you too! (Ours, alas, looks like it will be rainy, yuck.)
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PS: I wish you lovely (summer-) Christmas π
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Bravo! A triumphant end to the series.
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Thanks Annabel! I’m glad you enjoyed them.
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Wow, what a collection! But my favorite is the book….
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Yeah, that chained book bench is so clever, and so meaningful … AND you can sit on it! Perfect. π
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