I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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I like photos with colour and people and this one has both. I was in Cambridge and saw this opportunity and was able to quickly fire up my mobile. I’m delighted with the result. It’s a pity about the poster…
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A picture for every year: 1977 to 1991
Although I’ve got a lot more photographs of my life from 1976 onwards when I bought my first SLR camera actual photos of me have remained thin on the ground. This set covers my time in Hong Kong and almost…
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The rules behind food choices
We were out for dinner on Thursday night, at the excellent Fancett’s on Mill Road in Cambridge. It keeps its prices down by offering a structured a la carte menu with four starters, four main courses etc. The four main…
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Photo of the Month: August 2023
I was on a mission to take photographs to record Cambridge for a Cambridge Camera Club project. I’d done Lensfield Road and the streets south of it and was heading for Regent Street. I took the opportunity to visit the…
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Stent plus 4: more of the same
After the disruption of Covid and the freedom, albeit with continuing rules of some sort, the last year has seen us back to normal. People still get Covid and some still wear masks in public spaces but otherwise life goes…
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I know what I like …
Jay Rayner writes on food. I guess you’d call him a restaurant critic but he’s a little more than that. For a start he Tweets pleasantly liberal views about the situation of the day and he doesn’t just review restaurants…
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A picture for every year: 1962 to 1976
This second set of pictures starts where the first left off with a picture free year in 1962. That was the year I turned 15 and started in the fith form at Hawarden Grammar School.
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CCC summer competition
There was a time when CCC, viz Cambridgeshire County Council, dominated my life. Not any more but another CCC, the Cambridge Camera Club, www.cambcc.org.uk , has crept in. I’ve paid my dues and I’m now a member and look forward…
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Abbey Fields: three years on
It was back in 2020, COVID time of course, when the hostile signs went up and access to Abbey Farm which people had enjoyed for many years was abruptly curtailed. People started to mobilise to defend rights of way across…
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Photo of the Month: July 2023
This is another result of seeing an opportunity and taking it using my phone. I was driving towards the RSPB site at the Fen Drayton Lakes when I looked right and saw this scene. It reminded me of similar ones…
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