I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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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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A picture for every year: 1947 to 1961
I’ve been doing my best to pull together an archive of pictures of my life. It’s rather sparse and for some years I’ve been able to find nothing. However I’ve done what I can and these are from the first…
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Photo of the Month: June 2023
Many of the photos I take are quick spur of the moment shots. Not only have I not spent an age setting the photo up but often I hadn’t even expected the opportunity to arise. And so it was with…
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I don’t smoke, but …
Given my age and my demographic that’s hardly surprising. I should be smart enough by now to know that it’s a killer and nobody I know and socialise with does either. But I have, smoked that is, and I guess…
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Photo of the Month: May 2023
Lots to choose this month with a trip to Italy from which this one comes. It’s a view down the length of the Great Hall in the impressive Venaria Reale near Turin. It’s 80m long and generally full of people.…
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Remember when flying was fun?
You didn’t do it often of course but when you did you might actually enjoy it. And when you were off on holiday that first drink once you were airborne somehow signalled the start of your vacation proper.
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Peaks, ports and palazzi: 5 highlights
We’ve just come back from a little over a week in north west Italy: Turin and Piemonte, and Genova and its coastline to the east. We didn’t have universally good weather but we didn’t have our programme materially affected and…
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Jordan 2023
I’ve put together a photobook of my recent holiday in Jordan. I’m slowly working out how to present my photographs with as much impact as possible. I ‘m getting there, but slowly.
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Photo of the Month: April 2023
This is a phone shot and was taken with my Samsung 20E, 1/1200th at f2.2 and ISO40. This is the queue outside Lost in Vinyl on Record Store Day. It’s given a letter box crop to include the full length…
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