I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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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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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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