I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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I’ve got what’s described these days as a Senior Railcard. I’ve had one for some time now, must be coming up to 10 years, it gets me one third off most rail fares and although I don’t use it that…
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The story of my life, one year at a time: 2012
I started this last year with 2011 so I’d better continue. It was not a great year for photography and, despite my travels, the record is a little thin at times.
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It’s none of my business …
… because you’ve got to be a member of the Conservative Party to be able to vote in choosing its new leader. But I can have an opinion.
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Photo of the Month: Jun 2022
I took this photograph at the start of our trip to North Wales. It’s taken from the end of the Portmerion peninsula looking across the Afon Glaslyn estuary towards Borth-y-Gest. I don’t think the couple in the foreground planned on…
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I’ve stood down
I wrote the following for the current edition of Hisimp News, the community newspaper of Histon & Impington Parish Council. I joined Histon & Impington Parish Council in 2012. I’ve stayed a little longer than I think is wise but…
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GoNW 2022: five highlights
We’ve just enjoyed the best part of a week in north and mid Wales. I wouldn’t want to overdo it but it was a reasonably emotional trip for me because I grew up in Wales and visiting places I remember…
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Photo of the Month: May 2022
Lots of choice this month with a week in Sorrento and then better weather at home. This one’s a shot of the Italian equivalent of our National Trust volunteers, the people who site patiently just to make sure that visitors…
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Imperial nonsense
Enough’s already been written about the lunacy of Johnson’s ‘consultation’ regarding the use of imperial measurements. There’s a good overview in the Guardian (click here).
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Top Gun revisited
Top Gun: Maverick is, after 36 years, the sequel to Top Gun. It’s just been premiered in the UK and will be released in the US later this month. No doubt there will be a surfeit of column issues comparing…
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Photo of the Month: April 2022
It’s a first this month: the first featured photo with my new Samsung Galaxy s20 FE. I’m seeing already that it’s a better camera than by old Sony although to be fair I’d had that for some time. This photo…
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