5 places I haven’t visited yet
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in travel
I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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The waitress in the restaurant the other night asked me where I was from. I suggested she told me first which she did. She was from Bulgaria. In addition to waiting on tables she was also studying psychology at Glasgow…
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Jul 17: photo of the month
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It’s been a little thin on the blog posting front and here’s a second photo of the month in a row. When I posted this on Tumblr I said it was a bit of a cliche and the purists would…
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Jun 17: photo of the month
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in photosNothing extra special about this one but it’s a mug shot taken with my ‘fast’ lens of Peter Doyle who was one of my buddies at Churchill 1966-1969. What I like about the fast lens is the way it blurs…
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A day in the life
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It’s good if Friday can be a good day. It draws a line under the week and sets the tone for the weekend. And for it to be a good day it needs a good start and that for me…
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The worst of British …
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It’s been a tough 12 months and 2017 on it’s own hasn’t been much good either but two events this month struck me as exemplifying just how wrong we can get it sometimes. I may be conflating the trivial with…
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May 17: photo of the month
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Another prompt posting this month. This is from Coimbra in Portugal. It’s Portugal’s premier university city so has some equivalence to Cambridge. Big difference is the enthusiasm of the students to embrace a ‘uniform’, note the student in the photo…
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Election stories III: polling day and the count
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It’s an early start with my alarm set for 0530 because what were eve of poll leaflets last night are now good morning leaflets. It’s a fine morning so I’m off and running by 0600.
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Election stories II: the campaign
We started this year’s campaign pretty early of course and certainly well before all the candidates were announced. That happens about 4 weeks before Election Day itself which results in a final election push when you know with whom you’re…
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Apr 17: photo of the month
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Very prompt again this month but no posts between this and the March photo. These are horses in Oakington and I like the composition of the shot. I reckon it could be better with a little less depth of field…
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Mar 17: photo of the month
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A bit more timely this one and the first with my phone for a few months. I was having a late breakfast at Waitrose in Trumpington and was joined by Bob Tonks and Tim Laws. This is Tim. He’s getting a…
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