Photo of the month: May 2024
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in photos
I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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We ‘enjoyed’ rather a wet few days in Derbyshire with Charles and Clare and Alex and their family. On our last day we took refuge from the rain in Chesterfield where we visited the church with the crooked spire. One…
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A short visit to Northumberland
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in vacationsWe’ve just spent three nights in Newcastle as a base for visiting castles, houses and gardens in Northumberland. But first let’s be clear about what we mean: Northumberland or Northumbria? This is from the website www.askdifference.com: Northumbria, existing from the…
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Photo of the month: April 2024
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in photosVacation trips are always a good source of photographs, something different and a little different from what what you normally get. This one’s from my recent trip to Cyprus and was taken in the Turkish part of Nicosia. I hadn’t…
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There’s an election coming: vote for Ian Sollom
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in politicsWe’ve had over four years of a Tory government which started badly and has got steadily worse. And now the current Prime Minister, he’s the third of this parliament and the fifth since the Tories came to power, has called…
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All the countries I’ve ever visited (part I)
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I’m fortunate. I’ve enjoyed lots of travel and had good experiences as I’ve done so. For much of the time it’s been business travel but a lot has also been vacations when I’ve shared it with my family. In this…
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Cyprus: it’s not just lemons
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in vacationsI’ve realised that the Law of Inevitable Disappointment applies to holidays. You go full of expectations and there’s always one that fails to deliver. Cue disappointment! However there is a rider viz there’s always some unexpected experience which more than…
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Photo of the Month: March 2024
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in photosI was in Cambridge with my DSLR for a specific purpose and that was not to engage in street photography. However when the opportunity arises you’ve got to take it and a phone is an easier device to use in…
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today’s gratitude list.
I came across this blog today: https://heardandfelt.wordpress.com/ It’s got some good thought provoking content but I feel I’m being short changed because the author doesn’t tell me much about him/herself. I sense it’s a woman, apologies if I’m wrong, and…
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1975: part 1 the sport
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At the time I felt that I spent a lifetime in Indonesia but it was barely two years. I arrived in Jakarta the middle of 1974 and left in August 1976. But I was there for the whole of 1975.…
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Cuba remembered
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Last night at the Cambridge Camera Club we saw the results of a recent trip to Cuba by Roy Essary (https://shuttershot.co.uk/). It prompted me to go back and look at the photos I’d taken when we visited in 2009. I…
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