I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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This is an unusual shot for me in that I’ve changed the photo with a little judicious post-processing. It’s a picture of one of the big baubles hanging in Grand Arcade but then I’ve applied a radial blur to the…
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5 highlights of 2023
It’s been a full year but strangely I’ve had difficulty teasing out five particular highlights. However I do have a list even though number five is perhaps a bit of a cop-out. Three good holidays with eight excellent hotels. First…
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One photo a year: another decade of digital photography (2014 to 2023)
We’re coming to the end of my second decade of digital photography so I’ve brought together a collection of some of my better photos of the period. I hope you enjoy them.
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You get what you pay for: experience with osteopathy.
Wednesday is the day I set my alarm and get up early, at 0730, for my weekly cardio Zoom. I neither enjoy the early start nor the Zoom itself but recognise that there is a benefit and I do go…
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5 people who annoy me in the gym
I’m still a regular user of my local gym. It’s not called the Barn any more, it’s Vision Fitness, and although attendance has been down it’s slowly building up again. I like it when there are others in the gym,…
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Photo of the Month: November 2023
This one just crept in at the end of the month following a visit to Anglesey Abbey’s light trail. That’s great value and it’s very well laid out, not just the lights but also the provision of places to eat…
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Life’s too short to drink instant coffee
It’s not quite the same but I spotted this sign in Arequipa when I visited Peru in 2013. I liked the sign and it was one of the positives that day because it began with a bad case of the…
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Photos of flowers
No I haven’t sold my soul to the genre of flower photography but I went to a Cambridge Camera Club event this week where the speaker was Hemant Jariwala who is a specialist. I was not inclined to go but…
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Photo of the Month: October 2023
Another photo with lots of colour this month. This was taken at an event in the Croft Close Set-aside in Histon on a rather cold but sunny Sunday morning. Although I had my DSLR with me this photo was taken…
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Three cheers for the NHS (again)! (Dupuytrens 1)
The day started badly. OK I had to get up earlier than I like these days and there was slow traffic at first on the M11 but I arrived at Addenbrookes, Clinic 7 shortly after 0900 for my 0930 appointment.…
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