That was October

This post is a bit late coming after a tempête de merde of a week last week – I won’t go into details but many things decided to conspire against us both personally and in our business so it was not a good time! Thank goodness for yoga! Anyway those who know me know that I’m…

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Print shop open!

I have had quite a lot of interest in my Instagram feed of late and several people have asked about buying prints. So I have set up a gallery where you will be able to buy a section of my most recent images. At the moment I am just offering a couple of options -…

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Morning walk – bright and breezy

After the wild, wet and windy weather yesterday from the sting in the tail of hurricane Bertha it was very fresh and breezy this morning giving rise to bright and clear light.  It was one of those skies where the clouds looked 3D and created crazy shapes – that  could suddenly look like an elephant…

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Selfies!

So the Oxford dictionary have announced today that the word of the year is selfie.  In case you’ve been living in a nice cave away from our social media frenzied world it is listed as: selfie noun, informal (also selfy; plural selfies) a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam…

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Walk with a purpose

We just about in the middle of the school holidays but sadly we’re not going to be able to get away anywhere this year for a lot of reasons. There is a lot to keep us here this week. Firstly my daughter Reya is in the middle of getting her braces fitted. So far this…

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Morning walk – 22nd July

It would be fair to say that I haven’t been very motivated to write and post much just lately.  I’m still walking in the mornings and taking lots of photos on my new “phone friend” as well as driving every one nuts by taking pictures with my lovely 6D 1.4 50mm combo in the kitchen…

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Hit and miss phototography

I’m counting the days to my phone upgrade as my existing one really is on it’s last legs.  It has really served me quite well over the last couple of years and I’ve taken loads of photos with it – especially when out on my morning walks.  However now the screen is virtually impossible to…

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Business as usual

So January is over!  As well as not drinking for the whole month and raising over £200 I managed to Blog every day which was quite an achievement.  I know from looking at my Blog stats that I’ve gained quite a few readers over the month and I’m hoping that some will stay with me! …

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Advent:11th December

This morning was very cold, very slippery but glorious. The air was very still so the sounds of the pheasants and the rooks seemed to be coming from all around. Incidentally is there a name for the noise a pheasant makes? Answers on a Christmas card please! I

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London adventures with my phone!

Phew it’s the end of a very busy week which saw me working in London for three days! I had a hectic schedule carrying out interviews at a well known Business School for some writing work 2up is doing for another agency.  I was based in the heart of one of the busiest tourist centres…

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Walking pixels: 4 May

What can I say…it is cold, it is wet, this is not spring weather.  As I type the wood burner is still burning and I’m thinking of a hot water bottle for bed tonight…

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