New Forest
Just taken the MX5 for a little spin across the New Forest. Naturally, we made plenty of stops for photos.
UK
Over the years, I have stumbled upon quite a few interesting places, right here in the UK. These are a few snaps…
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New Forest Otter Sanctuary
Today we took a road trip to the Otter Sanctuary near Longdown in the New Forest.
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Road trip to Shoreham
I arranged to meet up with an on-line photographer friend in Shoreham, in Sussex. I had arrange to collect a pair of fluorescent plat-panel continuous studio lights from him. I decided to make a few stops en route and grab a few snaps. For some strange reason, large, out-of-place structures always seem to interest me….
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Riddings Drop-in and Lincoln Cathedral
Yesterday we drove to Lincoln to meet Robert Simpson, the guy behind the the Riddings Drop in Centre internet café. Today we had a day off, time to take some snaps of the beautiful Lincoln Cathedral.
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A cyber café for thirty quid? Farcical or feasible?
“10 pc Cybercafé for 30ukp!!!!” was the triumphant claim of a recent post on the Puppy Linux users forum… http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=326686869&t=12714 Thirty pounds sterling is about fifty US dollars – not a lot of money. Needless to say my colleagues and I were intrigued and perhaps even a tad sceptical. More intriguing was the claim that…
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Wales
While I am in Wales, I thought I’d drive an extra few km to see my uncle in Brechfa.
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Welsh Rally
A trip to photograph the Welsh Rally courtesy of Duncan Woods at Taran Microsystems.
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A wander through Shirley, Southampton
Today I took a wander through the Southampton suburb of Shirley, mostly to photograph the graffiti in a little alley called Harrison’s Cut. The artwork is actually quite stunning in places, though I don’t suppose the homeowners are terribly happy about it. I used my new Lumix DMC-LX1 point-and-shoot digital camera. Considering its diminutive size,…
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Jules Holland on Southampton Common
Jules Holland and UB40 performed on the Common this evening. So I wandered across to take a few snaps.
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Bonfire
Bonfire in the garden, a little fiercer than expected. Fortunately no harm was done and it burnt itself out very quickly.
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Day trip to London
Day trip to London to see the lights..
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Sandbanks, Dorset
Today we took a road trip n the MX5 to the Studland Peninsula and Sandbanks, in Dorset.
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Highbury College
Portsmouth’s Highbury College shortly after it received a fairly major refurbishment.
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Kenwood House, London
Went to a concert at Kenwood House, London, which was followed by some quite spectacular fireworks.
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Grain Island
A few snaps of the Isle of Grain off the coast of Kent, south-east England. It’s not actually an island any more and forms part of the Hoo peninsula. The the area is mostly marshland and is an important habitat for a number of wild wetland birds.
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Lyme Regis Day Trip
Drove the MX5 down to Lyme Regis in Dorset, and of course, took a few snaps.
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Ocean Village, Southampton
Found myself in Southampton’s Ocean Village, with a reasonably decent camera. So I decided to grab a few snaps.
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London Golf Show, Day 3, Excel Centre, London
London Golf Show, Day 3, Excel Centre, London.
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London Golf Show, Day 2, Excel Centre, London
London Golf Show, Day 2, Excel Centre, London.
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London Golf Show, Day 1, Excel Centre, London
London Golf Show, Day 1, Excel Centre, London.
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London Golf Show – arrival the night before
My girlfriend was working for the London Golf Show and asked me if I’d care to join her in for a few days ad take lots of pictures of the show. Naturally I agreed. These are a few snaps as we arrived the night before the show began, at the Excel Centre, London.
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Southampton
A few snaps from around Southampton City Centre.
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Guildford Cathedral
Took a little road trip with my girlfriend to visit Guildford Cathedral.
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Day trip to Lymington
Day trip to Lymington. Grabbed a few snaps too, though it was too cold to hang about for too long.
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Lyndhurst by night, Christmas lights
Went to see an old friend in Lindhurst today. Stopped on the way to take a few photographs of the Christmas lights.
