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The joy of a street photograph

I’ve long been a fan of street photography – Edith Meier, as unstable as she might have been, has always been a bit of an icon to me….

Winter lights at Canary Wharf

Sadly, a bad back meant I only managed to see some of the winter lights this year – but I enjoyed what I saw, and it was great…

Memory is a tricky thing

I don’t remember this parade at all – and I was obviously there because I took the picture! It is lovely looking at old photos, but it sometimes…

Preparing to start a new chapter

Time to get serious about retiring. It’s taken a long time to get there, partly because I have been lucky enough to have a job I love, but…

Blue skies are over rated

One of the things that I most like about Ireland (apart from my lovely relatives) is the fact that I can take the same picture every year and…

Smelly but beautiful

Rotorua’s geothermal waters are beautiful – if smelly. The bright turquoise and orange ‘lakes’ are just glorious. Icing on the cake was the reaction I got when I…

Found on the beach

This was an odd juxtaposition that I came across while walking on the beach. I guess that the yellow object is from a boat – and that some…

Traffic calming measures

Sometimes you look forward to something and it can be a disappointment  – not so Pompeii.  It was as amazing as I thought it would be, but for…

Telling stories through holiday snaps

There are a few photos I took which remind me of something I learnt or appreciated about Cuba. They may not be great pictures, but they tell me…

Castro’s camp in the mountains

I’ve visited lots of castles and military posts in my time, but nothing quite like Castro’s guerilla camp. We had to drive for many hours to get there…