Whilst you were watching the mens final from Wimbledon, we had a day by (and in) the River Nidd near Harrogate. There's a spot known by a few as 'Bilton Beach' about half way along the path that takes you from Bilton in…
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Bilton Beach
Claro BeesOn my way back to the car after a beautiful dog walk around Birk Cragg near Harrogate this morning, unexpectedly, I ended up learning a whole bunch of stuff on the fascinating subject of bees. I spotted a modest little…
Kodak Ektar 100Marketed as a professional film, Kodak Ektar 100 35mm claims to be "The World's Finest Grain Color Negative Film". The quality of the result it is utterly unique. I shot a roll mainly last weekend - mainly outdoors…
- The Fresh King
A place not to far from home, lies an eighteenth-century country house situated on the banks of the River Ure. We got to know it's grounds like the back of our hands, thanks to helping out and running several events…
- Haiku
Diesel on the road Motorbike man flipped and fell Ambulance, I called. The police turned up The man on the bike looked dazed Ambulance helped him. It was quite a shock Blue lights arrived in numbers They closed the…
- Beard
I bumped into a friend this morning whilst out on a dog walk. She proclaimed that she didn't recognise me, due to my "beard" (I'm about 10 days estranged of razors). She later went on to remark that it was a massive…
- Half way point.
Today is the half way point of the year. It's the same amount of time to 2014 as it is from 2012. The significance of this, and this very blog post are intrinsically linked, see, I decided on the morning of January the…
FileyWe're just back in from a day out at the sea side. Last night we enjoyed the mildest night whilst camping I can remember in ages. A night who's sky went straight from twilight to dawn, skipping the pitch black bit…
Nel's Birthday CampWe're at Bobby Bee's campsite, Burton Flemming. We arrived mid afternoon to a full compliment of happy campers. We've had a massive game of cricket and are starting prep for an evening of food, fire and fun. A cracking…
Some photos from AllanGateI collected a processed film that I shot last weekend on my LOMO LC-A. Quite pleased. I also got back a film that I shot on a LOMO LIBERTEL 166B -= all out of focus. Quite unpleased. You win some, you loose some. Anyhoo…
- Music.. What happened?
The other night I popped into a local late night food emporium. You know the kind of place; the "Yes my friend, chili sauce?" mantra ringing in your tinnitus ears, whilst you run the risk of falling over thanks to the…
- I did write a blog yesterday, honest.
Regular visitors, and those familiar with my DD365 project that involves me blogging every day for a year this year, will note a visible breach in continuity. It looks like I didn't blog yesterday. I did blog, but made…
- Electro Jam
I actually look like I know what I'm doing here. Don't tell anyone that I make it all up as I go along. I popped along to 'Electro Jam' at Zoso last night and span a few tunes. A fun night. It's an 'open deck' night…
- I sent a life changing email this morning
I was poised over the point of no return, with a single finger - the left mouse button, whilst my mouse pointer hovered over the virtual send button. Up until that point, I could have retreated. I pressed send. The time…
- Vaping
Almost exactly 1.5 years ago to the day, I gave up smoking. Whilst I hadn't been a heavy smoker, I did smoke enough so, that it was an addiction. I had a physical and habitual dependency on smoking cigarettes. I enjoyed…