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Well, thanks in no small part to my very pleasant few days in Nottingham last week I have returned with a real spring in my step and subsequently had lots of enthusiastic fun over the Bank Holiday, although one unfortunate gentleman had his plans – and thus mine – scuppered by the gridlocked traffic to [...]

Without wishing to sound churlish, I have been relieved at last to have a much-needed quiet and peaceful week,  with just a  carefully timed couple of enjoyably leisurely meetings to keep the meter running! I have been busy organising myself for my Nottingham visit as well as making arrangements for the next London dash and [...]

I am finally home and feeling very relaxed and refreshed following my London visit; a fine time was had by (hopefully) all! Hotel fabulous, great area (although I will admit to eating far more sausages than is good for anyone, being as I was situated close to the legendary Smithfield market). I am glad to [...]

After a quieter-then-usual last week (first week of school holidays and no less than FOUR cancellations, although I imagine that these hurt my poor prospective visitors even more so than I, and happily three gentlemen have already rebooked), I was by the weekend twiddling my thumbs (although I now no longer have a mending pile [...]

Well, I am  pleased and proud to announce that the seemingly neverending battle with lights, wasps and the oft-cruel self timer have finally produced my lovely new Gallery; a week has been spent cropping, resizing, relighting and otherwise spit-and-polishing my new pictures and the results can be seen over on the main site as of [...]

After enjoying the rather more fast-paced and frantic delights of London life this time last week and meeting some charming and interesting new companions in the process, this week I am taking it at an altogether more relaxed pace, although I was compelled (in the nicest way possible) to work up something of a sweat [...]

Needless to say, my earlier prediction was entirely correct and the summer evening I had planned to relax in the lovely Jardin du Luxembourg with Rigoletto was washed out completely, to the extent that even the barely-two-minute walk to Pigalle metro was enough to drench me to the skin. The evening was salvaged only by [...]

I hate to gloat (it is so very unbecoming, after all), but having spent a blissful morning food shopping, and the afternoon enjoying the spectacular Kandinsky exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou (prior to a dinner I feel embarrassed to describe in detail and am still recovering from, and which has lain waste to my [...]

As you can imagine, preparations for my week in the City of Lights are well underway; thanks to the beautiful summer weather I have been laundering, mending, sorting and packing and most satisfyingly of all, have spent a happy afternoon decanting household essentials into little containers in order to avoid having to buy full size [...]

As the not-entirely-subtle clue to the right of this text may have let on, I am very excited this week to have chosen, bought and finally today collected my brand new Nikon digital SLR camera (spanking new in fact, but I digress). This is (and see right) my first attempt! My poor old compact has [...]