Monthly Archives: May 2010

I have strange cloud of melancholia washing over me as I write this. The MA course that I had started but couldn’t finish has just ended. I am sad about this but I know I made the right decision. Anyway, may I take this opportunity to wish all of … Continue reading →

More info on M69.in “….M69.in is the 4516:th largest site in India (within .IN). The site is using the nginx web server. The site was launched on Saturday, March 13, 2010. The server that hosts m69.in is located in Utrecht, Netherlands. The serv… Continue reading →

Since the beginning of May I have had an increase of hits for a photograph of a bridge going over the M69 – see previous post. Anyway, this has continued and now if you do a search for M69 on Google it is usually towards the top of the list – all … Continue reading →

Well sort of. Most of the time I feel that Polly Toynbee is a strange detached person whose views don’t normally match up to mine. However, having read her piece in Saturday’s Guardian I find that I agree with much of what she wrote. She is right … Continue reading →

For the past few weeks I have been getting a number of hits for one photograph I have on Flickr. The photograph is of a track that goes over the M69 motorway. Now for some reason this is now being viewed 10 – 20 times a day because people are doin… Continue reading →

The photo shoot on Wednesday had the aim of capturing some new small bird portraits to allow them to be used in my ARPS submission. However, one of things that the assesses have said again and again is balance. The photographs I made yesterday, wh… Continue reading →

So the plan this morning was to try and capture some small bird portraits for the ARPS submission. I knew just the spot in Calke Abbey and so I set out with the best of intentions. However, whilst I captured some interesting small bird portraits t… Continue reading →

What indeed? There is clearly a very caustic answer which may well be true but I think all new governments deserve a chance before the carping started. However, in a 24 hours news cycle this is unlikely to happen. However, enough of this as I thin… Continue reading →

Lovely spring morning photographing birds and bangers & mash for lunch – does it get any better? Most of morning I have been at natipnal nature reserve at Calke Abbey. The plan was to try and capture blue tits and great tits. I am not too sure how… Continue reading →

We are having some building work done at the moment which entails having a couple of radiators removed. They started to dribble yesterday but today one of them sprung a major leak. Half an hour of frantic bailing out the water and the leak appears… Continue reading →