Author Archives: Guthlac

You have to admire Gordon Brown for his tenacity – certainly far more than I ever will be. I have been listening to the Clive Anderson tapes podcasts – which are now two years old – we find that Gordon Brown is still as unpopular then as he is now… Continue reading →

I have started to really think about what my ARPS submission is going to be about. I keep a close eye on what other people have submitted and it is a very broad church – how many of them submission seem to go for more exotic locations and creature… Continue reading →

I am at a total loss – just how do you photograph a daffodil? I know this is a bit of daft question and one I have tried to address before with no real answer. There are always plenty of clich??d shots – brilliant yellow flow against a blue backgro… Continue reading →

So I didn’t make it to Bempton after all. After writing that I was going I sat down and discussed this with Mandy and came to the conclusion that it wasn’t worth the effort. The killer argument was that I had more than enough good quality photogra… Continue reading →

Well I have been mulling over in my mind whether I should go to Bempton Cliffs tomorrow. As I write this I have decided to go but that doesn’t mean I will.So why the ambivalence? Well I have visited Bempton for two years in a row and the photograp… Continue reading →

I know my place – watching rather than doing the gardening. I know somehow gardening is supposed to be the man’s job but not in our house. I enjou gardens but not gardening. My wife on the other hand loves getting her hands dirty. The last thing s… Continue reading →

When I was at Calke the other day I saw my first swallow – does that make it summer? Of course not. As I sit here writing this at the Botanical Garden I cannot see any swallows – I have no idea what that means. I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photo… Continue reading →

Has it only been 2 days? Today was the last Prime Minsters question time and guess what blah blah blah. Tish poo you suck well I think that was what was said I blanked out after 30 seconds. I know it is an election but really do we have to go thro… Continue reading →

Well it is now official, after all the days, weeks, months and probably years the election has been called. So why am I so underwhelmed by the whole process? I suspect I feel so indifferent because I cannot get excited about the bunch of people wh… Continue reading →

A wonderful spring morning greeted us at Calke Abbey. It was a little overcast but warm with lovely fresh breeze – perfection. The first port of call was the lambing. Calke Abbey is a huge tract of land which has a sheep roaming. The sheep are bro… Continue reading →