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Gardening Milestone – Our Veg Starts To Grow

The Big Veg Plot

Our plan to grow our own veg is starting to gain some momentum and we spent the day cutting trees, sorting out our veg plots and various other exciting gardening tasks which I felt compelled to document. :)

This album contains 14 photos and 8 comments.

Loughrigg Fell, The Lake District

View Over Grasmere

In what seems to be turning into an annual event Rachael and I met up with our good friends Stu and Sandrine over in the Lake District for a delightful day’s hiking and eating…

This album contains 11 photos and 8 comments.

Jim’s Stag Do

Skier Against The Trees

A stag do involving skiing and snowboarding in addition to the usual heavy drinking? It sounded like a brilliant idea and it turns out it was! I haven’t had that much fun in years!

This album contains 55 photos and 21 comments.

The Mystery Of Our Plant Pot Vandal Solved

Garden Ornament

My good lady has a bunch of big plant pots in our garden and something kept digging up the bulbs she planted. I saw a movement out of the corner of my eye and started taking pictures and the culprit was revealed…

This album contains 6 photos and 13 comments.

Night Photography, Flash Guns And Too Much Of Me!

Not A Man To Mess With

My good friend (and highly talented photographer) Ade and I went out the other evening in Leeds for a night photography shoot. He was mostly practising using multiple flash guns and I was mostly looking very camp!

This album contains 20 photos and 12 comments.

Some Photos Of My Brother And I From The 70′s

My Brother And I

When I was last in Scotland I borrowed some 35mm slides from my dad and finally got a scanner to bring them into the 21st century. Here are some of my brother from the late 70′s that’ll make you laugh!

This album contains 21 photos and 18 comments.

Ben Nevis Weekend

The Carn Mor Dearg Ridge

Myself, my good lady and a couple of friends spent a long weekend near Glencoe hiking around Ben Nevis and enjoying the scenery. Aside from the beautiful Scottish scenery we ate some great food and had a great time. Oh, and I took a few photos!

This album contains 27 photos and 6 comments.

Two Days In New York

Vanishing Ever Upwards

I’ve just returned from a two day trip to New York with work and while I didn’t get much time to explore the city I did at least manage to get a few photos! I’ll definitely be back for a more thorough investigation of the place.

This album contains 21 photos and 23 comments.

Return To The Isle Of Arran

The Holy Isle

After a wonderful week on Arran last year we returned with friends in tow. We spent the week hiking, eating, drinking and relaxing. In return we had perfect weather and a brilliant time!

This album contains 39 photos and 9 comments.

A Flying Visit To Abu Dhabi

City Under Construction

I’ve just spent a couple of days on a whistle-stop tour to Abu Dhabi. It was a free trip through my good lady, flying Virgin Upper Class and staying in a swanky hotel. I wasn’t going to say no was I?!

This album contains 18 photos and 15 comments.