In these internet ridden days (I love technology) privacy is slowly being prised away from individuals without their understanding or…
Coronavirus – an hour per day
This is week four for me for being at home working. Been shopping three times – 2.5 hours away from…
Gruffalo!
Happenstance that got me excite at 7:00am. I have become a shaving cream exponent and might start up a new…
Coronavirus – it’s ok I’ll stay here
The queue managers are polite people and in these difficult time are needed to, well, keep queues tidy It is…
Coronavirus – won’t get me :)
Waiting in queues introduces thinking time and the things you see are similar to what George Formby saw when he…
Coronavirus – holiday?
We are in a global lockdown, only emergency global repatriation is happen: maximum group size of two people of non-family…
Mixed emotions
The buds are opening but the leaves are still forlorn and waiting for that critical lift from the sun As…
Chilly morning
Those sun rises motivate me to go out of the back door and just look The Herron was there on…
Coronavirus – Clap for carers
From a little comment from a young lady about showing our support for the NHS comes a national response Thank…
Centre of the Universe
The undisputed Centre of the Universe While musing the meaning of life (42) my focus found a blue button on…
Surprise visit from Sir Walter Raleigh
Sitting here I noticed a long face make a slow discerning move across our lounge I recognised him straightaway ……
Shadow play
The sun won’t shine any more … (Video below) By the Walker Brothers by the way. This wall does not…
Working from home
I am fortunate to be able to work from home. The company I work for uses agile working as standard…
Coronavirus – Instructed to stay away … or else
I struggled to understand this, not being critical of the sentiment at all, but who is the message aimed at?…
The Martlets
Burgess Hill is, I think, a marmite place Burgess Hill has a shopping mall – The Martlets. (photograph is of…
Cubical Art
Signage in this country is excellent really. Where standardisation is necessary it is followed and adhered to, vis Highway signage,…
No matter how hard I try
Chocolate is a sticky thing that gives me pleasure to eat and annoys me when I can’t get the last…
Walkies I said … you will come … you willll comme
I often see a headline and a story to a potential capture before I take a photograph. With this one…
Our garden
Springtime means change, it will really kick-in when the clocks spring forward. For young inquisitive minds the garden is a…
It’s spring again
This afternoon was very warm and demanded time in the garden should be spent on hands and knees – looking…
Flowers at night
These flowers were picked from our garden by a family member without anyone’s knowledge. The first I heard was ……
Newt
It’s a slow coronavirus day at home. We are practicing how long we can all be indoors without getting cabin…
Kings of the road – professional drivers – not
Standards have dropped! At sometime in my life it was suggested that professional drivers were a special breed – ‘Kings…
Travelling home
It was a normal Coronavirus day, precaution, precaution and washing hands every time I thought about it We are in…
A gasp of surprise
A chance resting of my trusty camera (iphone) on top of a kitchen appliance resulted in a sharp intake of…
Small Americano – please
I have mentioned before it is not always vision that attracts my attention to take a photograph. … with ice…
A little bit of Italy in Horsham
In an unsuspecting part of Horsham, on an memorable road is a memorable cafe I have stopped here once before…
The Tower
I have watched this residential tower block being constructed for over a year I suspect. It has been a slow…
Night light – treasured!
Sleeping at night needs a little setting up The Mouse in the Lighthouse is 30 odd years old and served…
Concrete and Clay – my feet begin to rumble
I have never lived in a city, have no desire to, but I have worked in several. I don’t have…
Dump and run
I happened to be waiting for someone to buy a few forgotten things from this store and was, as usual,…
Coloured Building
This is a favourite of mine. It is a dominant building and grabs the skyline with good effect I need…
Curves, more curves and …
A bored lunchtime walk surprised me. This is the backside of the Centrale Shopping Centre. To me it’s better than…
Hard to find local pubs
This not a generational thing, I am happy, mostly, with life; it’s an observation of the changing desires of society.…
Smiled at while cooking
My culinary skills leave a lot to be desired. In effect I could burn water if left to my own…
I was shocked …
I am not a prude, I am not churlish and I am not easily shocked but today I was I…
Sleeping Traveller
This chap was resting while travelling. Masked-up to sleep and wired for sound to entertain There is a dichotomy here:…
Croydon – absolutely the cheapest place to park in the country
Now, for the sharp eyed people amongst you, you might recognise this scene, and a red car parked here that…
Extreme Makeup
I have seen a lot of extreme makeup artists work. I have mixed feelings! Today I enjoy it, tomorrow I…
New Lanes – Brighton
I know, I know, I’m late. It’s catch-up Friday. It’s taken me time to get my act together putting these…
Piano man – Brighton
You may have noticed other films about street performers in Brighton, but it is not apparent that it is the…
Bank Holiday – its Mod time – Brighton
Part 2. This is the film taken on the day I photographed the Mods in Brighton last August (Film below)…
Beat Box – Brighton
More of the treasure chest that is Brighton! (Film Below) It appears to me the better street performers are those…
Lap Steel Guitar
Brighton holds a treasure chest of public performers: this chap appeared in an earlier blog with just a photograph: this…
Chuggers on duty
These people where incredibly industrious but on the hit rate I witnessed at a peak time could not make a…
Tower Bridge – London
An imposing building with history that never fails to excite me It must be the love for engineering inside me…
Only Fools and …
This must have been a tried and tested routine to be sure … it amused me that how in this…
Red Hill – Gravel Sunrise
Twas a delightful morning, one that I have waited for. I was lucky enough to have a window seat and…
… quick .. quick, the aliens have arrived
Dont panic our national defences have managed to skewer the advance party’s first vessel … As I walked the rivers…
… another sad moment …
Today we are gathered here to witness the new destruction of someone’s pride and joy I walked towards this poorly…
Munch . munch .. munch …
I was forced into a delay and passed an hour in a cafe in the South Terminal. This is a…
Brighton – Biblical Rain
While arriving in Brighton the heavens opened and I was held captive under a bus shelter (Film Below) When I…
All that road and (s)he could not resist the temptation to park like this
My flabber was gasted! I packed my daily things into my neat and tidily parked car and wondered whether I…
Leonardslee Gardens – Night time Walk
(Film below) Following the single photograph I published on 16 Dec 2020 (can’t link it at the moment) I have…
Night – moon – car lights
It was the night after the super moon, which happened to be too wet to go out I was on…
Not an everyday town scene
While sitting in a new cafe in Horsham I spied two people outside with antics like the chuckle brothers ……
Rain rain go away
Rain was just a part of the day. It was very windy but we did not suffer like many people…
Photo bombing with a twist
Photoshoots in the public realm are always frustrating. This was double a problem: the photo bomber wanted to both be…
The long walk
The end of the day brings the inevitable journey home. This chap soon disappeared into the cold night gloom of…
Stratford upon Avon
When the circumstances are right we will pick a destination from the long list of 80 odd places around the…
Croydon Stations’ own cafe society
Stations are, some of you might have detected this, a regular feature in my life In my eyes there are…
Croydon Stabbing
Under the circumstances it is difficult to say, but life continued unabated, with people just carrying on as though nothing…
Spot the error
I looked and noticed straightaway … but why ? Since when are trains run on their sides?
Snapped cord … mans solution
This is a typical solution I would arrive at quickly … until someone noticed I smiled immediately I spied this…
Tree felled … but still a home
This surprised me greatly as well as worried me. How long does the installer of this bird box think this…
With respect …
This lady held her composure with grace and elegance
Timely night glow
I have published photographs of this building before … yep still like it … As I left work the graded…
Homeless in Horsham
This might sound as though I am a middle-class boring old fart with a wish to get someone else to…
Special cafe
A surprise find with a pleasant surprise: a cafe with real service – Richards, Hove I had strayed to far…
Another bike … another story
Mr Claude Butler would be sad to see this bike in this condition. In 1928 he started his chain of…
Jubilee Library – Brighton
Been here many times. This library is, to me, a pleasant place that provides sanctuary for many people with diverse…
Finding Family
A number of years ago it was in the press that Family Research was the second highest type of research…
Sucker for sunsets and silhouettes
I enjoy a sunset, I can always find something different in them. There is about a ten minute window to…
Cafe society
I enjoy the spirit of cafes and while I do frequent chain stores I would prefer independents. As dusk turns…
A lonely wait
The cafe was closing, the advertising board was returned for safe keeping, the outside table were being stacked and the…
Rocks away
No rocks in my life … then two come along together Well, surprise surprise. This was found in Roffey. The…
You would think people are not this stupid
Parked at 90 degrees to the kerb resulting in the front of your car blocking the public highway is as…
London Bridge Station
Praise is steeped on the Victorian Engineers for the legacy of their work and how it has stood the test…
Travelling companions
This couple had, I think, forgotten where they were: Right in front of the digital departure board on a packed…
Rocks away
Gesture of friendship from a never-to-know person I am a firm believe that there are more kind and considerate people…
The Shard
I have a rule: everything 16:9 horizontal so I can integrate video and stills without having black edge bands However…
Squashed jellyfish
Now, I have an active geometric mind that often, in fact more often than not sees things in other things…
Irony here …
It took a moment for the significance of the little girls comment, which did not even draw a comment from…
Norfolk Steam
Norfolk Steam is a snapshot of a visit we made I want to tell stories – not block busters or…
It’s not only kids who like to get splashed
This nonchalant pair thought no one was looking when they decided to run the gauntlet of the giant squirt run…
Another snail … or is it?
Well, great debate was had and I don’t think I won. Mr Snail living here was, I thought, Mr Snail…
Let’s be honest here
This parking spot (or not as the case) is a particularly invidious place to park I say that as I…
London sky-line
Uninterrupted view across the river, then the times change The greyness of the day helps to separate the river side…
London sky-line
Both embankments of the river Thames supply me with spectacular sky-line. However, to much time to do it justice is…
Curly thing of a handrail
Shape and form intrigue me: at one time it looks like this, move, and it looks like that … This…
Battle Ship Grey
This part of London is not one I have frequented other than using London Bridge Station, so really just passing…
Well, a sentiment that should be made more prominent in life
Life, like being a parent, does not come with a manual … Enough said …
Parking issues
Yet again a driver just parks and leaves everyone else stuffed This is an informal round-about in a small cul-de-sac…
Related to a Christmas Turkey
Walking around a garden centre this little chap spooked me! He is genetically related to a Christmas Turkey by virtue…
Brighton-by-night
The seafront is having a revamp to return it to its format glory but in an appropriate style with a…
Cubical Art
Same location, but a different tagger Inspector Cluso here! Now, using the poor skills I have (not) got at graphology…
Parking ticket
Another bike for the record. Is this for parking on doubles yellow lines? Brighton City Council ‘ticket’ bikes regularly. I…
A bird of birds
I have seen video of a Barn Owl (not this bird) in flight: flying directly, full square into the camera:…
Slowly – but surely
These little creatures amaze me. While being very slow moving, vulnerable and unable to evade prey by running: They can…
Miniature everything
A part of a standing display at Leonardslee is a model village of very impressive detail and complexity In an…
