Cambridge for a picnic

The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia, on the River Cam, about 50 miles (80 km) north of London. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although city status was not conferred until 1951. I’ve loved Cambridge …

Charlotte Dujardin’s golden postbox

Came across this on my way back from the post office to pick up a parcel this afternoon. It’s painted gold in honour of Charlotte Dujardin, the British double gold medalist and dressage rider at the 2012 Olympics. Charlotte was born in Enfield which is where this postbox is located. M9 and Summilux 50 ASPH …

The mean (farm) tracks of North London

I took this on a walk we took our son on yesterday afternoon. The title relates to the fact that it always amazes me you can find farmland in greater London. The combination of the sky, tree and track really make this photo. Taken with my M9 and Summilux 35

A windswept Norfolk day

OK, so final day of our family holiday in Norfolk and the weather is still “interesting” (windy and wet). Having seen the forecast of a huge storm in the afternoon we got up at the “crack of a sparrowfart’ to get to the beach early. The flip side of that is that the skies were …

A Norfolk boat trip

So further to my last post, I am still on holiday in Norfolk. My partner and I decided that we wanted to take our son on a seal watching trip to Blakeney point, something we had done a month or two before he was born. I decided to put my M9 down and pick up …

North Norfolk

So, my family and I have come to North Norfolk, about 2 and a half hours from Enfield, where we live. It’s a beautiful, windswept landscape, sand all over the roads, very flat, flint stone and brick cottages everywhere. I was going to use my E-M5 for most photos on this holiday, but decided to …

Bee Happy

So that’s too corny, but what do you do. Decided to spend some time with the residents of my garden today. Useless models though…