Seagull I went for a photography meetup on Sunday and the trip went to Hasting. Hasting is a about 2 hours from London by train and while it is an ok place with cliffs, fishing boats and of course the sea, I still prefer Eastbourne (Beachy Head) and Brighton. The weather was perfect (my face [...]

Just a small practical anouncement: I am not moving to Notting Hill. I removed the previous post, I am not getting into any details, it is just not going to happen. Not now anyway, I will keep my eyes open for other chances. I bought a new pocket camera, a Panasonic T4. It replaces my [...]

A perfect weekend is: Great weather and good views in Exmouth Long walks with the dogs on the beach (Exmouth) A perfect red and white lighthouse (Plymouth) This is Smeaton’s tower, a lighthouse located on the Plymouth Hoe. The lighthouse is no longer in use as a lighthouse, and this is not it’s original location [...]

My bag is packed and I am half in bed typing this. I will leave for Ireland tomorrow, flying from Heathrow to Cork where I will be picked up. From there we will drive to Coornagillagh (Kerry). It is a very quiet area on the south west coast, 4 houses and a pub, that kind [...]

Devon Cream Tea in the Wayside Cafe It’s really not bad to spend your 42nd birthday with your best friend in a cafe in Widecombe-In-The-Moor having a cream tea that looked as good as this and tasted as good too. We also visited Princetown which is known for the prison. And if you have seen [...]

Dogs in the rain The view from my B&B room in Weymouth Saturday morning around 8am (yes zoom lens and a room with sea view very close to the beach). It didn’t look very promising so we headed to a cafe for a coffee and the Saturday Guardian. I think the dogs are more depressed [...]

Portland Bill I think it is fair to conclude that the English south coast is beautiful no matter where you go. The same goes for the light houses!

Playing with Words It’s popping up everywhere now, and it is intriguing. Feed your feed (or just a stack of words) into Wordle and see how beautiful words can be. (Unfortunately the page won’t let you save it as an image, but you can save it as PDF and blow it up and put it [...]

Manx sheep – who are you looking at? I went to Bognor Regis, and I had a good day. Bognor Regis is much smaller and therefore much less touristy than Brighton. The weather was marvellous, and I haven’t done much more than walk to a nearly empty piece of the pebbled beach, sit/lay down, stare [...]

Heaven on the Isle of Man Maybe you will understand why I want to go back.

Tea on the Isle of Man (Niarbyl) The older man walked up to me for a little chat. “This is the best view of the island” he said to me. “I believe you right away” I smiled at him. (and the picture doesn’t truly show it) “So where are you from?” “London” “Ah” he said, [...]

South Foreland Lighthouse near Dover With a long bank holiday approaching last Friday and the weather being lovely, I decided to escape London, again, and impulsively booked myself into a friendly B&B in Dover.

So I took my backpack and discovered that Love never ends A train at 9.47am on a Sunday morning – after a short night and weather that could not be more depressing – demanded a lot of willpower. But I had my book and the prospect of a train trip, and even if it was [...]

On the beach – in Magrathea