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Another day, another stop. This time we woke in time for a glorious sunrise just before docking. I had booked a days photography with a...

A leisurely overnight journey took us further down the coast to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Still the Celtic links and none more obvious than...

After a long day at sea watching for anything at all of interest, it was great to dock in Sydney, Nova Scotia. As the name says, New...

After leaving Quebec we headed to Saguenay, a City of 144,000 people with a small town feel – its main industries in minerals, bauxite...

My birthday treat this year was a cruise on Oceania Cruises “Insignia”, taking in Canada and US ports of call in the fall. We had booked...

Sue and I had been talking for a while about going up to Northumberland and visiting Holy Island, Alnwick, Bamburgh and Seahouses, to...

I won’t bore anyone with the reason I’ve not posted for a while, suffice to say I can almost walk properly again so can get out with the...

Sue and I went to Prague last month and despite a number of hiccups with both travel and personal belongings, we had a great time. We...

John Denton is a local photographer who runs Art Nude photography courses amongst other things. He came to our f4 Photography club a...

We hadn’t been with NCL before so took a break with them at the end of March for Sue’s birthday, departing and returning to Barcelona. We...

So, I found myself last night frequenting The Back Room, splendid venue owned by very long time friend Paul Sutton and his wife Gilly....

A rare visit for me to see some old chums from my playing days, including Phil Tebbs who was up from darn sarf for a few days. I’d been...

I took a trip down to Hull yesterday morning to see what all the fuss was about. It’s BIG. I hope it doesn’t slip off the stand, it’ll...

We decided to go to Grasmere again and stay at the Wordsworth Hotel and be looked after by the excellent team there. On Christmas Eve we...

After the tour with HitTheRoadTours on our first day in Funchal, we decided we weren’t going to do much – a relaxing week in prospect. So...

I photographed a few doors in Madeira last year and as more have been painted by residents, I took the opportunity to add to my...

Madeira with HitTheRoad Tours I’d seen reviews of this Company on Trip Advisor and FB and thought it might be a good idea to do a tour...

I looked at the email from the Royal Photographic Society and thought – “I’ve not been on a course for a while” – so I paid the money and...

Images from Llandudno, Rhos on Sea and Bodnant gardens taken during our recent break away.

We decided to visit Llandudno for a few days as the weather was mainly forecast to be on our side. The first afternoon was a bit dull but...