Warwick is a favourite place of mine as it has many hidden delights. The tourists flock to thee castle and will generally give the town a miss. Don’t get me wrong the castle is well worth a visit and if you are…
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When the chance came to take photographs from the top of the Rotunda then I was first in the queue. Maybe not first as there were several other keen photographers that wanted to up there as well. Those people with passion, @Birminghamweare…
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I sent my picture of Chesterton Windmill into BBC England to see if it would be suitable for their theme ‘clearing the mind’. Each day, Englands Big Picture feature an interesting photograph shared with them from across England. The week that I…
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When I started off submitting photographs to social media outlets, Flickr was my first choice. My first post on Flickr was on the 1st October 2005 and since then I have posted many times. There is still much exctitement when your picture…
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The May Bank Holiday was not going to be like last year. The temperature was predicted to go down to around 2 degrees centigrade. I had in my mind that I wanted to photograph Chesterton Windmill on the Saturday evening. Was I…
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It is a while since we visited Kenilworth Castle. Taking a chance on the weather we went for a visit. It was a windy day and the grandchildren are good to start with but then got fractious. So as an amateur photographer…
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It is fun discovering new places to visit around Birmingham and the Maryvale Institute which is a Catholic college. It has much history attached to the place including being the place of residence of Cardinal John Newman from 1846. More of the…
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“Birmingham we are” is full of passion and I have been posting pictures on their Twitter account for over 3 years. It is run by Jonathan Bostock and Daniel Sturley with help from Debbie. They have successfully published the Birmingham Gem’s Calendar…
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A few pictures of Trees and some Birmingham locations this Christmas
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Towards the end of November, we spent a weekend away celebrating Sandy’s birthday and we chose to go to Chester which is a familiar place to both of us. Sandy had her 18th birthday party in the Grosvenor Hotel and I had…
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It is always good when my diary has the free space for an Igersbirmingham instameet and I was lucky as this one coincided with Birmingham Heritage week. The venue was Aston Hall a place that I had not visited since my daughters…
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You may gather that I love nothing more than putting my camera and lenses in a backpack and then setting off along the local canal network. When cycling along the canals, it is interesting to see cottages near to large flights of…
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