What does go on at the 40s weekend

Jolly brave of the North Norfolk Railway even to entertain the idea of a 40s weekend this year. In general their safeguards seem to have worked. Trains were not too crowded and charging… Continue reading →

Evening Light at Bressingham Gardens

I have just returned from Bressingham Gardens near Diss in South Norfolk. Quite an experience with beautifully laid out gardens – seen of course at their best in gentle evening sunlight. The photographs… Continue reading →

Not only but also – (the Shah Jahan Mosque Woking).

Not only was this the first purpose built mosque in the UK, it is, in my opinion, the most beautiful. I suspect my Muslim friends might suspect that if I call it the… Continue reading →

Secret Ambitions

I always had a secret ambition to take two photographs in Southwell. If you don’t know the Nottinghamshire town/city/village shame on you. (I have actually written two blogs from there in my time.)… Continue reading →

Down on the farm just the way it used to be

Last week I was invited to a traditional gathering in of the harvest in a remote corner of Norfolk. I was to see farming practices just as they were immediately after the Second… Continue reading →

What you’ve never been underground!?

Never mind about the Bakerloo  Line – we are talking caves or pot holes. It’s a different world down there . No it isn’t claustrophobic. One just gets taken over by the magic… Continue reading →

Seaside Life

I fancied a wander round Cromer this week in the sunshine. We haven’t seen much sun – so, like lots of other people I thought I would make the most of it –… Continue reading →

See – it’s not just me!

I can remember when I was very young that my mum used to swat moths! “They always make holes in the clothes in your wardrobe , if you let them get in there.”… Continue reading →

Amazing what you can see in Blakeney – or not see!

One of the things that sometimes irritates me is when you have been out on a photo shoot and as you pass another photographer going the same way he says “did you see… Continue reading →

Excuse me mister, what does your machine do?

We are in to high technology this week dear people. I hear complaints that farming is being absorbed by technological wizards “farming isn’t what it used to be!” I notice that this week… Continue reading →