The Tyne River at Newcastle

Puffins on Farne

Meadow

Wild garlic flowers

Wild garlic flowers in the woods near Ightham Mote in Kent.

Kent countryside

We went strolling in the Kent countryside today – in and around Ightham Mote. This is the best preserved moated manor house in England.

Tough times

I recently worked as site agent on the closure and clearance of plastics extrusion factory – not normally my bread-and-butter consultancy (or photography) work, but interesting nonetheless. Sad times.

Cantonese opera – Cheung Chau

Stuart, Caroline and I headed for a fish lunch on Cheung Chau praya on Monday and we stumbled upon this outside the Pak toi temple – a Cantonese opera. These are usually cacophonic and this was true to the genre,  so we only managed a few minutes before our ear drums were ruptured and bleeding…..