I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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I’m fortunate. I’ve enjoyed lots of travel and had good experiences as I’ve done so. For much of the time it’s been business travel but a lots also been vacations when I’ve shared it with my family. In this and…
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5 memorable business trips (3)
This the third in a series of posts about memorable business trips. It relates to time some 10 years after the first two and although email was already a part of business life the concept of accessing your email when…
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Photo of the month: December 2025
This is a Xmas day shot taken in the kitchen at Alex and Clare’s house. Alex was cooking the Xmas lunch and I stood by to give him advice. I was looking for a photo that conveyed the sensation of…
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So that was 2025!
At least it ended on a positive note with a fine but very cold day, my blood pressure at 122/65 and my heart rate at 53. I weighed in this morning at 65.4 kg. Last year the numbers were 120/62…
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Photo of the month: November 2025
As a member of the Cambridge Camera Club I join many of its photo walks. As the person with a responsibility for looking after new members I encourage them to join the walks and take the opportunity to tap the…
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The big reset
I’m a bit of a photographer and I pride myself on taking photographs which are technically good and tell stories. I use Lightroom as a cataloging system and score many of my images using its star system: one to five…
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Military precision
I attended my first Xmas party of the year on Friday. It’ll probably be the last, I generally don’t do many, but it made me reflect on similar ones in the past. Given that this was a company party, I’ll…
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Photo of the month: October 2025
We enjoyed a week in Spain during the month and that yielded multiple photo ops but this one came right at the beginning as we waited for our bags at Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez airport. It’s an impressive airport just as…
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Historic Spain
We’ve just got back from a week in ‘historic Spain’ starting in Madrid and then spending time in el Escorial, Segovia, Avila, Salamanca and Toledo. It was a full on experience and I reckon it could usefully have been split…
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Bloody Hell I won!
Cambridge Camera Club runs several competitions during the year and they’re mostly won by expert photographers. They’re not just technically expert and skilled at using Photoshop etc they’re also expert on their chosen genre and have the patience that’s needed…
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