Photography

Northumberland 2010 photoset

Some of my (hopefully!) more interesting photos from Northumberland may be found here. This emotive shot is most likely to be used again: I was pleased with this falcon(?) too: It was hunting on the updraft around Dunstanburgh castle, with a swift(?) bouncing in playfully:

Read More

Northumberland

Beth and I are now home after a great week in Northumberland, which included our 14th wedding anniversary. It seems to us a wonderful yet much-neglected county, though it is apparently not neglected by the RAF!

Read More

Heroes or victims?

Beth and I just spent a few days in Cumbria with old friends and their wonderful children. When he and I graduated together from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, we never imagined that today I would be an MP and he would be managing a major manufacturing facility, but […]

Read More

A weekend around Chiltern Rise

On Friday, I had the pleasure of attending the tenth anniversary of Lane End’s twinning with St Pierre D’Oleron, for which I hope to provide a photo later. I made the point that these direct friendships across national boundaries are a wonderful thing, quoting Richard Cobden: Peace will come to […]

Read More