Afternoon at Cliveden – 20 April 2015
The whole of the Easter break had come and so nearly gone without any one of us spending so much as an hour at Cliveden. Clearly this needed to be put right.
Category: Weather
Spring Has Sprung! – 16 April 2014
As the garden comes alive, I share photos from the Burdett Towers garden, as the spring sun shines brightly during one of my breaks in my Easter holiday revision schedule.
Cookham Floods (with pictures) – 11 January 2014
Whatever age you are, there’s nothing more curious than a speed-limit signpost, only its top still dry. The white painted road-markings, which dive down beneath the water-line, are the subject of many a photograph. For me, though, it’s the impossible image of all of this water, somehow made possible by a complex combination of currents and clouds.
Cookham Floods: Kayaking Video – 9 January 2014
As the globe gets ever more ‘warm’, and the ecomentalists shout ever more loudly, deduction points to mankind as the cause of the nationwide floods. Truly, the effects of the recent weather are shocking:...
iPhones: A Love / Hate Relationship – 28 October 2013
Sat in a Reading coffee shop whilst waiting for an indefinitely delayed train, I ponder the worth of my favourite pocket gadget. Remember back in 2012, when the weather was amazing and the Olympics...
In Pictures: Snow of January 2013 – 26 January 2013
As the last of the snow begins to melt, enjoy this gallery of pictures, taken over the first few days of the wintry weather.
Explorer Scout Camp Diary: Day One – 4 August 2012
In the first instalment of my daily Explorer Camp Diary, our unit drives to Devon, is greeted by miserable weather, but attempts to set up camp regardless. I learn the joy of tea, meet a lovely Scout group from Yorkshire, and make a fuss about the size of the tent I was lent.
Last Night of Little Shop of Horrors – 9 February 2012
Read about the rehearsal process here. Twenty songs, six months of rehearsals, and four performances to the paying public came to an end this evening, as my fellow Little Shop of Horrors cast members...
