My view on life

Tags: industrial, Ironbridge, Shopshire

A trip to the Lake District to capture some glorious autumn colours in the early autumn sunshine was the idea. In reality, it was very grey and sometimes wet!
Here are two views from the car park at Southampton Airport. Apparently, unseen by me, there is a sign on the car park saying “Viewing not [...]

Tags: aircraft, boats, dawn, hills, lakes, mist, sunrise

I’d been planning a day out on the Isle of Wight to do some walking for some time now. I never got across to the island last year, so I was determined to get across this year for a day’s walking.

Tags: ferry, Isle of Wight, Lymington

On a recent visit to Birmingham, I was very surprised to come across a very sandy beach! You can’t get that much further from the sea than you can in Birmingham (actually, the furthest point is Coton in The Elms, Derbyshire.) It would seem that Birmingham City Council thought that it would be a [...]

Tags: beach, Urban

There’s more culture in a pot of yogurt than there is in my home city, so I’m forced to travel for any cultural activities. The Coliseum in St. Martin’s Lane, London is the home to English National Opera and during the holiday season, it hosts visiting companies.
At the end of July, I went up for [...]

Tags: culture, London, Urban