Fancied some HDR.. so here we go. Some recent pics from the weekend Gayle came from France and we explored London.

Gayle wanted to go on the London Eye.. i’m not particularly good with enclosed glass pods you are confined in for 45 mins, but i braved it. It really didn’t help that they called it “your flight on the eye”… including the word “flight” doesn’t ease the stress. I had to have an ice cream to recover.

Spokes.

Westminster from the Eye - HDR.

Busbee

Went out with Tom at the weekend. He thought it would be funny to take “au naturale” pictures of me - I decided to post-process one. At least i can say it is a true reflection of me - i wasn’t doing a false smile! Not quite sure of the expression - i think i was mid smirk. Unfortunately i don’t always look like my Twitter profile picture.

Au naturale.

Now he WAS posing...

My good friend and guitar hero buddy, Ross.

My guitar hero nemesis!

My best French friend Gayle came over from France for a weekend with her boyfriend, Benoit (Buddah). It was great to see them, especially as we’d had a death in the family, so their presence was a breath of fresh air :)!

Putain de merde!

It’s been ages since i’ve last posted. I haven’t had the best of weeks, but i will refrain from the blog burdening! Took this ages ago at after a website meeting in Boscombe.

I’m not sure what you call these things? I am sure there is a name, but unfortunately it is beyond my vocabulary.

I liked the sky..

Quite possibly the cutest lil person ever! Katherine and Rich, two really good friends of mine, have the cutest baby son, Barney.

The cutest lil monster!

It’s been a little bit of a whirlwind few days, which i’ll go into one day soon. Mum and i managed to escape the commotion and went for a day trip out to Swanage. It was a nice day, good weather, and i did manage to enjoy myself, albeit at the expense of £10 wasted on a “grabber” machine in the amusement arcade trying to win a Peppa Pig. Not wanting to give up, and being sure statistically that one of the claws would be a tighter grip, i kept on tenaciously, but as always was so easily fooled…

Later on i managed to find a Peppa Pig in a niche boutique which was £11.25… so i guess you could say i didn’t waste over its value!

Mum and i managed to resist eating naughty, but ravishingly yummy food in this new place called ‘Chococo’ after much deliberation. We miraculously concurred that opting for the healthy option of brown bread sandwiches (get us, not even white bread!!) would be the wise option. We did so well… sort of… until we returned later in the afternoon to Chococo for their chocolate fondue to share. Oh well. Life’s too short!

We made a quick trip to the railway, to see the old steam trains. My Grandparents used to take us on the ‘Santa Special’ as children around Christmas time, so it holds many fond memories. Among the trains, and people, i spotted this little luggage trolley, and decided i would snap it!

Paddington Bear comes to stay!

George a very good friend from College :).

Looking rather serious...

I took this at one of the more recent stays in London. From staying at St. Mary’s over many years i have seen the development of the Paddington Basin. It’s been finished for a few years and i have to say it looks great. I love the canal boats along Grand Union Canal, it almost doesn’t feel like London.. hard to explain!

St Mary's and the Grand Union Canal

Here’sa another from my many-a-London-collection. I literally just shot this quite spontaneously without really looking at what i was taking. It came out quite well i think!

Completely random :)!

On one of the rare hot days of this year, i went with my sister Florence, and her friend Adam to the beach at Canford Cliffs. Luckily for me they were very obliging models!

Summertime at the beach

So, here is Little Joseph. 2 good friends of mine, Emily and Mo were married on Christmas Eve a few years ago, and i was Emily’s bridesmaid. 4 years on, Mo graduates from Oxford, Mo and Em move back down to Dorset and Emily is expecting little Joey. Here’s the lil fella at about 5 months.

The lil fella looking surprised!

Look at that cute foot! Completely edible!

The cutie-pie looking at his Mummy

Here we go…

Highcliffe Castle during a wedding

Highcliffe Castle in Black and White, although i didn't pick the best day with a wedding going on...

Lonely lady wonders...

It was a bit random..