Travel
I'm lucky enough to travel a lot but I also aim to understand a place in some depth. So I like to find out about the local history, sociology, wildlife and local arts. I prepare for a trip by looking up photos of the famous sights, they're usually a good guide both about the local visual interest and also a warning of what has already been done or over-done.
I try to use the tools of modern photojournalism and photography to communicate how I feel about a place. You’ll see that I have used Portrait, Street, Interior, Historical, Abstract, Landscape, Historical, Wildlife, Phone-camera and Selfie genres at different times for specific effects.
Postcard from an autumn day trip to Eastbourne.
Views of a passing biker, the pier, the railway station and Old Orchard Road.
Lille is 1088km from Marseille by autoroute plus a toll charge of about 90€. We decided on to drive north in our hire car instead of taking the TGV as we had booked. This unfortunately resulted in not meeting with our friends in the AMA bike club at the annual general meeting in Rasteau near Avignon.
Postcard from St Tropez - October 2010
We're enjoying a few days in St Tropez, the "Jewel of the French Riviera". But unlike "La Cage Aux Folles" we've been economical and certainly not enjoying "champagne from now until the Finale...". Anyhow, the permissive days of the Sixties have gone and the "Nearly Isle" (la Presqu'ile de St Tropez) now has noise control laws which the Gendarmes enforce diligently.
Well here I am waking up in London on Saturday morning... and writing in English: But anyhow I have a pleasant looking forecast for here rather than a grey then rain one for Marseille.
We walked around to Marseille Vieux Port (old Port) around the Corniche Kennedy, from the statue of Michelangelo’s David and Pointe Rouge.
It was the last day of our Marseille holiday, the Sunday of the English late summer bank holiday. The sun was shining but it was neither too hot nor was there too much wind. Everyone seemed to be out, either on the beaches in the Mediterranean or just enjoying the pleasant end-of-season sunshine. The sort of weather one dreams of for the Mediterranean: not too hot, fresh overnight and not a strong wind. Great to be there to enjoy it.
