Monday July 30th 2012 Fuschia & Hoverfly

Just a quick snap in the garden lucky to get the Hoverfly

Canon 7D
Tamron 17-50 f2.8 VC

Sunday July 29th We Will Remember

No jokes or daft comments this was from the National Memorial Arboretum,a quite amazing place and I was nearly in tears as I saw this picture of a loved one wedged in to his name on the memorial plaque

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Tamron 70-200 f2.8

Saturday 28th July 2012 Motorcross

My favourite shot from the Apex practise track near Worcester

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Tamron 70-200 f2.8

Friday 27th July 2012 Sunny Flower

Another of the flowers that has been in my garden for years and I have no idea what it is,like it though

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Canon 70-300 IS USM

Thursday July 26th 2012 Constant Companion

As I travel the 30,000+ miles per year across the country the music of Planet Rock helps keep me sane

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Wednesday 25th July 2012 Waiting At The Station

Just loved this grouping of old and young at Carlisle station

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Tuesday 24th July 2012 Virgin

No not that sort just the symbol on a Virgin railways Pendolino at Carlisle station

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Monday 23rd July 2012 Cornfield

One of the upsides of not arriving back from work until stupid o'clock is that you come across landscapes lit by the warm evening light

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Sunday July 22nd 2012 -Let the Women Do The Work

I often notice when I walk along local canals that its the women who are sent off to open the locks and the men calmly sit on the narrowboat watching them work

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Saturday 21st July 2012 Pre Season Friendly

Action from AFC Wulfrunians 1 Gornal Athletic 3 in a pre season friendly at the Castlecroft Stadium

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Tamron 70-200 f2.8

Friday 20th July 2012 Ground cover

Not really sure what this plant is but it has been in our garden for years

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Thursday 19th July 2012 _Footy's Back

Yes folks footy shots again with one from a friendly between AFC Wulfrunians and their ground share tenants Wombourne FC

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Tamron 70-200 f2.8

Wednesday 18th July 2012 Tap

Just noticed this in the hotel bathroom and thought it would make a nice minimalist modern image

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Tuesday 17th July 2012 Fishernman

The weather relented so i had a walk around the lake at the back of the hotel and rather liked the "Stressed Out" fisherman

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Monday 16th July 2012 Hotel View

Probably the most boring shot this year taken from my hotel bedroom in Swansea but the weather was crap so I just played around with this in Photoshop

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Sunday 15th July 2012 Bargee

Narrowboat coming out of the Bratch Locks on the Staffs & Worcester canal

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Tamron 70-200 f2.8

Saturday 14th July 2012 Fireworks

A display at the end of the Wombourne games ,first ever time photographing fireworks

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Tamron 17-50 f2.8 VC

Friday 13th July 2012 Rose

As a complete contrast to mthe beauty of Shetland I saw this Graffiti under a canal bridge near home

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Thursday July 12th 2012 Puffin

Up to Sumburgh Head before my flight home yesterday and you are almost tripping over the Puffins,this is just one of dozens I took,its an amazing place

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Canon 70-300 IS USM

Wednesday July 11th 2012 Outside Tescos Lerwick

I doubt there are many Tescos in the UK where you can stand outside and get a shot like this,quite surreal in a way

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Canon 70-300 IS USM

Tuesday July 10th 2012 - Otter time

I was fortunate that a friend from the Flickr website John Moncriffe (Crieffy) was kind enough to take me to a location where Otters are regular visitors and it was a magical evening watching these gorgeous creatures fishing

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Canon 70-300 IS USM

Monday 9th July 2012 Where's the Ferry

Rather an incongruous shot of the Lerwick to Bressay Ferry in its dock on Bressay

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Canon 70-300 IS USM

Sunday july 8th 2012 Jigsaw

On a grotty day looking for any soert of inspiration it was my wife Anne finishing another of her many jigsaws so here it is

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Saturday 7th July 2012 Farewell

Sometimes you just strike lucky and as soon as i composed the shot i new it would look good in Black and White,you can almost imagine him watching the train containing his loved ones moving away into the distance,or am i just wierd

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Tamron 70-300

Friday 6th July 2012 Building

Waiting at the traffic lights in Swansea I spotted this rather interesting looking building

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Thursday 5th July 2012 Swimmers

Went for a walk along Aberavon sea front and found the local sea swimming club making a mad concerted dash before they realised how cold it was

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Wednesdaay 4th july 2012 Hotel terrace View

Wednesday evening after work a decent day in this awful summer so as we sat supping a pint on the hotel terrace I took this view

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Tuesday3rd July 2012 - Green

As I had a long drive up through mid Wales the plan was a lovely evening landscape but the non stop rain put paid to that idea so this was the view from my bedroom window cropped to show all the shades of vibrant green

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Monday 2nd July 2012 King Goeorge 5th

Ah my obsession with steam this is a model made of coal that my dear wife bought me many years ago

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Sunday July 1st 2012 - Soldiers

Armed forces day in Dudley today and got this at the parade through the town

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Tamron 70-200 f2.8

Saturday June 30th 2012 Pensarn Farm

The wonderful cottage we stay in whilst up in North Wales,well the half on the right

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Friday 29th June 2012 Kite Surfer

It was a blustery day at Porth Neigwl (Hells Mouth) on the Lleyn Peninsula on Friday but the wind surfer was having a great time

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Canon 70-300 IS USM

Thursday 28th June 2012 Divided Opinion

Well opinion over Wind farms is divided but I was well chuffed with this combining modern technology with the Victorian engineering of Llanduddno pier

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Canon 70-300 IS USM

Wednesday 27th June 2012 Another Garratt

Ok so I'm obsessed with steam but another Garratt this time further down the Glaslyn Valley

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Tamron 17-50 f2.8 VC

Tuesday 26th June 2012 Swallow Falls

Due to the rain Swallow Falls was in full spate this week

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Tamron 17-50 f2.8 VC

Monday 25th June 2012 Malltraeth

A glorious day on Ynys Mon and this was later in the afternoon at Malltraeth

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Tamron 17-50 f2.8 VC

Sunday 24th June 2012 -Mighty Garrett

Sunday morning up to Beddgelert always one of my favourite places in Snowdonia but more so now that the Welsh Highland railway runs up the valley,here is on the huge Garrett engines approaching the Glaslyn bridge

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Tamron 17-50 f2.8

Saturday 23rd June 2012 - Wedding party on the beach

Went for a stroll on the beach on the first night of our holiday and bumped into a wedding party who had been there for some photos

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