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A selection of black and white photographs

Don’t tell anyone, but: I’ve not been taking many photos recently. Perhaps you knew that. I even went to Yorkshire for a holiday, and visited beautiful…

Sep 23, 2021 •

August 2021

London without a pandemic

Hello void. Some old pictures, from when there wasn’t a pandemic and it was fine to just wander around wherever you liked, and stand close to strangers…

Aug 12, 2021 •

Irish atmospheres

Hello void. A few years ago we visited a tiny bit of Ireland, when visiting places wasn’t terribly dangerous for everyone. And it was great, because of…

Aug 2, 2021 •

April 2021

Sometimes there's fog

Hello void. Sometimes, there’s fog. Not in a difficult way, or an obstructive way. There’s just fog, and it’s around you and around everything and…

Apr 29, 2021 •

March 2021

Rain in Plymouth

Hello void, Back in the old days, before the pandemic, there was a time when I made weekly trips down to Plymouth. For those of you unfamiliar with the…

Mar 1, 2021 •

January 2021

Come with me to Cwmtydu

Hello void, those of you who know me well (ish) will know that I’m very fond of beaches, and I’m very fond of Wales, and being on a beach in Wales is…

Jan 26, 2021 •

What I did on my holidays

Hello void. Hello. I took a couple of weeks off over Christmas, by which I mean I didn’t sit and stare at my laptop quite so much, or type so many words…

Jan 10, 2021 •

December 2020

I've been to other worlds

Hello void, There are other worlds like this one, better ones and worse ones. Lucky we don’t live in one of the worse ones, eh? This afternoon, in the…

Dec 21, 2020 •

The dark streets of lockdown

Hello void, how was your lockdown? In the evenings after a day of video calls and typing, the streets of our small town are very, very quiet. If the…

Dec 5, 2020 •

November 2020

I don't know what they're doing up there in the new park

Hello void, just after this morning’s first meeting I had time for a quick walk, so I went for a quick walk. It was foggy. It still is. That new park…

Nov 5, 2020 •

October 2020

The best of the hour

Hello void, 1-hour photo is a black and white camera app for iOS. I’ve written about it before. I really like it, even though it’s a bit weird and…

Oct 14, 2020 •

Riding into the city

Do you remember travelling, void? I do. I used to catch trains at silly o’clock in the morning, so I could get to London by normal o’clock. On the nice…

Oct 5, 2020 •

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