Sun, sand, sea… and mountains! Of course I would love to get away to a country far far away for a few weeks over the Summer. To enjoy a a different culture, the sights, the photos opportunities, cheaper goods and so on. This year, unlike the last I will not be jetting off to the [...]

That mountain over yonder always look appealing. I often stare at it from my work on the 9th floor, I stare at it when I’m walking in the street and on the bus. Its always there, just outside the city, looking all natural, vast and full of nature – yet I never get very close [...]

What’s that rule again? Oh yeah, never cry in front of a girl. But there was, or at least I thought at the time, a very good reason. We had decided to take a day trip. Portstewart was suggested and agreed to. The train left Botanic Station at close to 1pm, arriving at around 2:30pm. [...]

I do hate when I end up writing about things that happened so long ago – well only last week, but still. I’ve had quite a busy week; meeting new people, taking photographs, working on photographs, and of course that thing that I hate, work. On Tuesday I went to see The Simpsons Movie. It [...]

Just another fantastic weekend to make the week days appear so extremely dull – even though they aren’t that bad. The decision was made last Thursday to accept a kind offer to stay with someone I hadn’t met in a city I hadn’t been to in 19 months, even though my funds where very low. [...]

A work colleague of mine who lives in Larne told me on Friday that there was photographable stuff happening in the town. A car show and other outdoor activities. Even though I ended up having a late night, I got up early and got the 10:06am train. I had never been to Larne before, or [...]

Yesterday I got my wish. I went to the beach. This has been going on for a good few weeks now – months even – a desire to see other parts of Northern Ireland. Partly the fault of Flickr, particularly the NI group where there are often great photographs by photographers (or people with cameras?) [...]