Last Sunday afternoon I went on a relaxing photo-walk discovering the art on the underground stations. Organised by Igerslondon in association with Transport for London. Below are some of my photographs taken on the walk, usually during the week you are mostly busy rushing through the stations. But it is a good idea to stop…
Last month was the annual fun run in aid of the Peace Hospice Care, over 700 people took part raising over £70,000 for the charity. I took some photographs on the day below are some of them. Over 40 obstacles on a 5 mile muddy obstacle course in Chiswell Green, St Albans. At least the…
September 2016 was a remarkable month not only in Watford but across the UK. It was the equal 2nd warmest September since records began in 1910. For the CET area which is the worlds longest weather series going back to 1675 it was the 5th warmest. The final figure came out at 16.03c an anormally…
Summer certainly arrived this month with quite a few hot spells a welcome change from recent Augusts. The highest temperature in Watford was 32.2c on the 24th not the highest of the summer as this was 33c in July. It was a dry month with only 9.6mm of rain falling and 23 dry days. Lots…
For a long time the only way to post to Instagram was by using your phone or tablet. If like me you use Adobe Lightroom to edit and catalogue your photographs then here is a way of posting to your Instagram account via Lightroom. Below is a step by step process on doing this. 1….
Another excellent one day festival celebrating Jazz music curated by Jazz re:freshed This was the 4th year and the best yet. The sound was tight and the music was stomping. It was a hot / sweaty afternoon in the Clore Ballroom packed with double the audience than last year. The word has definitely been getting…
Its been a remarkable dry month for July with only 6mm of rain falling in Watford. There was 29 dry days and 18 of them were in a row. The last time that occurred in my records was back in 1995. But with the dryness it hasn’t been especially hot with the highest temperature at…
This is the 3rd part of my blog about the photos I have taken in 2015. You can read the 1st part here & the 2nd part here. The 3rd part is from September to December. Some of the highlights include SeptemberCuban Life Photography Exhibition by David Cotter. Through the fish eye lens excellent portraits portraying life…
It was the final Starlight walk for the Peace Hospice Care which took place on the 9th July 2016. Over 800 ladies took to the streets of Watford on a 6 or 13 mile walk in support of the Peace Hospice care. The walk started off at the Colosseum in Watford with a warm up…
Surprisingly so June has been a warm month finishing off 1.1c above the CET average. It has been the warm nights which has kept the temperatures high, there wasn’t any heat waves and it has also been a month with lots of thunder storms, heavy showers and plenty of rainbows. With the increasing amount of…
