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The World’s Second Worst Panorama 2024

Here’s my traditional group panorama for the 2024 Cinque Terre and Tuscany trip. From the left: Yours Truly, Grant, Elizma, Hildige, John, Buzz and Lee. Remind me never to book any of my fellow travellers for a portrait shoot – … Continue reading

Thursday, October 10, 2024 in Italy 2024, Travel

(In)Correct Tripod Technique!

With Apologies to My Photography Tutors First, I’d like to apologise to all the authors, tutors, mentors and tour leaders who have tried to instil in me “correct” tripod technique. As they say, it’s not you, it’s me.I don’t particularly … Continue reading

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 in Italy 2024, Photography, Thoughts on the World, Travel

Welcome to Tuscany

We took our leave of the Cinque Terre, and embarked on the long drive to Tuscany. This was punctuated by two interactions with our host at Cinque Terre, first when he discovered that one of the keys had not been … Continue reading

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 in Italy 2024, Travel

What’s That Shiny Yellow Thing?

We started day 2 by getting a train. There are essentially four ways of getting between the five towns which make up the Cinque Terre: you can walk along the cliff paths, go by boat, or get the excellent trains … Continue reading

Sunday, September 29, 2024 in Italy 2024, Travel

A Curse Manifests

The Italy 2024 Blog I’m not sure I believe in curses as a general rule but I am starting to think that I have inadvertently offended a very particular deity and invoked their wrath. Every time I go on one … Continue reading

Thursday, September 26, 2024 in Italy 2024, Micro Four Thirds, Photography, Travel

The World’s Worst Panorama 2024

As is traditional, here’s my rogue’s gallery from the Lee Frost Iceland Tour 2024. From the left: Philip, Chris, Chris, Andreas, Lee, Yours Truly, Ann, John and Geriant. Continue reading

Friday, February 23, 2024 in Iceland2024, Travel

Three Kirks and a Kirkufell!

Ideally, don’t get a cold when you’re in Iceland. If you must, make sure you have enough of your preferred cold medication. If you’ve failed on that, then you really, really don’t want to discover it on Saturday morning. In … Continue reading

The Road North

After a leisurely breakfast we hit the road for the long drive up to the Snaefellsnes peninsula, up on the Iceland’s North-West coast. Among a number of other attractions, this is home to the volcano Snæfellsjökull, famous as the point … Continue reading

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 in Iceland2024, Travel

Inappropriate Footwear, and an Inaccurate Prediction

On Sunday we moved on from Höfn back towards Vik. I was still feeling fragile, but after a better night’s sleep somewhat improved, and I knew the day would be mainly a fairly steady drive. We did make one photography … Continue reading

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 in Iceland2024, Travel

The Cold Gives Me a Cold

The following day we moved on from Jökulsárlón to near Höfn, a relatively short drive but we stopped on the way to photograph wonderful light over the hills a mile or two back from the coast, despite the fact that … Continue reading

Sunday, February 18, 2024 in Iceland2024, Travel

No Sitting Down Time

Day 3 started back at Jökulsárlón with another sunrise over the beach. Overnight some larger icebergs had reached the outlet and then beached, and the waves were somewhat higher than the previous day, providing for more dramatic images, but maybe … Continue reading

Saturday, February 17, 2024 in Iceland2024, Travel

On Reflection, This is Really Pretty

The first full day of the tour started with breakfast, one advantage of being sufficiently far North is that sunrise is around 9, and sunset around 5. After breakfast we drove back to Jökulsárlón and went down onto the Diamond … Continue reading

Friday, February 16, 2024 in Iceland2024, Travel