Brighton Summer

Towards the end of summer, my lovely Jodie came over from Sydney for a (much too short) visit. We decided that a daytrip to Brighton was in order. Despite London being typically wet and grey when we left in the morning, by the time we got to Brighton, the weather had decided to behave, and we had a glorious day by the seaside. 

Untangled

Several weeks ago, during an extended whinging session at the markets, Daniel came up and mentioned that he'd spent the last couple of hours attempting to separate some cameras from the tangled rats' nest formed by their straps. It was a very quiet Saturday (even for a Saturday at the markets), and I'd left my book at home. Looking for a way, any way, to pass an hour or so, I volunteered to help extricate the cameras. My reward was to pick any camera I wanted. Most were your run-of-the-mill 1980s/early 1990s point-and-shoots, nothing interesting, until a bulky blue brick-like shape caught my eye.

The Ricoh TF-900! Sounds like some sort of robot from the Terminator, doesn't it? It's slightly larger than my trusty Olympus Trip 35, but still fit into my shoulderbag without a struggle, so I tested a couple of rolls in it. 

There are more photos in my Ricoh set on Flickr if anyone's interested. 

Royal York Hotel

Some pictures of The Royal York, a funny, slightly grandiose, almost falling apart kind of hotel that we stayed in during our weekend in Brighton last month. My favourite bit was the scaffolding propping up the main staircase. 

Brighton (Part 2)

If you're reading this, then we've all survived the so-called 'Mayan apocalypse' and Nibiru hasn't yet crashed into our planet  (although if you've just been in my local Sainsburys you might think it has and the zombies are on their way). So why not waste some precious pre-Christmas time by looking at some of my photos from Brighton!

Freshly deepfried doughnuts on the pier are perfect when it's windy, cold and still two more hours to your dinner reservation. Who know four doughy little rings coated in sugar could be so delicious?

Brighton

It was my second wedding anniversary recently (bloody hell, two years!), so Manbacon and I went to Brighton for a long weekend break. We walked around and went to a car boot sale and spent lots of pennies on the pier and ate lots of seafood. 

Three Shades of Pink

Spring 2011

Night Watch

Singapore at night...

From ground level and from over 30 stories up. 

Two

Nature In The Village

Let's a break from the rest of Europe and revisit Portmeirion, shall we?

For such an artificial construction, The Village is certainly surrounded by an abundance of natural beauty.