Tropical World

Tropical World

Reading Time: 3 minutes I last went to Tropical World in Roundhay about 20 years ago, still slightly tripping after a Heineken Festival (at the age where it still seemed amusing to try and teach the mynah birds to say “fuck”)… It’s been very interesting to go there again, 

Ilkley to Bingley Trek

Ilkley to Bingley Trek

Reading Time: 3 minutes We took a walk over the top of Ilkley Moor the other day. I’ve been a few times up to the Cow and Calf, but never really explored much of the rest of the moor. I was researching celtic stoneworks and ended up with various 

I bought a DSLR

I bought a DSLR

Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve been toying with this idea for a while (and have already had a couple of people saying, “about bloody time”). I’ve got the bug here, I’m really enjoying learning properly about photography. So I have bought myself a Canon EOS 1000D with an 18-55mm 

Otley

Otley

Reading Time: 2 minutes Just a random day, random wander about Otley. I had a bit of a play with the camera and it’s various settings by the river. It’s taken quite a while to even get close to learning what this can do, even a cheap compact. I’ve 

Kirkstall Walk

Kirkstall Walk

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tried to take a nice walk up to Kirkstall today, inspired by some very good shots I got previously round the canal, but the weather was very much against me. It actually decided to pelt it down with sleet breifly, which was not particularly lovely.