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Off to the city today. A Merchant Navy Association AGM this afternoon which should be interesting. Camera with me so I will try and get some photos of the city and river Clyde. It was so cold I gave up on photos for a warm bar

I have been just reviewing my website and to be honest I feel it needs updating. The images are now two years old and the pages need refreshing. None of it is a five minute task but it will give me something to focus on during my non chemo days. Let’s see how I get…

Following on from my last post we, Fiona and I, went away to Peebles for the weekend. More for a change of scenery than anything else. It rained every day and was quite cold, still we managed a couple of walks along the banks of the river Tweed. Despite the weather we saw Grebes, greater…

I see I haven’t updated my website for 8 months now, that includes blogs. Unfortunately I have had a significant health issue which is my reason. In May I came back from Bologna with a groin pain, checked out by my GP who thought it was a hernia. Put on a waiting list for a…

Ok, I am pretty rubbish at posting. My excuse, the run up to Christmas then an almost continuous stream of health issues, some of which are ongoing. Just to be a health bore:- January was a DVT in my leg, 3 months of thinner’s for that. Blood test found I was pre diabetic, loose weight…

Here is a macro of an orchid I did yesterday.

I tried to take a photo of a flower using my IR converted EOS 20D indoors with no joy. To make sure the camera was ok I took a couple out of the window. Here are the results, the camera is fine but I have learned indoor lighting has no IR content, 740nm.