Just a quick entry - I've put various sets of photos up recently, but not posted links to them. I'll start with some pictures taken today whilst out with Tim, Gareth & Fin. They all made the start of the London to Brighton bike ride and took some shots there. I made it for breakfast afterwards...

Next up, our recent trip to Istanbul. More about this very soon.

Some photos of Sophie and a few other bits & bobs from a BBQ at Joan & Lütfü's.

I spent a weekend in Chicago in April between some meetings. On the Saturday I ventured out, somewhat hungover after an evening in a comedy club followed by some strong lager, and shot some pictures around downtown and the edge of Lake Michigan.

And finally, we had Matt & Rachel visit London on one of the sunniest days of Spring. Whilst the girls headed off to find bridesmaids dresses, Matt & I walked from along the Thames from Chiswick to Richmond and found a nice spot to have a few drinks.

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We've just returned from 10 days with Feyzan's best friend from Uni, Rachel, and her husband Matt, and are pleased to say that despite the many zambuka shots we all made it back home without any broken bones-just!

We stayed in Banff which is situated in Banff National Park and is the highest elevated town in Canada at 1463m. Within 45 minutes drive it has a whole heap of slopes; Sunshine Village, Lake Louise and Mount Norquay are where we spent our days skiing. Not only is the scenery of the vast Rockie mountains breathtaking but the slopes are fantastic; wide, empty, full of powdery snow, and excellent instructors that quite frankly put Europe to shame. Topped with the usual North American hospitality, plenty of blueberry pancakes and a good exchange rate, it's going to be hard to turn our back and return to France.

Check out some photos or some video of the action in Banff.

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We haven't set any dates or anything like that yet but we're both delighted.

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As it turned out, Marcos, our Brazilian host, runs a luxury B&B nestled in amongst the narrow twisty streets of Marbella. Our room, one of only eight, had been in use for six weeks and we relished the prospect of spending a relaxing few days there. Feyzan was happy having plenty of time to spend on the beach, meanwhile I had plenty to point my camera towards.

Beaches on the Costa del Sol were pretty disappointing though: dirty yet packed with holidaymakers from across Europe, and surprisingly cold water to plunge yourself into when it all gets too much. The food more than compensated however, sumptous salads and desserts abounded as did the tapas and wood fired sardines at lunch. Much better than any weekend in London.

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Several years apart after moving away from Africa clearly hasn't deterred these two. I hope they are having a fantastic time honeymooning together in the Maldives. Take a look at my photos, and then see how they should really have been taken at Gary's site.

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Walking from one end of the island to the other takes around 5 minutes, across the island only 30 seconds. Reef sharks escort you down the pier on arrival, an indication of the plethora of fish and other sea life that lies beneath. My highlight of the trip was learning to Scuba Dive in such a fantastic tropical location.

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David lives in nearby Swindon, which most definitely won't be added to that list in the near future, and Kay is working in nearby Wells so we decided Bath made the ideal destination for a sunny trip. The day turned out to be fairly random, ranging from sitting in the park watching a nearby performance of A Midsummer Nights Dream, through Kay buying an eclectic second hand Leica camera, to my purchase of a £10 Ukulele which I'll no doubt be annoying everyone with very soon.

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Alongside regulars Ian Hislop and Paul Merton was guest presenter Jeremy Clarkson. Clarkson lived up to his car loving reputation "Global warming? Bollocks", and was spectacularly poor at reading the autocue: "We don't use these on Top Gear, I'm rubbish". Two and a half hours of filming covered everything from John Prescott's croquet game on the lawn of his Dorney Wood mansion to Peter Crouch's robot dance. It's a shame you don't get to see the whole thing on tv, but someone managed to edit out the swearing and rather less funny bits down to the 30 minute slot the show gets on a Friday night. If you can make it, get down there.

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My first two nights were spent at the Flamingo Camp, on the banks of Lake Elmenteita, a shallow soda lake surround by thousands and thousands loveley pink and white Flamingo.

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Turning the pages
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After a year or so of a text-laden homepage I've decided to move to Movable Type for updating the content on this site. It'll take a week or two to sort out, but in the meantime you can find all the old content here.

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