Life & Times

Tide’s out. Polperro, Cornwall on a cold early February afternoon.

A photo of fishing boats sitting on the sand as the tide is out

iPhone 14 Pro, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷


Waiting for the tide.

A black and white photograph of a rowing boat against a stone wall

iPhone 14 Pro, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷

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Bantham Beach

A tranquil beach scene features rocky shores and gentle waves under a colorful sunset sky.

iPhone 14, Lightroom Mobile 📷 #devon


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screenshot of the pixelfed kickstarter web page

At the start of the Tidal Road, Aveton Gifford.

a photo of a road leading to the estuary

Canon EOS R8, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷 #devon


Seeing some sun on the dog walk yesterday made a nice change.

A photo of Burgh Island taken from Bantham Beach

iPhone 14 Pro, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷


Our last beach walk of the year was at Bigbury-on-Sea. It stayed dry despite the promise of rain in the clouds.

A photo of Bigbury-on-Sea beach in mid-winter with a glowering sky

iPhone 14 Pro, processed in #Photomator 📷 #devon


The old kitchen has gone, and the new one is ready to be installed. Parker is wondering what’s happening to his bedroom.

A photo of a kitchen before installation

This ITV podcast is a powerful indictment of how badly we treat people in social housing in the UK. The pod highlights a litany of failures by the British state.

Read more and view the episodes here: thetrapped.co.uk


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Sky Follower Bridge


Come on Kier, wake up and get a move on!

Step up Brexit reset, or European allies will lose patience, Starmer warned. The call comes after Bank of England’s governor Andrew Bailey said the UK should rebuild relations with the European Union as he warned of the economic consequences of leaving the bloc.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-reset-eu-uk-bank-england-keir-starmer-b2647731.html

a photo of Kier Starmer

This is an interesting article from Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace that ranks political parties’ election manifestos ahead of polling day on 4 July. After scrutinising the details, Labour scores four times higher than the Conservatives, but the Greens and Liberal Democrats claim first and second place, respectively. friendsoftheearth.uk/system-ch…


Lightroom’s Generative Fill is impressive. This is a before and after photo of the tower on Glastonbury Tor.

a photo of Glastonbury TorA photo of Glastobury Tor

Sony a6300, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷


We met this swan on the estuary on our walk this morning.

A photo of a swan with a nice reflection in the water

iPhone 14 Pro, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷


Anyone interested in how Britain’s water companies are letting us down should read this article in The New Statesman. The piece by Will Dunn discusses how privatisation and the pursuit of profit lead to the devastation of England’s waterways.