This is the first photo from my new (previously enjoyed) Canon EOS M6 Mark II and the kit EF-M 15-45mm lens. I’m pleased to be back with Canon after a couple of years of shooting with a Sony a6300 as I much prefer the way the Canon handles. 📷🌱 Canon EOS M6 II, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2022

Today, news outlets in the UK report that water companies have failed to monitor the amount of sewage discharged into the sea in popular resort towns. This is a disgrace, and I’ve supported a petition calling on the Government to renationalise the water supply as the industry, in its current form, …

Listening to a work-in-progress recording of a new song from the 2022 live line-up of Big Big Train, featuring Alberto Bravin on lead vocals. Watch on YouTube Sounds good so far. 🎶

My neighbour has been moving the earth to extend his wildlife pond #FridayPhoto 📷 iPhone 11, Halide app, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2022

Today's adventure

Today’s adventure was kayaking on Lake 86. 🛶

Did an hour of Park Yoga this morning before it got too hot 🧘🏼‍♂️

Some kind soul has put a bucket of water outside their garden for the dogs to drink in this hot weather #FridayPhoto 📷 iPhone 11, Halide app, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2022

Pre-breakfast bike ride

Learning how to use the Halide app whilst out with the dog this morning. iPhone 11, Halide app, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2022 📷

One reason that energy prices in the UK have skyrocketed. The EU price cap on gas is 43.99 Euros per mega watt hour. The UK is £263.79 per mega watt hour. <img src=“https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/38545/2023/5b6fd97fae.png" width=“400” height=“400” …

Enough Is Enough! There’s a growing pushback in the UK against the status quo. We’re not in this together, we never have been. Read more here

Early walk with “the boy” before it becomes too hot 📷

Great quote from the Daily Mirror Whitehall correspondent Mikey Smith on the campaign to keep Boris in No 10. “Imagine there being an active campaign to get Boris Johnson to stay on as PM, and not one to bring Gordon Brown back. Not saying either is the answer, but one seems objectively less of a …

Saturday morning cycle ride 🚲 Strava link

Blue sky at 6:30 this morning #FridayPhoto 📷