Author Archives: paul

Majestic Tree – Shropshire

It was a fantastic summer’s day so we went off in the Shropshire lanes with our old battered Renault 5 stopping at the chance of good shots. This is not the King’s oak of Charles II which he hid in but it could be a similar one. The one that Charles hid in was in […]

Green Path – Much Wenlock, Shropshire

This photograph is truly the results a joint effort. I saw this garlic path but by the time I was ready to shoot the sun was hidden behind clouds. I would have given it a miss if we had not noticed the speed at which they were moving. I went back in position so to […]

Still Pink – Pantanal, Brazil

The Pantanal in Brazil is a fabulous place to take photos of sunsets like this one but also for bird watching and piranha fishing. As the sun sets though it was not quite as peaceful as it seems as we were being bitten by invisible but noisy mosquitoes! Our trip companions were busy fishing but […]

Clever Loco – Uyuni, Bolivia

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This a photo taken from our round the world trip and was taken using 35mm film. We were very lucky on that day. The train graveyard is quite a way outside of Uyuni itself and somebody on this occasion had taken some white paint, a considerable amount to paint an Albert Einstein formula on the […]

Fountain Fun – A Warm Summer’s Day on Southbank

In 2011 the Southbank celebrated 60 years since the Festival of Britain. As part of that celebration they set up this temporary fountain. The children loved it as did some of the adults. In this picture a young child has either mistimed the jets of water or was intending on getting soaked. It was not […]

Basil promotes the launch of his new A4 colouring in book

It was a beautiful Sunday last week, the 20th of May. A glorious day to be in the wonderful Hyde Park in London on a warm summer’s day. Here’s a photo of me promoting my new book, “Brown Bear’s Big Day Out”. This version is a story and colouring book in the large A4 format. […]

Basil visits the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

I really can recommend the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre as a great day out for all the family. There is so much there that it will keep you busy all day. I enjoyed my visit and would like to go back. On the day that we visited the centre there was also a meeting of one […]