Brian’s Blog
‘…. Nothing comes along then 2 or 3 bookings arrive together’ as the old adage goes, but it’s true. Like many small businesses I can have quiet weeks then 3 or 4 bookings will come in at once. Early summer is usually a busy time for schools with exams so I do not expect many…
I gave my YELLOWSTONE talk tonight to Irby Gardening Club on the Wirral. What a super, welcoming and enthusiastic group. Over 80 members turned out at tonight’s event. It was great to see a local club thriving so well. The audience was great with lots of questions and positive comments. I chose this image to…
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Over the last few days I have been posting my images of the 3 Cunard Queens in Liverpool over the bank holiday weekend. It’s extraordinary how many views these images have had on Facebook and LinkedIn, over 450 in total, which is a record for me. It is certainly nice to have your images appreciated…
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Liverpool is ready for a historic meeting. Cunard’s Three Queens are meeting on the River Mersey tomorrow to celebrate Cunard’s 175th Anniversary. Liverpool is the spiritual home, where in 1840 Cunard’s Britannia inaugurated the first-ever regularly-scheduled service across the Atlantic, from Liverpool to New York. Tomorrow promises to be an amazing, once in a lifetime occasion…
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Today is the centenary of a another key WW1 incident. About 1,200 people died and 771 survived when the British liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine on 7 May 1915 during World War One. Her sinking sent shockwaves around the globe and was said to have influenced America’s entry to the war One of the…
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Just spent 4 excellent days in London staying with my eldest son James. We managed to visit a few places and pubs. As always, London offered some great photo opportunities. I had forgotten how impressive the Cutty Sark was. Built on the Clyde in 1869, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built…
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Teaching a class at college today and I had to remind them all it was St George’s Day. The English just don’t seem to make a fuss of their national day as we Scots do. What a pity. Anyway ‘Happy St George’s Day’ to all English folk out there. saying that, the original ‘St George’…
I have been most fortunate to travel to and photograph the unique and stunning wildlife in the Antarctic and Arctic. Probably the key polar species is KRILL. This small crustacean eats plankton, and in turn is eaten by almost everything else, penguins, seals, seabirds and the biggest creature on the planet – the blue whale. Mankind…
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I am looking forward to giving my second presentation to a UK TeachMeet event. This time in Liverpool on Sat 25th April. My presentation ‘explore experience discover’ will introduce the teachers attending to my illustrated talks for primary and secondary schools. Inspiring young children with my images and facts from some of the world’s most amazing places, cultures and peoples. I hope to get a…
Yesterday I photographed Liverpool’s Dazzle ferry sailing through the fog and gloom on the Mersey. Well today, the sun was shining and the sky was blue. Liverpool and the river’s Dazzle ferry looked wonderful. Spring is here!!