Barrow Gurney Reservoirs
5/30 in my September photo-a-day. My friends Sarah and Vik went on a really long walk from their place to Dundry and surrounds. I joined them for a section from Dundry down to the Barrow Gurney Reservoirs.
Long-form Lockdown Project: A Random Album Player
For the last couple of years, I’ve been trying to combat my shortening attention span, mostly by getting back into longer-form media. Books, for example: in 2019 I set myself a target of reading a couple of books a month, and actually managed to read 41 in the year. Based on that, my challenge this […]
Post-Interview Syndrome, Deliberate Distractions and Pushing the Fast-Forward Button
His first movement after the shock had been to work in his loom; and he went on with this unremittingly, never asking himself why, now he was come to Raveloe, he worked far on into the night to finish the tale of Mrs. Osgood’s table-linen sooner than she expected — without contemplating beforehand the money she would […]
Favourite Photo of the Month 2019
2019 was something of a slow year for my photography. I took fewer photos than in most previous years, and I didn’t get out of Bristol much. Still, in keeping with tradition, here are the ones I liked best. They’re not necessarily the best technical photos, but I like them and I enjoy the reminder […]
Reading Challenge 2019
In 2018, I realised I’d somehow got out of the habit of reading. It felt odd, given that “reader” has been part of my identity since I was a child, leafing through Beatrix Potter and Enid Blyton. I decided to commit to reading more in 2019. I set myself a target (using the Goodreads Reading […]