Ok, i am really missing blogging, and thought that i would widen my presence on the blogosphere. This blog is going to be a focus on the things i get up to while i am on my travels around Britain, which will mainly involve me visiting historical buildings (castles and churches). Those of you who know my other blog will realise i love climbing on old things - although don't worry that doesnt necessarily mean i will be clambering all over your Grandpa should i get the opportunity to meet him!
The blog will also include pictures of wildlife I see on my journey around this Sceptred Isle. Since my Egypt tour, i have discovered a fondness for photographing wildlife, in particular birds. This love really started when i went to Wales for a weekend with my girlfriend. The scope of the weekend initially was to visit a couple of her friends out that way, but as we made a weekend of it, we decided to stay in the Brecon Beacons and see a Carreg Cennen castle as well as heading over to Llanddeilo (pronounced "clan-die-low" to Welsh speakers, not "landy-low") where there was a Red Kite feeding station.
I have always been something of a twitcher, marvelling at the vast array of birdlife that we seem to have; i confess, i struggle with some of them as one brown looking bird is much like another, but i am learning slowly! Anyway, rather kindly, my friend let me borrow his digital SLR camera, which saved me trying to take pics with my trusty compact that has accompanied me on many a journey. It was a revelation! The pictures i managed to take were unlike anything i could have snapped with my compact camera and from that point on i was a convert!
So, i have managed to get my hands on a digital SLR and i find it rather relaxing to wander the English countryside with a zoom lens. So, in summary, this will be a blog of Birds and Buildings.
Anyway, enough wittering, i will write up my Welsh weekend in a few moments, including some thoughts.
The blog will also include pictures of wildlife I see on my journey around this Sceptred Isle. Since my Egypt tour, i have discovered a fondness for photographing wildlife, in particular birds. This love really started when i went to Wales for a weekend with my girlfriend. The scope of the weekend initially was to visit a couple of her friends out that way, but as we made a weekend of it, we decided to stay in the Brecon Beacons and see a Carreg Cennen castle as well as heading over to Llanddeilo (pronounced "clan-die-low" to Welsh speakers, not "landy-low") where there was a Red Kite feeding station.
I have always been something of a twitcher, marvelling at the vast array of birdlife that we seem to have; i confess, i struggle with some of them as one brown looking bird is much like another, but i am learning slowly! Anyway, rather kindly, my friend let me borrow his digital SLR camera, which saved me trying to take pics with my trusty compact that has accompanied me on many a journey. It was a revelation! The pictures i managed to take were unlike anything i could have snapped with my compact camera and from that point on i was a convert!
So, i have managed to get my hands on a digital SLR and i find it rather relaxing to wander the English countryside with a zoom lens. So, in summary, this will be a blog of Birds and Buildings.
Anyway, enough wittering, i will write up my Welsh weekend in a few moments, including some thoughts.
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