Tuesday 27 October 2015

Bristol

I've now been living in Bristol for almost 2 years and I fall in love with the City a little more each day. It's vibrant, quirky, fun and generally just a great place to live. Every weekend there's something new to do and one of the highlights of the year is Bristol Harbour Festival, a weekend of music, performances and art, based around the harbourside. The weekend happens in July, and this year we were lucky with gorgeous weather, which gave me the opportunity to take some photos of Bristol, the crowds and the atmosphere. As the weather gets colder, darker and wetter I thought I would share this belated post now, to bring some fun and sunshine in to the short winter days! I hope you like them!

Friday 2 October 2015

Art on the Hill

Tomorrow I am taking part in Art on the Hill, the Windmill Hill and Victoria Park Arts Trail. It's a great weekend showcasing local talent and a good excuse to have a nose around people's houses. So do come along, you'll find me at venue no. 43 - I'm also selling cakes so if you don't like the photography, you may like a cake instead!

Thursday 1 October 2015

Italia

A couple of weeks ago I went to Italy for the first time. We flew into Rome, spent a couple of days doing the usual tourist attractions such as the Coliseum, the Forum, Vatican city, catacombs, eating pizza and gelato - you know the usual - from there we took a train to Anzio and picked up Gertrude, our mobile home for the next 10 days.
(Beautiful isn't she!)

So armed with 3 rolls of black and white film and my trusty canon camera we hit the coast and drove South, stopping at; Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento (for a wedding, complete with 10 course appetisers, 5 course sit down meal and cake and dessert to follow), then off to the Amalfi Coast and back up to Rome to drop the van off and head back to England. The vaction was full of pizza, pasta, gelato, sea, sun, mosquito bites, ruins, mad Italian drivers, and I loved every mintue of it. Below are a few of my favourite photos from the trip which I hope capture the various parts of Italy I saw. A vibrant country full of run down towns, ornate rich towns, beautiful ruins, delicious food and a stunning coastline - Italy, I will definitely be back!