Win, Win, Win

Ok, it`s not technically a "win" but it sure beats the last time I won anything.
Bear with me, I`ll explain.

In my last year at primary school I bought the lucky ticket that got 3rd prize in the raffle.
I trudged home with a waterproof PVC coat that was meant to be used when riding your bike in the rain.
It covered not only the rider, the bike and a rucksack but also the ground beneath my wheels. 
It was XXL and I was 12.
To add insult to injury it was fluorescent yellow.
Everything else you need to know about that experience is summed up in the following sentence.
As I laid it on the kitchen table, my Mum said "That`s great, it`ll come in really handy."
Mum got the coat.
I`ve waited a few years to better it.


So a commended in the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2015 maybe not a win in the strictest sense of the word but knocks that coat into the long grass. 
Finally.

It`s not the easiest thing in the world to try and be a landscape photographer in London but there`s no harm in trying.

Lost

Lost. In more ways than one. Found on a hard drive from two years ago. No wind, no noise, no people. Minus 10 degrees and wondering if I was in over my head. Glencoe, Scotland. Good Times.

Run

Mr Spielberg can rest easy in his director`s chair, but it`s not bad for an iphone.

Roland`s Tools

At the back of the garden at my father in-laws house is a shed, packed every conceivable tool known to man. Just as he left them. He would be 86 this year.

The Emerald Isle

All is not well in the Emerald Isle of Ireland. The power sharing government has collapsed again and the edge of the precipice beckons. This tanker is going to need more than one pair of hands on the tiller. Here`s hoping for a speedy recovery.

A burnt out school room awaiting demolition.

A mural to John Gregg, a senior member of the UDA, shot in 2003.

A service station on the A26 north of Belfast.