A portrait and some old motorbikes

In my last post I promised that I’d upload some photos of the English towns we’ve visited so far during our time in the UK. While photos of London, Oxford and Cambridge are coming - okay so it’s probably a stretch to class London as a ‘town’ - I’ve been busy trying to get some of my last pieces of uni assessment over and done with. Definitely not the most exciting way to spend my time when I’m in a new country!

So instead I’ve decided put up a few other photos that I’ve taken. Now You may have noticed that most of my photos are of nice scenery (such as Scottish Lochs) or fancy buildings, well one of my aims is to branch out and take more photos of people. Rupert was nice enough to be the test dummy for my first attempt. In this photo he is actually laying down on the bed (twist your head right and you might see what I mean). We improvised on the lighting by using a MAGLITE torch with a t-shirt thrown over the end to diffuse the light (I’m still reading the manual for my flash to work out exactly how to use it!). In the end I’m just happy I got a photo that is worth keeping (even if he does look slightly evil).


These other photos were taken at the British National Motorcycle Museum in Bickenhill, England - you can check out the full gallery here. This place has a HEAP of old British motorbikes. Rupert had a great time looking at all the bikes and as much as I like old motorbikes, I was glad I had my camera with me to keep me occupied while he wandered through. The first photo below is the engine of a three wheeled car from 1934 (not sure what it was doing at the MOTORBIKE museum?), while the photo underneath is a badge from a 1961 Norton.





I’ll finish with two Triumph motorcycles, one is a prototype that never got sold commercially while the Bonneville underneath is still very popular today. For those of you that aren’t into motorbikes, I really hope you can still appreciate the uniqueness of some of these bikes, especially in today’s world of plastic and fibre glass – otherwise, at least they make a change from my usual landscape photos!

Thanks again for looking and please feel free to leave any comments below or on any of the photos on the Sun-and-Snow webpage.

Some photos from Scotland

So we finally moved into a house on the weekend. What’s so special about this? Well, I was finally able to set up my computer and upload all of the photos that I’ve taken since we’ve been in the UK. Now I don’t have to be paranoid about accidentally hitting the delete button on my camera!

By far the highlight of our trip so far was our few days in Scotland. While we have also spent some time in London and have explored a few English towns, Scotland was just perfect and I couldn’t wait to put these photos up.

We went up to Edinburgh expecting it to be cold and wet. I even used it as an excuse to buy a new jacket! As you can see from the two photos below, we couldn’t have asked for better weather.



After having a great time in Edinburgh we drove up to the Scottish highlands. We stopped for a drink or two along the way :) and got to witness an absolutely amazing sunset over the Scottish lochs.



The rest of the photos from Scotland (including a few more of this cute little boat and some highland cattle) are posted here on the Sun and Snow webpage.

I hope to be able to post photos of London and Oxford in the next week, if you want to get an email when I add new photos, just put your email address in the little box on the right.

Thanks for looking and hope you enjoy the photos!