Bird's Eye View of the BBC

I had a set of meetings in central London and this was the view from the window at the first meeting. All Souls Langham Place and BBC Broadcasting House. It was a beautiful Summer's day in London.

Suffolk Sunset

It's always good to carry a camera with you - you never know when you will see something worth capturing. Like this unexpected sunset on Saturday evening while out for a walk. Why unexpected - well, because it didn't look anything special until just as the sun was almost fully set.

Big Cat Diary

Recently visited the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering at Cosford for a behind the scenes tour of the hangars. The college trains RAF recruits in the avionics and mechanical skills necessary to maintain front-line fighter jets; to do this they use retired RAF aircraft.

Most are disassembled to a greater or lesser extent, but some are kept in running condition. We were very fortunate to see this Jaguar GR.3A outside doing engine runs; it is painted in a very special retirement colour scheme. This photo was taken by my wife - not bad for an amateur!

After the tour we went on to visit the RAF museum, the David Austin rose gardens and the town of Ironbridge. A busy but very enjoyable day out - with something for everyone.