Author Archives: Martin

It looks the same, despite there being a different Prince of Wales.

I remember when 1984 seemed like an impossible time in the future. 2023! Where will it all end? We are now through the looking glass that is Christmas and New Year, and, although we had a nice time with family, … Continue reading →

Some weirdly-painted rocks by the cycle track on the south side of the Avon Gorge. You must be the judge of whether or not the shopping trolley is an integral part of the installation.

The Brean Bird Screen was build to prevent disturbance to an important high tide waterbird roost on the Severn Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), which is just beyond the screen. It is located at Brean Cross sluices, in … Continue reading →

A Victorian masterpiece, illuminated in the evening in the run-up to Christmas (what we used to call Advent). Even better after sharing a drink with Fi and Paul in Mary’s Bar.

We visited this year’s “Pink Lady” food-related photography exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society. I was surprised to see, in and exhibition of classic old film cameras, a rather battered Kodak Cresta II, a plastic (bakalite?) superior version of the … Continue reading →

At the M-Shed museum, Bristol. Some heart-breaking and heart-warming pictures. Copyright of photos and text is acknowledged. The bonobo and the mongoose.Christian Ziegler (Germany) records this unusual sight of a young male bonobo gently holding a mongoose pup, deep in … Continue reading →

This sculpture, in the Floating Harbour, by eco-artist Wren Miller highlights the scale of littering in central Bristol. The contents of the wave represents, I’m sorry to say, the litter dropped in one street on a typical Friday – about … Continue reading →

Back in September we first saw Weston Super Mare’s See Monster. As conversion problems have now been resolved it is open to visitors. It seems popular, but will close in the next week or so. The first picture was taken … Continue reading →

Hawkridge reservoir in the Quantock Hills: Kilve Bay near East Quantock on the west Somerset coast: