Reis Travel I know this is stating the very, very obvious but Cape Town is a long way away from England. So far in fact that this entire day has been given over to travelling to Cape Town, and even[…]
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Author: scott
Prologue: Getting Ready For The Mother City
Totsiens, England … Hallo, Kaapstad! Goodbye, England … Hello, Cape Town! It’s time once again for my wife and I to pack our suitcases, sort out exactly which camera gear to take, and generally worry about all of the things we[…]
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Pink Dahlia
I’ve spent quite a lot of the summer (so far) photographing flowers from my garden… there are quite a few of them, if you check out my instagram feed. But I appreciate that continuous pictures of the same theme can[…]
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The Captain
Having just spent a week on a canal barge, travelling up and down the Llangollen Canal, I now have the task of sorting through just over 4500 photographs. This is a big job, and will take quite a while, however[…]
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Epilogue: Room For A Little More
I woke knowing full well that we had to give the boat back first thing this morning. That was not a happy thought. None of us wanted our holiday to end. Maybe we could keep the boat and high-tail it[…]
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Chapter Seven: Carry on Barging
Today’s mission was to get to the four consecutive locks at Hurleston, which represent the start of the Llangollen Canal. If we achieved it, it would mean that we covered the entire length of the Llangollen on this trip. It[…]
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Chapter Six: The Captain Has A Plan
Yet another early start revealed a fine fog had descended on the Montgomery Canal. The temperature was quite cool, and visibility was limited. We had not expected this. But it was a very welcome way of keeping the blistering heat[…]
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