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2nd February 2019

A two-month-long journey was begun today. Youngest daughter drove me through the snow to the elder daughter’s place for a last kids & boyfriends get together for a while. Food, beer, winning rugby and laughs – a pretty good day.

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31st January 2019

It snows only very rarely here on the south coast of UK and on this occasion it fell during the hours of darkness, whilst I was out collecting my newly repaired and serviced bicycle.

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30th January 2019

I had a very domestic time at home today, making some goodies for me to take away with me when I leave on Saturday;

Meanwhile, my brother was doing something far more interesting;

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29th January 2019

Sticking with an aviation theme; the view above is of a light aircraft coming in to land (and in perspective, looking dangerously low) at Bournemouth airport – as seen from the vantage point below whilst out on a walk today

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28th January 2019 Out and about running errands in the sunshine today, I drove past the very small Bournemouth Aviation Museum.

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27th January 2019

Photos for the 25th and 26th have mysteriously disappeared from the memory card. Here are a couple of view from Sunday’s walk over Hengistbury Head to make up for it.

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24th January 2019 A fisheye lens view this morning of the sunrise from my bedroom window.

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23rd January 2019 Today I took a trip with my daughter to Wedmore in Somerset. We went to have a look at a property she will be renting in the village as she starts a new job in the area in a little over a month's time. The village is a very pretty place, which although quite small, has all the basic facilities that are needed for day-to-day living............and 3 pubs!!

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22nd January 2019

Having been mildly bitten by the astronomy bug over the last two days, I was up early again this morning to see a close alignment of the planets Venus and Jupiter. I have to say I was quite surprised at how easily they were to identify and just how bright they were. Through binoculars I could even tell that there was an eclipse happening on Venus (the higher and brighter dot in the photographs)

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21st January 2019

So, for me, the much-hyped Wolf, Blood, last-time-in-a-decade, Total eclipse of the Moon was a washout. Despite waking at 0315 in the morning and sitting out in the cold for two and a half hours, all I got was this:

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The skies partially cleared for no more than a minute as the eclipse began and I rushed to align the tripod and camera. Auto-focusing was ineffective so I had…

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Earlier today I headed out on my bike to find a location from which to get some effective photos of the lunar eclipse that will occur tomorrow morning. My drone came along for the ride. Then, later in the early evening I went out to practice getting a moon shot – with my tripod this time. The weather sort of played ball and I took some photos across the harbour when it didn’t.

Here’s hoping for clear skies at the time of the lunar eclipse in a few more hours!

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20th January 2019 Earlier today I headed out on my bike to find a location from which to get some effective photos of the lunar eclipse that will occur tomorrow morning.

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19th January 2019 In two weeks from today I shall be leaving home for two months. I'll be in a harsh and varied environment and my clothing will have to cope with a range of conditions.

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Not much in the way of interest today. The first photo is of the moon as a partial practice shot ahead of trying to capture a full lunar eclipse in a few days’ time. However, without a tripod this time, the image doesn’t have the sharpness I was hoping for;

The second shots are of birds in the garden – again more snap shots than anything studied;

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18th January 2019 Not much in the way of interest today. The first photo is of the moon as a partial practice shot ahead of trying to capture a full lunar eclipse in a few days' time.

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17th January 2019 The bike (minus still-out-of-action wheels) gets a wash down in the late afternoon sun;

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16th January 2019 The owner of the vehicle workshop where I took my car for it's annual MOT today, was absolutely incredulous that I wanted to take a photo of her garage.

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15th January 2019

I didn’t have much chance to take photos during the daylight hours today, so I’ve had to resort to these – a shot of night-time traffic on the way to evening hockey training and a shot once there.

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14th January 2019 Apples in my garden are gradually rotting and in doing so are providing food for birds and squirrels, as well as compositional subjects for my photography;