Category: Travel

Taken on vacation trips

Harvest Time

Harvest Time
We just got back from a trip to Southwest England, visiting Somerset, Cornwall & Devon over the bank holiday weekend. The initial weather we encountered was disappointingly wet. Fortunately, the skies cleared up towards the last two days of our trip. We were rushing from Cornwall to our B&B in Torquay, Devon, a journey that was supposed to take at least two and a half hours. I made the trip slightly longer when I spotted the turbines of the Carland Cross wind farm along the A30, overlooking St Newlyn East towards Newquay 😛

The title of the shot refers to a few things: the wind farm harvesting electrical power from the winds, the fields that are being harvested, and my harvest of photography from the trip 😉

A Postcard From London

A Postcard From London
We arrived in London just before summer was about to start this year. Time flies… four months later, we are starting to witness the change in seasons as summer is about to make way for autumn. The days are getting noticeably shorter, with the sun rising much later and setting much earlier. We decided to catch the remaining summer weather by spending as much time outdoors as my breaks from work would allow. Here’s a home-made postcard from London, capturing the iconic London Eye and Palace of Westminster (Big Ben) at dusk last weekend.

Family Outing

Family Outing
I am impressed by the dedication shown by British parents when they bring their children out on family outings. Apart from having to carry their children, the number of things they bring: prams (or “buggies” as they are called here), picnic equipment, food (for everyone), even deck chairs to make themselves comfortable. And they carry them across miles, over all sorts of terrain and by themselves (if it is in Singapore, it would have been the maid’s job! :P). Taken at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta which we attended last weekend.