October 30th 2010

Stony Stratford

Today’s photo comes from Stony Stratford – a long drive down south to village near Milton Keynes. The village in itself is scenic but not so much that the photo is anything other than fairly unremarkable, and the photo shows the car-lined high street. But the reason for the long round trip was to seek out an outdoor specialist shop that may need a few more visits over the next months.

The assault on the kit list for my Himalayan trek next April has begun, starting with the boots. As has the assault on my credit card …

April 22nd 2010

City of Dreams

So today I went to sit my last ever OU exam after seven years of study. And as I waited to go into the exam hall, I looked out the window to my right. This is the view I saw. If you look very carefully you can see a small clue as to where I was.