Why is it that they fill the toilet water up, almost to the rim? Do they not realize that they are at serious risk of 'splash back'?... read more

Sunday 20th Nov at 7.33pm Ok so a (not so) quick recap of the last few days... Day 8 - Arrive in Las Vegas My flight took me to Milwaukee on the way to Vegas. I met some great people. Amy from Milwaukee and Stephen from Denver. They made an anxiety provoking 2 hour flight feel like a 30 minute easy ride. We talked the whole time. I heard all about places they'd been and their very grown up jobs. These people were the same age as me and they had really grown up jobs, in engineering and the world of finance! It made me feel like an abject failure. In fact each time anyone asks me what I do...I have no idea how to respond. I'm hoping that by the end of this trip, I'll ... read more

Sunday 13th November 6.30pm Achievments: Things seen: Live music acts at Rockwood Music Hall, Times Square (great for a visit but over-rated, though I was literally elbow barging people out of the way in order to catch the sunset from the Top of the Rock), The city at sunset from the Top of the Rock, The sun set over the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Wall Street, Broadway and Madison Ave., Many, many fantastic musicians on the streets of New York,Central Park, International Centre for Photography, Grand Central Station, The Brooklyn Bridge. Seen: Two bag ladies, An elderly Jewish man working until 11 night mending shoes in his shop Missed out out on: Getting a cupcake from a corner bakery Ground zero memorial No. of weird roomies: two Subways caught: ten Yellow cab rides: none yet ... read more

Saturday 12th November 12 at 2.23am Status: content Body clock: screwed Ground Zero Memorial: fail International Photography Centre: win Checked items off list: photograph the Brooklyn bridge, grand central station and at least one photo of the empire state building. Bit of a rough day today, still tired from travelling and from going straight out to play last night when I arrived. I met up with an old friend who showed me that NYC is an easy place to get around and not terrifying at all. However, feeling alone whilst surrounded by, literally, hundreds of people all day long is a very strange sensation. There were those who were rude to me without cause and those who changed my day for the better with just a few words. I went to the international photography centre on ... read more

Something occurred to me recently. I was driving through the New Forest to go to work at the Pottery and thinking about my travels and all the wonderful places that I hope to see and feel and experience. What occurred to me was this; all of those beautiful places must be home to someone? And I wondered to myself if they look upon those places with sheer wonderment as I know I will. Do they form a part of the ranks of people who every day discover something new and incredible in these landscapes? These ranks made up of countless travellers before me and countless more to come. Visitors in these lands so new and interesting that we must attempt to capture its very essence in a million photographs or a series of intensely descriptive journal ... read more