November update

Royal Institution, London

I haven't posted much here lately, but that's not to say I haven't been shooting a bunch of photos.

I was in France for two weeks earlier this month, surfing and exploring the towns of Capbreton, Bayonne, Biarritz and San Sebastian. You can check it out at my Flickr page here.

And I've also been doing a lot more corporate work with my day job, which has included visits to colleges, conferences and events around London.

Goodwood Revival

Historic F1 cars from the 1960s

The Revival at Chichester is something I've always wanted to attend, even before I moved to London. Somehow I missed the past few years' events, but I finally managed to get down there this year.

I took both my D80 with a 70-210mm zoom and a borrowed Holga film camera, loaded with Kodak Portra 12o film. The shot above is with the digital on the main straight. I've yet to organise scanning the film but I'll post the results here if I do.

For more shots, see the Goodwood Flick album here.

Le Mans Series

Silverstone race track, 2.14pm

Bristol

By the River Avon, 3.59pm

Return to The Oval

The Oval

Almost two years and week previously I visted The Oval in Vauxhall, south London, to watch India play England in an inconsequential test match.

It rained on and off and my sister and I decided to leave halfway through.

This year I lucked into a ticket to watch Day three of the final Ashes test - Australia versus England. I watched almost every ball and as I relcutantly left with the crowd in the sunny evening I had the feeling that not even Australia could chase down 500-odd runs on a deteriorating track.

Still, it was a great day in the sun and the English spectators surrounding us were remarkably polite about the thrashing they were giving us.

On the hill

Primrose Hill, 7.45pm

Cornwall

St Ives harbour

Last week I escaped London and spent a couple of days camping down in Cornwall - my first trip to that part of the UK.

Check out my Backpack Storybook blog here for more words and pics.