Bristol Harbour

Last summer I decided to go on a ferry ride around the harbour here in Bristol. It is something I had been meaning to do for a while but never got around to. Well on my adventures I was quite taken by the colourful houses up on the hill. There also happened to be these wonderful ducks that I felt added to the shot so here is my photographic take on the harbour side in this quirky city.

Clifton Evenings

I am very lucky to live only a matter of minutes away from the Clifton Suspension Bridge. A lot of the time I am too busy to be able to see the sunset but on this occasion I was able to capture a nice glow of the clouds, despite missing the main event. The bridge is somewhere that despite being iconic to Bristol, is still an area which is peaceful in the evenings with only a few people wandering around. I will be leaving Bristol in June and hope to capture the bridge at sunset again before then.

A peaceful place.

 Peter Jannink Nature Park is an area left for nature in Salmon Arm. The nature reserve is great for bird watching. Whilst visiting we saw some red winged blackbirds and also a Golden eagle happened to fly overhead. The area is named after  Peter Jannink who converted it from a scrub land into what it is today, with the wooden walkways that take you out to the water. There is also an area in which beavers have been sighted, although I wasn't able to see them.

Pet Portrait (Shuswap)

This little trouble maker is my 9 month old kitten, Shuswap. Here she is being naughty hiding under the bed clothes. Shuswap is named after a lake in Canada where out friends live. She was born on Friday the 13th and she is a little character, down to the point that she has a curly tail which she holds up over her back.

Oxford's Camera

A short break to Oxford was taken over the Easter holidays from university. Most days were overcast and this came with rain. However we did catch some sunny interludes. I was most pleased to come across the Radcliffe camera in the sunshine, with a clear blue sky behind as it is an iconic building of the Oxford skyline. The building was built from 1737-1749 and designed by James Gibbs to house the university science library. Today it houses english and historical texts and has underground links to the Bodleian library.

Amongst the Waves.

Whilst in Vancouver in the summer I decided to go for a swim in the sea, as well as trying out my waterproof camera. The water was refreshing as it was so hot in the city during the summer. The only thing that I wasn't keen on was the amount of seaweed but that's just me. This photo was taken at second beach part of the Stanley Park coast.

Mells Waterfall.

One of my flatmates and I went on a walk around the village of Mells in Somerset to look for the abandoned iron works there. It was for her to film them as part of her final year project. I went along for the chance to take a few pictures. The site was even better than we had been expected with abandoned cottages and bits of old mill dating back about 150 years or more. Along the way we came across this pretty little waterfall.

Mells Waterfall, Mells, Somerset, UK.