Saturday in Oslo

Friday in Oslo

Clifton

Had an hour or two before my train on the Sunday morning to go out and have a coffee with Heidi, and we decided to head to the posh part of Bristol called Clifton. There are many stunning architectural features around these parts. Lots of sweeping terraced crescents with a view over the Avon gorge and the Clifton suspension bridge that spans it.

You cant get far enough away to get a good shot all in one so I made this stitched together shot.


And then cropped it to get rid of most of the annoying things like people and cars... but there is still a pesky lamp post right in the middle! Bring in Photoshop and off we go...


Bye bye lamp post and hello beautiful shot of the bridge with nothing to spoil it... don't look too closely you might see the joins. Probably not the best composition in the world but I can always do another version if anyone would like to add any creative input. What would we do without computers?

Heidi and Darren

It's been a long time since me and my friends all moved away from home, but at least my old school friend Heidi has something to show for it in bricks and mortar, and now, a baby on the way too! Caught the train up to to meet them on the Friday night and it was a lovely sunny weekend to enjoy their house and garden, and the delights of Bristol.



This is Boo (half of the "other half" that did Changing Rooms with Heidi and Darren), with her son Stanley who was very cute and slightly hyperactive.


Darren doing his catalogue shot pose, and Heidi just looking well happy but a bit pregnant.


Back to Heidi and Darren's house... haha... no... this is part of the Blaise Estate which we had a quick walk round on Saturday afternoon. I think this castle is the old family summer retreat from the main house. Beautiful views though and I'm sure it was quite a treat, back in the day.