Lanzarote

We visited Lanzarote last November on our cruise of the Canaries and Madeira, and here are a few pictures I took with my Canon Ixus compact camera on the coach tour around the north east of the island. It was a beautiful day, fairly typical of the days we spent visiting some of the different islands. I prefer to travel independently, so taking an organised excursion did feel a little strange and I would have liked more time at some places and less time at others.

Norwich medieval churches: the exhibition

The exhibition based on last year's photography competition on the theme of Norwich's medieval churches is well and truly up and running - it's in The Forum in Norwich till the first weekend in March. I was lucky enough to have one of my entries shortlisted for the exhibition - though it failed to win the category prize - and along with Teresa I went along to Monday's exhibition launch evening. Some of the picures will apparently be included in a book on Norwich's churches due to be published in April. I'm including a few shots here that I took on the camera phone.

Duxford aviation museum

I was fortunate two weeks ago to have an opportunity for a quick look around the aviation museum at Duxford (http://www.duxford.iwm.org.uk/), with a wonderful collection of fighter planes and bombers...and a Concorde. There were quite a few display boards dealing with aviation history, and a few copies of Biggles stories (see below). As I only had my camera phone with me this time, the opportunities were a little limited but I still came up with some pleasing results.

London street markets

I've long been a fan of vibrant and interesting street markets, and last week in London I was able to call at two - Whitecross Street, a favourite since I discovered it a few months ago, and Exmouth Street. Here are a few photographs from each, all taken on my camera phone.

The final three are at Exmouth Street.