Paradise?..

This time last year I was in Paradise! Well Egypt, actually, but we took a boat trip out of Hurghada one day and it took us to the optimistically named Paradise Island. Honest! Click on the image and have a look. I haven't added that word to the image, it was a huge sign up on posts! I don't know about you but I kinda figured Paradise would have had a few more palm trees, but that's just me!..

Anyway, there we were in Paradise - sizzling in the sunshine, snorkelling in the blue water and watching dolphins swim just offshore - and do you know, from where I am today - with the rain pouring down and my snotty nose gushing almost as much - it certainly does seem like Paradise..

Given what's gone on in the world in the year since my holiday it seems just about as unattainable, too, but that's exactly what we can't allow to happen. Let's see what Cameron has to say about a bombing campaign and hope we can send the scum of the earth to their own kind of Paradise. Just not Egypt, please..

Back to life, back to reality ...

Ten days in Egypt! Just what the doctor ordered! Although I did start to come down with a cold the second I got off the 'plane at Ringway! That's the price you pay for an international jet-set lifestyle, I suppose! Anyway, did you miss me?
Thought not ..

Didn't take any photography gear with me other than the Fuji X10 and, once again, I was one of only about three people in the whole resort that actually took a camera on holiday. Everywhere else it was 'phones, tablets, and ipads... the compact camera industry must be freaking out! Still, my lovely machine performed admirably as always, and here's one of the more amusing shots from my trip.
Ps: So why is it called the Red Sea?  ..

Nice to be back at work though, and my new Manchester Wedding Photography site seems to have been doing its job! I've come home to two Wedding bookings, two portrait sessions and three Christmas parties to shoot! Ah, yes, December already! We didn't hear a single mention of Christmas whilst we were away.
I'd better get my festive head on, and quickly.
Just need to take a Lemsip first ..