About 10 years ago I retired after 40 years working in education.   I live in Tavistock on the western edge of Dartmoor.  So one of my many interests has to be walking on the moor.  I'm also into cycling.  A couple of years ago I completed the ubiquitous 900 mile Lands Read more...

About 10 years ago I retired after 40 years working in education.   I live in Tavistock on the western edge of Dartmoor.  So one of my many interests has to be walking on the moor.  I'm also into cycling.  A couple of years ago I completed the ubiquitous 900 mile Lands End to John o' Groats run and last year I cycled the 850 mile La Velodissee cycle route down the western coast of France.  I am passionate about the countryside and 'green' issues so I am a volunteer with a charity, Moor Trees, which is involved in restoring native woodlands to the Dartmoor region.  For the last two years I have been learning the trombone and hope to play in a band sometime soon.  I'm heavily into music of all sorts - but mainly jazz, funk and rock. I used to write a lot of electronic music but recently this has given way to the trombone.  I also brew (and drink!) beer.   And I drink copious amounts of wine!
 
I've been interested in photography for many years.  I got my first SLR in the mid seventies - a very heavy, robust Russian Zenith film camera.  Being totally manual and everything having to be set by hand I learnt a lot about the technicalities of using a camera. I've recently been trying to find a 'direction' I want to go in with photography and I've been veering more and more into 'street' photography and  'capturing the essential moment' rather than heavily  contrived and edited stuff.  A friend recently told me about Fotoblip and after a couple of hours browsing through the site I was hooked - it was just what I was looking for!  I love the blog aspect and enjoy very much getting little glimpses into other people's lives.  I hope they will enjoy getting little glimpse into mine.  I'm hoping to blip every day - but we'll see. You can find more of my photos here:
https://500px.com/paulharrison1

Moor Trees website is here: http://moortrees.org