umber 17 (Seventeen now!) in the ongoing series of roadside photos which at least begins to hint at a possible pattern, that of photographs taken opposite public houses.

A slice of Americana viewed following a most enjoyable pint of Shropshire ale at the The Pheasant Inn, Britons Lane, Bridgnorth.

n December we took the questionable task of staying at Butlins Minehead in December and at a different weekend to the ATP festival. This was in part due the ever increasing cost of the festival and in part due to the venue itself and line ups of the last couple of years.

We paid less than a quarter what we would have for the ATP event, which was half the standard price for the room apparently, though even at that half price said accommodation was questionable value given both the cleanliness of the room and the tissue thin adjoining door seperating us from the rambunctious Welsh family next door(thats being polite.)

However accommodation aside I think I had the most fun I’ve had on a Minehead weekend. One of the adventures we undertook was the nine mile walk from Minehead to Porlock, and then on to Porlock Weir. We could have planned it better and we could have not lost the path a couple of times but even with a few mishaps it was a thoroughly enjoyable walk. It took us just over 4 hours in all and we were rewarded with both beer and food at the friendly and quite fantastic Bottom Ship pub at Porlock Weir(and I’m not just saying that because we came second from last in the pub quiz but still won a bottle of wine in the raffle.)

Anyway, here are a couple of photos from the walk…

Photos taken December 2011 in Somerset. For more on the South West Coast Path try this link.

umber 16 in the ongoing series of roadside photos which serve little discernible point or purpose.

The M42 as viewed from the rather badly planned car park at Hopwood Park Services.

njoyed the varied and unpredictable shopfronts in Sandown, Shanklin and Ryde.

Photos taken February 2011 on the Isle of Wight.

week or so ago I shot this out the window of Scruffy Jacks Bar on Sandown Pier while having a beer or three with a good friend of mine. It was shot on an old Cannon Poweshot using the Canon Hack Development Kit.

umber 15 in the series of increasingly occasional roadside photos.

After a nightmare of a time negotiating the ‘a week before Christmas traffic’ I made it out of Malvern town and had a nice drive though some snowy winter hills.