I realise that in the last couple of years I have not fulfilled the commitment of a BLOG properly. Now I could make every excuse in the world, but who am I kidding.
I sometimes wonder what is the point of this blog? Am I trying to reach anyone? No, not really. This is much more of a diary really, an opportunity to put some thoughts down, ideally thoughts I don’t mind others knowing about, that is.
So after a relatively poor show for some time, where do you go to try to kick it all off again?
The last twelve months have been busy with one thing and another. There have been some really interesting trips away, a lot of mundane work, but then that is the lot of essentially being a staff photographer.
Here are some images taken pretty much in the last year, I will add a notation explaining them.
The year has tended to start with covering the Divisional championships in France.
An unusual trip to Cyprus and the last European divided city, here the tour piper uses the solitude of the roof to practice.
The military do occasionally do this kind of thing from time to time.
The summer saw the spectacle of the Queens birthday reception in Hannover, with all the pomp and ceremony you could imagine.
Sport and competition is and always will be a big part of the military experience, this was from the British Forces Germany athletics finals.
The final pomp in the small spa town of Bad Oeynhausen.
Army restructuring brings with it new training opportunities and part of that is seeing exactly what the kit is able to do.
Poland has been a big part of this year, with two exercises being covered.
‘Green eyes’, or Night vision can make for an interesting shot.
This year has been a whole lot of ‘last one’s’, here is the last British Army Polo competition in Germany before the withdrawal.
A second visit to Poland saw our largest armoured deployment for an exercise for decades.
The feet on the ground, every conflict needs them.
A soldier moves as quickly as he can over open ground during the exercise.
A British Challenger 2 can move very quickly over rough terrain, one of the fastest.
Army boxing is in good form and an amazing experience to see.
The last bookend, back to skiing, this time an Army snowboarder makes some shapes against a dramatic backdrop.
