I attended the Leeds School of Computing graduation day so I could see some of my friends who had yet to graduate do so

I’ve now been back from North Sea Jazz for a few days and have been letting all the wonderful music sink in before starting my concert reviews or the publication of my photos. I hope to have some free time on Tuesday though so I expect my work to start soon.

At this point though, suffice it to say that I had a wonderful time and had the opportunity to listen to some simply first class jazz. I will most certainly be attending next year!

I attended my sister’s graduation in York and wound up being photographer for most of the day

I went out for a walk up near Potters Crouch outside St. Albans on a landscape photo taking mission. These are the best ones I shot.

I travelled to Rotterdam for the 2009 North Sea Jazz festival and took as many photos of the action as possible

I’ve just looked up the weather forecast on the BBC for Rotterdam during the 3 days of the North Sea Jazz festival. Unfortunately it looks like we’ll be subjected to rain for the entire duration. While far from ideal (I have fond memories of the balmy evenings and hot summer days of my last visit to the city) most of the festival venue is under cover, including all of the concert halls, so a thorough soaking may well be avoidable.

To much delight and amusement I heard this song on the car radio on my way back to Swindon today and it made me laugh so much I had to ease off the accelerator and move into the slow lane to compose myself. Hope you find it as hilarious as I did!