I begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the rude, the busy-body, the ungrateful, the arrogant, the deceitful, the envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil.

Like to try my best by playing with my camera at work and on holiday, taking photos of animals, castles, landscapes and my biker wife Karen who is a veterinary nurse turned dog walker.

Work takes up much of my time so try and get out when I can.

Current animal collection stands at 2 dogs and 2 cats, ducks n chickens, until the next sad story comes into my work.

Got a new camera, Pentax K-x, my Kodak was great but restricted on lenses. So just need to work out how to use the new camera.