Its been a while since I was on here. That's been down to completing the Masters photography course and taking up a new  lecturing post in Leicester, so things have been busy. Currently in Hastings listening tp the wind. It's been like this for a few days now, .ot fit to take the camera out. May write up more of RPS nature group from last year soon. It was a brilliant weekend.

RPS Nature Group Residential Weekend, Shropshire, August 2013

Friday 9 th August- arrival at Preston Montford FSC Field Centre near Shrewsbury.  A lovely spot in brilliant nature grounds.  There is a walk to the river, an Exploratorium, lecture rooms and lab with microscopes for other types of field trips. Outside my window is a magnificent cherry tree covered in cherries and in front of the lab and lecture room is a freshwater  pond with bullrushes and other smaller  aquatic plans. A safety briefing was undertaken by the center staff then a beer before dinner and our own briefing.  We had images of the insect life we were likely to see and a run down of where we would be going. The organiser had worked to find sites thriving with such wildlife.