Winter afternoon


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Sunset, West Wittering, West Sussex, January 2026
Sunset, West Wittering, West Sussex, January 2026

Milky winter sun

drops beyond the Isle of Wight

container vessel

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Sands

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Just another day

and another year older

inevitable

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Shards

Ice crystals, Redland, Bristol, January 2026
Ice crystals, Redland, Bristol, January 2026

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Crystallisation

miniature ice formations

encrust frozen leaves

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Proper winter

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Cold frosty morning

clear, cerulean blue skies

fleeting reversion

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Gathering moss

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Raining clumps of moss

hurled from roof tiles by magpies

hungry for insects

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Fresh start

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It begins again

so much to look forward to

Happy New Year folks

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Christmas puzzle

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St Michael’s Mount done

place of happy memories

tricky skies and sea

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St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, April 2007
St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, April 2007

14 years

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‘Take him down’ she said

and that was it, no remorse

four years of waiting

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  • Yesterday I spent all day in court as sentence was passed on Mark Killick, a fraudulent builder, found guilty of 37 offences. His sentence was fitting. More on the BBC website.

Sentencing

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Closure for victims

long-awaited sentencing

can we rest at ease

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  • today, after four years of waiting, trial and verdict, we will find out what sentence will be handed out to a man who defrauded us (and 46 other victims) in 2021. It will be on the local news, for which I was interviewed. We are getting ready to go to crown court in Bristol as I write.