Photo Friday: Unforgettable

I couldn't choose between these two pics, they are both unforgettable for very different reasons.

This is taken from the top of Kinder Downfall looking across to Kinder Reservoir. It's on the highest point of the Peak District (Kinder Scout). It's the highest climb we've completed in the UK so far and whilst I knew I had a shoulder injury, I didn't know I'd clambered over rocks to get here with a torn shoulder ligament. The view was worth the pain!


This picture doesn't look remarkable, it's not even a great picture but I get goosebumps every time I look at it. It was taken at the site of the WTC in February 2010. I think the building that you can see will be the museum on the site. It was a very eerie place, made more so by the many people going about their daily lives hardly giving a thought to where they are.

Home from the hospital

after my shoulder arthroscopy and posterior stabilisation - the torn rotator cuff ligament has been reattached to the bone at the back of my shoulder joint and now I have to rest and let my body mend. At least I now know that I had genuine reason for my pain over the last 12 years and hopefully this repair & a program of physio will mean I will have good motion & strength in my shoulder again.

There will be some pics to follow in the next few days...

Request for help for a charity that I support

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Revamped my blog for fall

hope you like the new colour scheme - as summer seems to be over here I thought I'd go for something more subdued and I love fall colours.

Photo Friday: Round

Walking down the spiral staircase in Leith Hill Tower 04.09.2010