Check out where I'm going...

I decided that I needed to see some sun. So I just booked a holiday to the Amalfi coast(near Naples in Italy) for a few days in August. Should be lovely! Staying in a little Villa in Massa Lubrense looking the water and the incredible coastline. Stay tuned for pics when I get back.



If you want to check out the weather while I'm there look at Aminta Hotel webcam in Sorrento

A spot of golf

Went out for a spot of golf the other day:



My phone's got this cool function that can take consecutive shots:

Edinburgh Make Poverty History rally

As I'd mentioned previously I went up to Edinburgh with work for the Make Poverty History rally before the G8 summit in Gleneagles. Here are a selection of shots from the weekend. It was quite an amazing atmosphere on the day 250,000 wearing mostly white in some fields in the middle of Edinburgh. My day was full of walking great distances taking photos, being IT support, buying coffee addicts their 'hit' so they could continue manning the stands and just general 'stuff'. It was a great event to be part of and also see all my creative work spread around the fields. It seems the idea of getting 10,000 orange whistles certainly paid off in terms of getting the 'World Vision' brand out there.

The WV event the night before the rally:


On the day:










The evening:

Happy 5th Birthday

It was Lachlan and Nathan's 5th birthday on Monday and in the theme of their pirate party thought I'd post a pic I made of Lachlan as a Pirate of the Caribbean.

The change in the air

Well, I thought it was time for an update now that I have some exciting news to update you all on. I've decided to leave World Vision! Yep, after over three and a half years I'm moving on to bigger and better things. As of 14 September(that's the day before my birthday for those who don't know) I'll be working in the heart of creativity in agency world in London. I'm going to be the Creative Services Manager with an agency called Domain who specialise in working with charities. It will certainly be a challenge but an incredibly exciting one and my chance to sink or swim. Hopefully those swimming lessons I had when I was younger will pay off. Did I actually have swimming lessons Mum?

As well as working in London I'll also be moving my home down to London. This will mean that I can enjoy all the sights and sounds London has to offer. So the next challenge - finding somewhere nice and affordable to live. If anyone knows of any places with a few spare rooms(for my studio and friends to stay), a nice backyard, close to a park and the underground, with great views across London and in a quiet area for a reasonable price let me know!

Besides my new job nothing much exciting has been happening really. I'm sure by now most of you will have seen the recent terrorist attacks in London and thanks to all of you that rang and texted me to see if I was still alive. Fortunately, as those who contacted me and my blog readers will already know, I was rather close to the action but thankfully not too close.

On the music front, my album which is only a few more years of completion is progressing quite well. I think I've almost got all of the average songs out of my system and am hoping the brilliant ones will come next. I do have the cover design almost worked out though, which as a creative type I know is VERY important.

I'm also looking forward to some overseas visitors in the next few months. Mum's coming at the end of August for a few weeks and while she's enjoying the sights of Norway I'll be touring Scotland with Caleb and Merren. So that should be great and I'm looking forward to seeing all of them.

Yes, I'm still fine.

For those of you who heard the news about the bomb blasts in London, just thought I'd let you know I'm fine. I was, however, rather close. Perhaps a little too close, although I had no idea what was going on at the time. All I knew was that the underground wasn't working so I had to walk to a meeting. In my lack of awareness I stood on the corner of Euston and Woburn Place(see map below) calling someone while facing up the street when the bus was behind me.

The first I knew of it however was an SMS from Mum! News travels fast.

Crazy Day.