Gallery Update

I've just updated my primary gallery - the original photogallery

This in my opinion is much better than the February piece

Go take a look

Finerworks

A quick little update here

I've just created an account with finerworks

My intention is to place a number of my more artistically pleasing works here. Both from current pictures and from the Grande Tour. Finerworks produces very high quality prints and canvasses. I'm hoping it will be productive move forward in making my work more accessible.

You can view my gallery in finerworks via the link below

http://finerworks.com/mgallery/artists.asp?U_ID=originalrobart

A Weekend of Adventure

I've just come back from playing in the latest Twilight Realms adventure. I have the expected number of aches, pains, bruises and tiredness from such an event. Not that any of the pain or exhaustion matters. I had a wonderful time. There is nothing like getting out into the countryside with a group of old friends; having good food, drink and conversation and then play-acting like crazy.

Weekends like this are always social.
Full of moments of improvisational acting (some of it truly inspired - and we were lucky to see some this time)
Often quite physical - especially when there is lots of sword play (in case you're unsure the swords and weapons used a 'safe'; and made of latex and composite materials. Quite similar to the weapons used in the making of action and fantasy films - such as Troy and the Lord of the Rings series).

So it's fun, friends, acting and fighting as a contact sport.

Also along the way for Wales as they took the Grand Slam (YAY!)

Of course with my travel plans looming closer this could be last game for some time. It was marvelous that I was able to have such a good time and have some time with these old friends (some of whom live some distance from me) before the final frantic stage of preparation and heading off across the world alone.

Moments Passing

The past week is an odd time
Made up of lots of moments
I'm waiting for my house sale progression
Designing a new website (to let people view my global trip)
Setting up photo publishing accounts
Getting medicals
Sorting out insurance
Plannning out potential routes
Brushing up on languages
Selling off things I no longer need

Strange - but it seems nothing is happening.
Yet it is.

The tour looms closer

I remain calmer than normal

It's odd.

Very Zen

Flickr

I 've set up an account on Flickr - see the link below

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grandetour/

Flickr is a useful image sharing and distributing tool. It's also very handy for placing images into Blogs.
I'll be using Flickr during the trip to help get the pictures I take out all interested.

Right now I've only got a couple of test photos loaded; both taken during a recent trip to North Wales.

I hope you like them