James' Blog

Way back in February I explored some abandoned dodgems, giving me my first taste of urbexing. Since then i’ve been interested in pursuing the hobby further but it’s taken until now to actually do so. Here are some shots from my first proper Urbex adventure!

Well I made it! Somehow…

We’re due some lovely weather in my neck of the woods this weekend, so this Sunday i’m off out with the dog to walk from Ilkley to Saltaire across the moor!

As happy as I am with the new site layout it’s still very much a work in progress. Over the weekend i’ve had a play with the excerpt function to create thumbnails for each post, allowing me to fit much more on the front page and hopefully make it a bit easier on the eye. [...]

Happy Valentines day all! Earlier today Emma and I went for a stroll with the dog up to Baildon Moor. We’ve passed this abandoned dodgem place many times before, and today we had a camera with us and I couldn’t resist going in for a closer look!

Tomorrow Emma and I will have been Married one whole month!(where does time go?!) Seeing as Sunday night is a terrible night to celebrate anything thanks to work the next day I surprised her with a tasty meal of Renkon no Kinpira followed by Tori no Karaage which seems to have gone down rather well! [...]

Well 2009 and the noughties are well and truly gone, and I thought i’d just share which posts written over the past year have proven to be most popular! Quite a few random ones in here, i’d like to thank everyone who drops by. I hope you like what you see here and comments are [...]

Ever since I arrived back in the UK the weather has been bloody freezing! On Monday night we had an absolute throwdown of snow which has prevented me from getting to work the past couple of days. Despite the inconvenience it does make everything look quite nice so i’ve been taking the camera out and [...]

After some 26 hours of travelling through all sorts of weather we are home with our doggie Pickles! The trip started around 7am in Tokyo and being a Saturday morning it was nice and quiet so no getting pushed around like last time, quick ride on the Yamanote from Shinjuku to Shinagawa and we were [...]

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

It’s come around so fast!

I’ve used the Daleri Dark theme happily for many years. As great as it was I decided seeing as I design websites for a living it was time to actually stop being lazy and create something of my own. Ladies and Gents, welcome to the future, it’s a bit broken so bear with me while [...]

Saturday was my Stag Do, and it was AWESOME!

Last weekend was the main weekend of Saltaire Festival, an annual event held in my local village with a Continental Market, live music and the like. My parents came up for the weekend and a great time was had by all!

How was everyones Bank Holiday weekend? Mine was super busy as we went over to France to locate a suitable bubbly for the Wedding Reception! This post is pretty image heavy!

4 Months today we fly out to Japan for the Wedding!