Bits & Pieces

Bits & Pieces are a random set of pages that aren’t necessarily travel related, but how I see the world in other ways.

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Picture of the Day – 12

Originally posted 2024-10-03 14:48:25.

Picture of the Day – 11

Originally posted 2024-09-24 06:03:42.

Picture of the Day – 10

Originally posted 2024-09-19 08:34:07.

Picture of the Day – 9

Originally posted 2024-09-13 15:25:53.

Picture of the Day – 8

Originally posted 2024-09-08 13:59:13.

Picture of the Day – 7

Originally posted 2024-09-05 07:38:37.

Picture of the Day – 6

Originally posted 2024-09-01 14:02:24.

Picture of the Day – 5

Originally posted 2024-08-28 16:13:12.

Picture of the Day – 4

Originally posted 2024-08-26 07:57:18.

Picture of the Day – 3

Originally posted 2024-08-23 13:37:20.

Picture of the Day – 2

Originally posted 2024-08-16 15:48:38.

Picture of the Day – 1

Originally posted 2024-08-13 14:31:25.

A Song for Sunday 4 – Autumn Leaves/Eva Cassidy

Originally posted 2024-10-20 05:56:58.

A Song for Sunday 3 – Bring Him Home/Alfie Boe

Originally posted 2024-03-03 05:58:38.

A Song for Sunday 2 – Bread/Make It With You

Originally posted 2024-02-25 15:24:36.

A Song for Sunday 1 – Heal The World/Michael Jackson

Originally posted 2024-02-18 04:53:45.

Friday Night is Music Night 14

To mark Remembrance Day, the music this week is a sombre one by the Fureys which I used to accompany some pics I took years ago on the First World War Battlefields of Belgium and France. I should point out that the second picture was deliberately blurred as I wanted it to represent those who […]

Friday Night is Music Night 13

This week’s song isn’t a trick and it might not even be a treat, but it’s definitely spooky. Be afraid, be very afraid. Originally posted 2025-10-31 15:31:08.

Friday Night is Music Night 12

The clocks going back this weekend means that another summer is well and truly over. Originally posted 2025-10-24 14:10:24.

Friday Night is Music Night 11

What is your quest? Originally posted 2025-10-17 14:26:59.

Friday Night is Music Night 10

Let’s hope the hostages won’t be alone for much longer Originally posted 2025-10-10 16:04:44.

Friday Night is Music Night 9

The Boys are back in town Originally posted 2025-10-03 15:20:13.

Friday Night is Music Night 8

Is there anybody who didn’t like Glen Campbell? Originally posted 2025-09-26 15:12:50.

Friday Night is Music Night 7

I was lucky enough to watch them perform this live around the same time. Originally posted 2025-09-19 16:03:46.

Friday Night is Music Night 6

At least it won’t be raining in Heaven. RIP Richard and Charlie Originally posted 2025-09-12 13:48:28.

Friday Night is Music Night 5

A Classic by Led Zeppelin. Released early 1971 Originally posted 2025-09-05 15:05:19.

Friday Night is Music Night 4

No words –  just sit back and enjoy the music. Originally posted 2025-08-29 15:10:11.

Friday Night is Music Night 3

Originally posted 2025-08-22 14:23:50.

Friday Night is Music Night – Answer 2

Thanks to those of you who joined in last night’s Music Night. The answers to the questions were:- The name of the artist was Tarkan who had a world-wide hit with ‘Kiss Kiss’ in 1997. Holly Valance also had a hit with it 5 years later. The country is Turkey which has a wonderfully varied […]

Friday Night is Music Night 2

Not for the first time (and for several reasons), I’m struggling to find the enthusiasm to continue blogging, and so to help keep my spirits up and not let my faithful followers down, I’m following up last Friday’s music quiz with another one. I’m digging back into my photo archives again for the featured pic […]

Friday Night is Music Night – Answer 1

The answers to Friday night’s music questions were as follows 1. Demis Roussos was the singer 2. Greece is the country which he is most associated with 3. Santorini is the island in the picture A couple of you got gold stars but it was just a bit of fun to brighten up a Friday […]

Friday Night is Music Night 1

There’s a bronze star for those of you who can name the artist, a silver for anyone who can name the country the artist is associated with – and gold for the person who can name the island in the photograph. It’s an old image I scanned from a transparency, but I hope it doesn’t […]

Who Knows where the Time goes

Originally posted 2021-11-26 11:40:53.

VE Day Remembered

Originally posted 2025-05-08 13:33:49.

Blue Monday

Originally posted 2024-01-15 16:44:40.

Farewell Ma’am

Originally posted 2022-09-09 11:35:41.

The Fisherman’s Friends Cornwall

Originally posted 2022-08-12 12:50:39.

Piano Man

Originally posted 2022-05-04 15:03:57.

Welcome to England

Originally posted 2022-04-07 10:13:47.

A Song For Ukraine

Originally posted 2022-03-02 16:51:20.

Merry Christmas

Originally posted 2021-12-23 14:04:10.

Remembering 9/11

20th Anniversary of 9/11 Little did I know that when I took this picture from the North Tower of the World Trade Center, I would be remembering it for all the wrong reasons. It was one of those ‘I remember where I was’ moments when those horrific scenes unfolded on that fateful day twenty years […]

Time to Reflect

Originally posted 2020-11-24 11:11:31.

Eve of Destruction

A worldwide pandemic that should bring the world together seems to have divided the world more than ever. Some people don’t even believe there’s a pandemic and it’s all a big hoax. While we’re supposed to be trying to contain the virus, everywhere seems to be in turmoil – from racial tensions and political struggles […]

Imagine

As the Covid clouds break and a silver lining starts to appear, Imagine if you can, not just what we’re going to gain, but also what we’re going to lose. Originally posted 2020-05-10 21:29:44.

The Front Line

This war can be won without bullets or bombs   No fields of mud or barbed fences to cross   The Front Line is our doorstep Without trenches to dig   Just some music to choose And a beer from the fridge Originally posted 2020-04-10 15:18:44.