Dawid Photography

I love the idea of a quiet weekend away, but dread searching through website after website to find the perfect place.  What a great relief (and excitement!) to stumble across this gem on the Premier Cottages website , located only 90 min drive from London.  The warm welcome we received upon arrival set the scene for a beautifully serene experience.  The cottages  offer glorious views over the Nene Valley, with miles of country tracks to roam. Surrounding canola fields gave us a sneak preview of the yellow splendour to come and the nearby ancient market town of Oundle offered not only lovely Jurassic limestone buildings, but also a magnificent cup of coffee at  Beans .

ISO 800    1/160    F2.8 Upcoming artist Bernie Bishop wowed us with her performance at the Garden Bar & Grill . She was accompanied by a live band including one of the music worlds most exciting new guitar talents,  Charl Coetzee . The open mic evening presented many artists of outstanding talent... ISO 3200    1/50    F2.8 ISO 3200    1/80    F2.8

ISO 50    1.6sec    F3.5 I'm delighted to have won this month's competition with this photo of the Millenium Bridge (London, UK)!  The theme was 'angles' and this shot is one of my personal favourites.  The converging lines lead the eye to an illuminated St Paul's Cathedral , one of London's famous landmarks.

What a brilliant play! Jonathan Guy Lewis gives a magnificent performance in this laugh-out-loud one-man show of   I found my horn , based on the semi-autobiographical book by Jasper Rees.  It tells the story of a man who takes stock of the past and decides to take up the French Horn again after 22 years to play Mozart's Horn Concerto No.3 in a concert for the British Horn Society . The play was performed at a fundraising event for  Maternity Worldwide , the charity dedicated to saving mother's lives.  In Ethiopia 1 in 7 mothers die in pregnancy or childbirth compared to 1 in 4,600 in the UK.  Most of these deaths are easily avoidable through simple and cheap methods with a donation of only £1 providing antibiotics, £15 sponsoring a safe birth and £40 providing a ceasarean section etc.   Amongst other initiatives, Maternity Worldwide provides improved access to hospitals, skilled maternity staff and funding to those least able to pay for care.  In addition, they also