Last Sunday night I was planning my route in the Scottish Hills for the next day. Despite being a very keen hill walker I felt a rather peculiar reluctance and unwillingness. I was weighing up all important factors, but eventually my gut feelings prevailed and I decided not to do any serious climb on Monday. Instead I went for a…

I’ve been taking photos for over 20 years, with very few exceptions as my very personal hobby, not for my living. I present the pictures I’ve taken on my humble, rather simple website, where visitors cannot rate them, so I rarely hear people’s opinions on my photos. But sometimes I have such an opportunity, and then the viewers express their…

I used to spend most of my summer holidays in the Polish Tatra Mountains, walking and climbing along well marked routes. Going off the track was restricted by the rules of the National Park, and in fact by the character of the mountains. Straying of these routes was suicidal, unless I could fly or was a well-equipped and experienced rock…

Last month a homeless man pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonestly making a false representation after booking in for three nights at a £70-per-night hotel and pretending to be Louis Theroux, a BBC presenter. The hotel staff became suspicious on the second night when he ordered room service including ‘some fags’ rather than ‘cigarettes’. This was a modern version…

Many years ago, as a young priest, I went on a training course. There I found out I would share my room with a famous comedian who was to attend that course as well. I’d admired him for years, and was really thrilled at such a prospect. But I also knew that many artists like to keep a low profile…