I knew October was going to be a very busy month but I was under-prepared for the eventual outcomes of the month.

Being ultra busy with three exhibtions kicking off in the month and Mrs O’s 60th there was little time for much else.

Admittedly I’ve got a few technical problems on top of the planned activities but the warmth of October has melted into a chilly November that has given me time to reflect and type.

One of the planned early November shoots had to be culled on account of too much wind and wet stuff. That was supposed to have been a high level twilight shoot of Ipswich waterfront with a backdrop of Christchurch Park fireworks display but hey ho there will be another 5th November next year if my understanding of calendars is correct.

The RPS International Photobook Exhibition was a real success in the Espacio Gallery and I was chuffed to bits with firends and acquiantances who rolled up to the PV of the Rooftop Collective in the Clerkenwell Gallery from as far afield as Leeds and Ipswich. I shan’t be making the mistake of two back to back exhibitions in London again though. Too much like hard work.

It was a real schlep on 29th with travelling into London for a ‘Meet the Artists’ session as National Rail had denuded East Anglia of rail services at weekends for all of October due to Crossrail and it was 6 hours 40 minutes round trip to a 2 hour session. I can understand why they call it Crossrail and they are going to stuff us again in the Spring of 2017 with more of the same.

Scuttling home at 1900 after a much quicker return trip of only 3 hours it was a quick change then down to MF Gallery & Framing for the third exhibition in as many weeks where Owen Berry is showing work he has dispalyed in the gallery over the 2 years he has owned it. It was surreal walking in there and then again early the following morning as I drove through a ‘pea souper’ back into London to close the Clerkenwell show.

Onwards and upwards.