Category: Paul’s Blog

In the past I have complained to my host provider about the server frequently getting blacklisted. I even subscribed to AOL feedback loop so that I got to see when AOL subscribers were reporting the server for email abuse. Several times there were particular domains getting mentioned that suggested that their hosting account was being…

I had thought that my photo for Street, which is Day 30 of the @hiddenbradford #bradfordphotoaday challenge, would be a line of cherry trees disappearing into the distance with them all laden with blossom. A nice image but the reality was sadly lacking. Our cherry tree is in blossom (which is my photo for the…

Over the weekend I went out to get photos for the @hiddenbradford challenge of Wood and Bridge but what was nice was coming across 2 Roe Deer in the fields on Hollins Hill. As usual you can click on the images to view them in black on Flickr. You can then view all sizes on…

What a wet weekend it has been to go out taking photos. Still, I did it, with an umbrella to keep the worst of the rain off the camera. The people down by Naylor Bros at Gill Beck probably thought I was a bit strange (nothing new there then) – wondering why I was holding…

There are lots of refreshing things around but is that the same as Refresh? Refresh being today’s word for the @hiddenbradford #bradfordphotoaday challenge? F5 sprang to mind and I couldn’t think of anything better. But it is not very Bradford is it? Not to worry. I still submitted my F5 Refresh image.   Before setting…

Things are not going to plan this week. At lunch time I went up to Northgate in Baildon to take a photo of the sweet hut – and it’s closed until May!! Anyway, it is still being submitted for @hiddenbradford #bradfordphotoaday. This hut has an interesting history. Freddie Lambert returned from WWI severely shell shocked…

For today’s @hiddenbradford #bradfordphotoaday challenge I decided to submit a photo of Baildon Hall, a private club, and normally I would have been able to take the photo on my way home. You can read my first post about the challenge here – marfell.me.uk/wordpress/?p=266However. However, during the day, I heard that Erice @NLA_infosec would be…

For today’s @hiddenbraford #bradfordphotoaday challenge I had been thinking of photos of sheep up on Baildon Moor or something made of wool but I decided that I would submit a photo of the Baildon Coat of Arms. See here for my first posting about this challenge – marfell.me.uk/wordpress/?p=266 Unfortunately events conspired against me and it…