Nature through the eyes of my camera

 Tuesday 1st October A blog is a regular updated web page usually run by an individual or a small group, that is informal. I went through numerous sites on the internet, and Google Blogger seemed the most simplest to use. I went into Google Blog and purchased an address for my site, www.roseysnatureandinterests.co.uk (£12 per year) and named my site Nature through the Eyes of my Camera. For my Voyage Award Blog I have made an entry each time I have completed part of a challenge. I have illustrated some of my work with photos, particularly the Explore my World section. Each one of these entries has taken anything between 1 - 2 hours to publish depending on how far I walked and how many photos I took. Each photo had to be downloaded from the camera, changed from a NEF file to a JPEG file and edited. These were then added to the blog. How to add a Blogger Index Go to Google Drive on line and open a new blank Google document. Name it Index and then start adding new entries. (keep this docu

 24th March - 31st October I am the Booking Secretary at the village hall and the time taken to do this roll is not included for my Bronze Voyage Award. I have taken on extra voluntary work at the village hall this year as there is no cleaner or gardener. I have been to the hall on three occasions to give the hall a thorough clean. Besides this I wipe down the kitchen surfaces and wash the floor, sweep the hall and check and clean the toilets on a regular basis. At the end of October a group of committee members came along to give all the windows, inside and out a clean, and a thorough clean of the complete building including the cupboards and all the tables.  Grass cutting and gardening My husband and I have mowed the grass and  trimmed the edges 4 times this season. I have tended the garden. We have swept all paved areas and weeded round the front of the building. Book Sale The book sale is one of the biggest fund raising events of the year and it requires a lot of setting up and cle

Friday 22nd March - Braille Braille was create by a French man, Louis Braille. He lost his sight as a child and later developed a code for the French alphabet. Braille is a system of touch reading and writing for visually impaired people. Raised dots represent the letters of the alphabet, numbers, punctuation marks, special symbols etc. Braille consists of a set of six raised dots. The number and arrangement of the dots used distinguishes one character from another. Uncontracted Braille (grade I) - is the study of basic dot combinations for the letters of the alphabet, the main punctuation signs and the numbering system. Contracted Braille (grade II) - uses the same letters, punctuation and numbers as uncontracted braille but adds a series of special signs to represent common words or groups of letters. There are 187 contractions in Braille 2 Contracted Braille is used as it requires less space. Books, magazines and other information use it as it produces less bulky books and magazines

Thursday 22nd August - 4.5 miles. Route taken: Beach, A12.. (Time taken 2.35 hours) Having realised the Walking Men sculptures were only on the beach at Lowestoft until the end of this month (something my husband and I wanted to see), it seemed like an ideal time to cover the above walk for my Voyage award. Our walk started from East Pavilion Point, a Victorian-style glass pavilion. From here we had a look at the harbour entrance, which is very narrow, but can be approached whatever the tide. The Shannon Class Lifeboat is moored just inside the first harbour. From here we made our way along the promenade. There was much squawking coming from the beach  where a flock of gulls had gathered with their young. Two bird hotels have been built out to sea for nesting kittiwakes. They have been nesting in Lowestoft sine the 1960's. Their numbers had been in decline due to lack of nesting sites and over fishing. Since the hotels have been erected numbers are on the increase once again. The S

Wednesday 21st August - Distance 2.4 miles Route taken: Beach, shingle and track. Time taken 1.30hrs. Having had a pleasant stay over night at the Hotel Victoria we decided to walk back to where the walking men were to try and take photos while there weren't many people about. There was a total change in the weather today. There was a strong southerly wind blowing and it was much cooler. The wind was whipping up the sand on the beach. I found the beach along this section fascinating with its pristine surface as far as you could see. Time to collect the car and make our way back to Kessingland so I could continue my journey to Benacre. I had delayed the start as long as I could. I wasn't looking forward to walking this section. I would be walking into a strong head wind on uneven ground, on my own. I passed more beach huts as I headed along the coast heading out from Kessingland. A lone hut stood forlorn above the shingle, presumably belonging to a fisherman. Marram grass bent o

Sunday 15th September - 2 miles - Route taken: via beach. Time 1 hour Today was my penultimate walk from Benacre to Covehithe. A short walk before a longer one tomorrow. I was dropped off where I finished my Kessingland - Benacre walk. The drop from the collapsed road to the beach was steeper than I had anticipated but with my hands free and some careful foot placements I reached the beach fine. The tide was on its way out as I walked along a pristine beach in a silent world except for the gentle waves breaking onto the sandy shore. It was clear to see just how much damage had been caused by excessive storms and high tides. The cliffs were crumbling and vegetation and trees were being lost to the sea and erosion. Even the pill box had found a new view point. (for aquatic life only now). I was in a happy place as I strolled along, (not another human being in sight), knowing I was nearly at the end of this adventure. As I approached the Benacre nature reserve I caught my first glimpse of

Monday 16th September.  Distance3.15 miles Route taken: via beach and cliffs - Time 2hrs 18mins After a night spent in a lovely hotel in Beccles, beside the River Waveney we made our way back to Covehithe to begin my final journey on my Suffolk Coastal Path walk. My husband dropped me off near the church then journey onto Southwold where he would begin his walk to meet me. It was a beautiful morning as I walked across the fields. On my right instead of rows of houses there were rows and rows of pig sties.  I followed the track round until I could see the sea. At this point there was a way down, but too steep for me.  I walked on a little further until I found a suitable place to climb down. I looked back along the beach where I had walked the day before. I thought how far I had come since those first walks way back in March. The start of this walk was very much a continuation of yesterdays except there were more people, and their dogs about. I hadn't gone far before I encountered m