A collection of photographs taken during the last week of December 2005. The South East of England had some dramatic snow so we braved the weather to go out and have a look around. The photographs were all taken within a seven mile radius of home and are all snow scenes. Click HERE to visit this gallery

A collection of photographs taken in Belgium, the photo's cover mainly Brussels and the Ardennes. I've put the Leuven and Bruges collection in a separate gallery due to the unique nature of the towns. There's also a couple of photo's of De Panne, a seaside town but these were taken in December so not too many people bathing! Click HERE for a partial tour of Belgium.

Leuven lies approximately 25 kilometres from the centre of Brussels. The town is steeped in history with many beautiful examples of Gothic architecture. Despite being so close to the predominantly French speaking Brussels I hardly ever heard anything but Flemish spoken in Leuven. In 1466 the Den Horen Brewery was opened, one of the beers produced was Stela Artois. The original building was destroyed however it's replacement now enjoys National Monument status. 
Click HERE to see Leuven.

Thanks to it's canal network Bruges is known as "The Venice of the North" Another of Belgium's predominantly Flemish towns many of the restaurants make an amazing Flemish beef stew called Carbonnade, one of the ingredients is a good Belgian beer, of course!! Click HERE to see some of Bruges or Brugge as it is in Flemish.

In this section you'll find photographs from around the Southern Netherlands including Amsterdam, Delft and Leiden. Delft is of course famous for it pottery, Leiden is close to the flower growing region and minutes from the world famous Keukenhof Gardens. Amsterdam, well, won't go into the attractions its most famous for but click HERE to see the scenery.

Our first European holiday was to Chamonix in the French Alps, Chamonix sits at the foot of Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc. We took a cable car 3,800 meters up then crossed over the mountains and glaciers in a small 4 person gondola type cable car. Although photos will never be able to show the grandeur click HERE to have a look

We stayed in the Village of Kaprun in the Austrian Alps, we were close enough to spend a day in the beautiful city of Salzburg, home of "The Sound of Music" The Kaprun area of Austria is "chocolate box" scenery, from the majestic Alps to the green valleys and lakes. Click HERE to view the photos.

Kent, our home county and known as "The Garden of England" We've lived here for over 3 years now and don't ever see ourselves leaving the area. Apart from a wealth of history and natural beauty Kent's location is perfect, Dover is on the doorstep with its links to Europe, London is 35 miles away and we're surrounded by beautiful coastline. Click HERE to see a little of what Kent has to offer.

The organisers have now officially confirmed that this years Biggin Hill Air fair (2007) has been selected as one of this years Priority 1 shows by the RAF Events Team. It is anticipated that the centre piece of the show will be an aircraft sequence demonstrating one of the roles of the RAF containing over 10 aircraft. Expected to take part in this 25 minute display include, E3d Sentry, Tornado's, Typhoon's, Hawk's, C130 Hercules, Chinook and Merlin. Equally exciting is the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight who have chosen to attend a limited number of shows with the four original fighters and the Avro Lancaster. Supporting these two key RAF elements will be the Red Arrows, Typhoon, Tutor, Tucano, Hawk, Chinook and Merlin displays.
Click HERE for photo's of the 2006 event