Sunday 30 July 2017

Video: At Shotley Marina, afternoon of 29 July, 2017

A video clip from Saturday afternoon, 29 July 2017, filmed while I was waiting to film a ship arriving at Felixstowe, from the beach on the River Orwell side of Shotley Marina. It features the harbour ferry and a few yachts coming and going from the marina:

Video: One of the edited clips I shot yesterday at Shotley (29 July 2017)

While I was at Shotley Marina yesterday, I shot quite a lot of footage - some will appear here, and other edits will appear on the Shipping TV channel. To give you an example of what I do, here's one of the ship videos I make for Shipping TV (www.shippingtv.co.uk).

Saturday 29 July 2017

Friday 28 July 2017

Old Geezer's Diary video, 28th July 2017

Just a quick chat as I was filming a ship from the Felixstowe Dock viewpoint his morning - reminding us, if a reminder is needed, that about 90% of everything we buy in shops, comes to the UK by ship!

New building for Felixstowe pier:

On my way home this luchtime, from filming a ship at Felixstowe Dock viewpoint, I stopped off to take a look at the new building on Felixstowe pier. It opens tomorrow, Saturday 29 July, so I thought I'd share it with you:

Thursday 27 July 2017

EMAIL SCAM ALERT! EDF Fake bill, 27 July 2017

EMAIL SCAM ALERT! The latest scam to arrive on my email actually got me going - really because we've just changed energy supplier. So I opened the file . . thank goodness I have Norton installed . .

Wednesday 26 July 2017

The Pleasure Boat Inn and Hickling Staithe, July 2017

Another new video from our 4-night short break at Pontins Pakefield: A visit to the excellent Pleasure Boat Inn, and a look around the staithe at Hickling on the Norfolk Broads.

Tuesday 25 July 2017

Burger King, West End Road, Ipswich - a not so hot experience, 25 July

Although the staff were helpful and kind, our meal experience at this Burger King simply wasn't up to scratch . . .

Old Geezer's Diary: Potter Heigham bridge, July 2017.

Video from our 4-night short break at Pontins Pakefield - a look at Potter Heigham bridge, on the Norfolk Broads.

Monday 24 July 2017

Pakefield beach stroll - July 2017

While on a week's short break at Pontins Pakefield, in July 2017 - here's a short stroll down to the beach, and a paddle along the waves heading south, then back to the clifftop path to return to base.

Sunday 23 July 2017

Felixstowe Carnival main procession, 2017

Here's the rest of the footage I recorded from yesterday's carnival procession in my home town - it doesn't show all the floats and participants, I'm afraid, but all that I managed to get!

Saturday 22 July 2017

Old Geezer's Diary - we love the samba band!

Went to our local Felixstowe Carnival this afternoon, Saturday 22 July, 2017 - and these are my favourites!

Monday 17 July 2017

Old Geezer's Diary - short break at Pontins, part 1

We're on an amazing value short break at Pontins Pakefield Holiday Park, Lowestoft - here's a guided tour of the park. Filmed 17 July 2017.

Bus-pass day out, 12 July 2017

Come along and join the Old Geezer for a ferry ride from Felixstowe to Harwich, and 4 bus-pass journeys to Clacton, Colchester, Ipswich and home to Felixstowe, all in a day, with a total spend of £9.15 for the day. More online soon!

Sunday 16 July 2017

9th July 2017 - at the Suffolk Punch Trust:

What a terrific day out in the countryside, meeting some of the nicest characters you'll find: Suffolk Punch heavy horses. More details at the Suffolk Punch Trust website.