Autumn (aka Fall in some places) is always a time of change and mostly small changes. My biggest event of the autumn is the Harwich International Shanty festival, where I am photographer, webmistress and part-time social media manager. The weather held for our mid-October festival weekend and many thousands enjoyed the local hospitality. I am very active during the festival […]
Autumn Blues
Where am I? (Updated)
Edited – see below The summer has arrived and I’m nearly 18 months down the line from my transition, whilst also 2 years on from my effective GIC referral date. So, time to take stock. Firstly, zero has happened on the NHS front in the past year. This isn’t unexpected but it saddens me that my health isn’t being monitored. […]
A Rail Tour to Harwich Town!
A rail excursion is due on the Mayflower Line tomorrow (Sunday July 28). The locomotive hauled train is visiting watery extremities in NE Essex and at Ipswich. It will pass through Manningtree station to Harwich Town and exits on the curve at Manningtree towards Ipswich Wharf. Leading on arrival is a Class 33, leading on departure is a Class 56. […]
New to my books?
If you are new to my writing, and don’t know where to start, then I may be able to help! The first openly published story was the Unaccounted Gains series. “How much trouble can an accountant get into? Plenty it would seem.” This series follows a 30-year old accountant who is caught up in a terrorist operation and becomes a […]
Buy me a coffee!
Please help support my writing and Buy Me A Coffee Late 2024 and I urgently need to relocate – please help me if you can.
A rant!
A summary of the past few days: 2 towns, 4 frocks, a beer festival (twice), 4 pubs (twice) and multiple trains. One, just one bigot, who is a known problem, I dealt with him and he left the pub. That’s it. I’m out there. I’ll add that my transition has zero GP support and no regional NHS help. I have […]
Photos
I’m always taking photos whilst I’m out & about but perhaps more so than the average person? I look after a clutch of websites & social media accounts for community & charity groups locally so I could be photographing an event or getting library shots that I might use at a later date. If I know I will need high […]
Going Green
I’ve had the right to vote for forty years but for 20 of those, as an employee of the government, I rarely used that right and that didn’t change much after I left, some 18 years ago. The polarisation of politics in the UK, particularly England, didn’t help. Locally there was a regular fight between the town council and district […]
Visit to Boulogne
Twenty years ago I was in Boulogne on a set of site visits. I have photos from two visits, 19 May 2004 & 11 July 2004. This animation is from the first of those dates.
Update – May 2024
It’s now 14 months since I transitioned and seemingly upset a few people! However, my life has continued without interruption. Lots happened back in March & April last year, starting with my name change and getting my NHS record amended. Banks, HMRC/DWP, Ofcom and the District Council were amongst the bodies I needed to contact. This was really just bureaucracy […]