Steve Thompson

Found a problem I had not expected. It’s hard to choose and edit picture on a laptop in a car with the sun streaming through the windows. I figured a new way to run a digital dark room in a car. I threw my coat over my head to create a cloak over the laptop. … Read more

I shall now reveal what is so special about the inside of the Swan Hotel… You step into the TITANIC !! The Dining room actually! – well good as. When Titanic’s (identical) sister ship, Olympic was scrapped in 1937, many of the fittings and artworks were auctioned. The “Olympic Suite” conference and dining room were … Read more

I’m inside the hotel I mentioned now having pea and bacon soup and uploading. hotel is something quite special.

2.30 and I’m in Alnwick. My itinerary is shot. Cancelled my meeting in Newcastle. I seem to have arrived during a festival.

In the seventies my band performed many times in the Viking Ballrom at Seahouses. Sadly this seems to have gone the way of many a riverside or sea front property.

I’m in Seahouses now and I’m running late. I will pass through Alnwick on my way to my appointment in Newcastle. I wanted to take you inside a pub there but there may not be time. I know it’s cheating but if I can’t make it I’ll upload pics from and earlier trip. Pic from … Read more