Well, doesn’t time seem to be flying by?
A lot has happened since the last post.
We said our fairwells to Tommy Blake in April, what a tough month that was.
Kristin starts her new job in June and will be working at Tatton Park with the events team, and we have finally moved to Toft on the edge of Knutsford. My back and knees are still coming to terms with the move.
We’ve been in the new house for about 6 weeks and still can’t believe what a great place it is. Waking up to views over rolling Cheshire dairy meadows with not a commuter in sight is not a bad way to start the day. Gladly, complacency has not set in yet, and long may that continue.
My bees have arrived and what an experience that was! I had to pick up two boxes of bees, for both my aunt and myself, that had been ordered from Slovenia. They came in plastic boxes and maintained a menacing buzz for the duration of the car journey on the day of collection. All went well, however, and they are currently enjoying the warm weather and are now going about the business of doing what bees do.
So what have I been doing workwise?
I’ve been back to Butlins, shooting some lifestyle photography over in sunny Skegness. Manchester Rugby Sevens commissioned me to shoot a haka competition at Sale Sharks’s last game of the season. Neil Firth, of the Vocal Group asked me to cover another event for him at Catton Hall. Neil coaches some of the UK’s leading choral groups and applies his training to those in the business sector who present and speak in public. http://thevocalgroup.co.uk/
Of course, there was the annual touch rugby tournament at Edgeley Park with the Sale Sharks 500 club. I scored a brace of tries and managed to restrain from giving away any interceptions. A marked improvement from last year.
The weddings have picked up quite dramatically now and I’m shooting about one a week on average, with bookings coming in quickly for next year. To help with the workload, I am looking for someone to help me on a work experience basis, with the view to making the position more permanent at the end of the summer. I plan to offer some more creative packages for my wedding customers , so will be working on that over the next few months.
Our own wedding plans are coming together now and there is little else to organise. The guestlist has been the hardest part, not that I can take credit for doing much work at all. Kristin’s industry has been relentless and I know it’s all going to be well worthwhile come July.
Think it’s time to start thinking about my speech.
