Day 204 – Tuesday 24th November

My macro lens got a workout shooting mums silver jewellery for the web – http://www.willowsilver.co.uk/

Only a week to go and the macro lens will be inches from some Australian critters - hopefully not the deadly kind.

Day 203 - Monday 23rd November

Along with my new found enthusiasm came the urge to upgrade my telephoto lens from a cheapy amateur zoom, to a stabilised (and very heavy) professional version.... so I spent the morning researching on the internet, the lunchtime period in Park Cameras (buying more than a new lens of course) and the afternoon reading the manual and impatiently willing the new batteries to charge faster. Grrrr. Patience never was a strong point.

Day 201 - Saturday 21st November

Saturday was a lovely lazy day... spent recovering, shopping and mooching about in WH Smiths (in fact at one point I was comfortably camped cross-legged on their carpet, head in a book about Bruce Parry – oh how I miss British book shops!)

Day 202 – Sunday 22nd November

As is fast becoming an annual tradition, Sarah took me to see the Wildlife photographer of the year exhibition in the National History Museum, followed by a beautiful Sunday Roast in Kilburn. The standard of entries is just as amazing as it was last year, but was this time more inspiring. I am going to make it my mission for the next 6 months to try and capture enough images to enter the competition myself next year.

Day 200 - 20th November – off to the big smoke

Spent Friday night catching up with Sarah, drinking champagne and eating Chinese. As usual a truly hilarious evening, but I think the less said about the details the better!