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How I did Japan or, Eight Days in Japan.
I did not go to Japan to find myself. I went because I had wanted to go for twenty years, and one morning in January I stopped wanting and started booking.Eight days. Tokyo for six, a quick overnight to Kyoto, then back for a final morning before the flight home from Narita. No tour group, no JR ...
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Plots - a new fishery info management tool
I built Plots because I couldn't find what I was looking for. Not a social network for anglers. Not another booking platform. Just a straightforward way to find a lake, see what it actually looks like, and know what to expect before turning up. That doesn't exist. Or rather, it didn't. The Proble...
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iFrames? in 2026
I've spent more time than I'd like to admit wrestling with overcomplicated tech stacks. Build tools, bundlers, frameworks that need their own frameworks. So when something genuinely simple works, it's worth stopping to appreciate it. The iframe. Yes, that iframe. Been around since the late 90s. S...
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DevBoard and StudioBoard
Tools I built because most project management software got in the way. DevBoard and StudioBoard are quiet, self-hosted systems for thinking, shaping, and shipping work—without bloat, subscriptions, or distraction.
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Frenchman's Creek?
Aside from children catching and killing things for no obvious reason, the steady pace of change and the sheer volume of water being abstracted by the local...
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Times Past
These photographs resurfaced not from a shoebox or a forgotten sleeve of negatives, but from the Wayback Machine. Archived fragments of an old blog, preserved...
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Old Black and Whites
home developed.
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Black and White Film - Deal Beach
Home developed Deal Beach and Pier in January
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Golden Pints 2017: A Year of Hazy Beer and Hazier Politics
Golden Pints has been a nice bookend to the year since, well, it started. I think it was Mark Dredge, Andy Mogg and the late Simon Johnson who had the idea, in those heady times spent waiting for the latest beer from Stefano and Kelly at Thornbridge, or whatever Dom, James and Colin had rustled . .
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Marrakesh
A week on foot in the Marrakesh Medina, with no alcohol, no reliable internet and no plan beyond walking. Bread for a dirham, kefta over charcoal, mint tea that resets the head, and a garden that balances colour and shade without announcing it. Some places teach you something quietly. Marrakesh insists.
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