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I passed this lad when I was on a bit of a wander through Brussels city centre at the weekend.

Although it’s pretty heavy on the tartan, I couldn’t find any further scottish-ness about the place – not the drinks nor the food.

I’d still like to give it a go once we’re approaching normality again.

📷️ : Lunchtime walk through Bois de la Cambre

📷️ : Lunchtime walk through Bois de la Cambre

I took a much-needed walk through Bois de la Cambre today at lunchtime today. It was so nice, I completely forgot about a call for work in my schedule. The less said about that the better.

But the park itself is *just* starting to show signs of autumn. After the last few days of almost non-stop rain in Brussels, I was overly careful and wore a completely unnecessary jacket.

Not for the first time, I was very grateful that such a large and beautiful park is practically on my doorstep.

 

Why I hate photography♦

I am by no means as experienced, talented, knowledgable or dedicated to photography as Stephen, and yet there this article absolutely rings true to me in my limited experience as a hobbyist photographer for over 20 years. Certainly the part about it being unsatisfying. Part of this for me is that digital photography has made it a bit of a numbers game – just take enough photographs of something and you’ll probably get at least something half-decent.

The initial convenience of digital photography which made the taking, processing and sharing of photos a breeze, has resulted in its near-ubiquity – everyone is a photographer nowadays.

I’ve tried to listen to the people who say that Instagram is more about communication than photography, a way of quickly showing friends what you’re up to – the “I’m eating a sandwich” approach to social media. But photography focussed online spaces that I loved (basically mid to late 2000s Flickr) have fallen by the wayside in favour of tiny, phone-sized photos, it doesn’t feel like there’s a place online for people who enjoy photography anymore.

Empty Brussels – Easter Sunday 2020

Palais Royal de Bruxelles

Today I got out of the flat for some exercise by walking into and around the centre of Brussels and back again – some 12 km! The more touristy areas would normally be very busy. In the usual run of things, Grand Place would have hundreds of tourists milling around examining the medieval architecture of the square.

I had an eerie experience walking down the steps onto Mont des Arts, which was almost completely deserted and was so quiet I could hear my own footsteps.