I’m sure Tom won’t mind me outing him as an Instagram addict. He’s always loved taking photos, and he’s been happily sharing them with others over on Instagram for over a year. There’s never a walk where he isn’t getting fodder for the feed, especially if we’re out in the golden hour, and he’s a merry hashtag inventor (#chasingwight and #offroadisland for a start.)

So he was petty delighted to get an email from the guys at IG the other day letting him know that he is now one of their a suggested users; a well-deserved accolade for his beautiful gallery! Do go check it out for a snapshot of this island life: forest, beaches, country lanes, and a few flowers and honeybees…

Tom is certainly the Official Photographer around here.  He is the one with camera in hand for every occasion, who will suggest a walk simply because ‘the light is good’.

I love sharing adventures with someone who so happily (and unobtrusively!) records them.  After the classic teenage embarrassments of ‘Say cheese,’ and ‘Just take one more for luck,’ I have a slight aversion to cameras.  So I am happy to leave the snapping to someone else.  But, this does mean that looking through our albums, you’d think I’d been on a decade of holidays by myself.  There is also a danger, on this blog, of my taking credit for pictures that are nothing to do with me!  Tom’s made me appreciate the pleasure of revisiting a trip through pictures, and I don’t want to lose him from every scene.

So, this is me promising to do better.  To not only carry my camera in my bag, but to actually take it out and use it.  I suspect 99% of the photos round here will still be courtesy of Tom, but I will endeavour to add my fair share to our photo memories.