Crosby Beach

Photos from Crosby beach trip and Anthony Gormley's Another Place. I feel like I've become much more receptive to being outdoors of late...sounds a bit silly...I've lived in the city for 7 years now and I think the initial knee-jerk reaction to embed myself here and never return to the country has finally worn off. I'm happy doing both, and sea air is lovely.

I really want to get to see the Angel of the North in the next year, I actually want to see a lot more of Britain full-stop. For a long time I think I've neglected my own country as somewhere to explore, naively written it off as identikit town centres full of chain shops, but fortunately there's still a lot more still to be found than that.

Last night I watched Andrew Kotting's Gallivant - travels with his 85 year old grandmother and mentally-handicapped 7 year old daughter around the entire British coastline, which helped confirm my revelations. Much of it is shot on Super8...something I've always loved and really want to have a play with. I don't think all of the film worked, but there's some lovely cinematography and the scenes with the grandmother and daughter were quite magical - the way shots were often sped up seemed to emphasise the jittery movements of the daughter, Eden, and made them somehow beautiful. The other highlight was brief coverage of Jaywick Sands, a place I've been facinated with for several years, and photographed last summer - my photos here.

I also want to learn sign language.