chris pook

Video short;

https://www.chrispookphotography.co.uk/Travel/Wedding/n-qhqH5N/i-ZncWRZ5

Where is everyone these days!

Thanks!

Thanks John!

25 years so far!  😉

Thanks!

Thanks Graham.  She is a bundle of joy, this young lady.  As I have said often, probably on here, I have never met with anything other than kindness and friendship in the Middle East, and Iraq in particular.  The reality on the ground and in person is so very different from what we may think it to be, when seen only from afar.  I’m leaving Bag…[Read more]

No experience, but connected with him on Facebook.  He’s a thoroughly top chap and runs a few groups there.  I would share links but it would seem ungracious to our hosts here.

Thanks very much Kent, thanks for the plaudits everyone, much appreciated.  Literally just back in Baghdad from Dubai, and my meeting with HR etc.  I didn’t make it over the fence.  lol.  Onwards and upwards!

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Cheers Rob 🙂

This was shot in the Roman Arena in Arles, Camargue, France.  Razeteurs (Camargue bullfighters) compete every year in this bloodless sport.  The winner is the Razeteur who collects the most rosettes from between the horns of the bull.

In this sport, the runners taunt the bull, who eventually charges at them.  The runners are young and agile, an…[Read more]

Home sweet home… strange as it may sound, I’m always pleased to get back to Baghdad after a few days in Dubai;

Great highs, terrible lows, good to have friends share the journey.

Thanks John.  Her words, her description of herself

‘Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.
Not to speak is to speak.
Not to act is to act.’
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Hash gave a voice to those who would not have been heard. Taking testimony takes a toll. Stories to follow when editing complete.