If like me, the reader feels that yet another year has passed at a frightening rate, it IS nearing its climax, so it is calendar time! Many clients have already ordered the 2018 editions; if not, you better hurry up…..they are going fast! Thanks to all who have loyally supported my photography – via the landscape and golf calendars – over many years now. The 2018 editions look terrific (he said, modestly!) and feedback from happy customers has, so far, been splendid. Two or three of the images have been on this photographer’s radar for some years now, so capturing the desired compositions in the right season and with great light on the subjects guaranteed a happy driver heading home after the goals had been achieved!

There is ONE more cause for celebration in the Ford household, however, my wife Carol having written and published a lovely book of short stories for children, entitled ‘Nessie’s Adventures’. It is aimed at six-to-eight-year-olds, can be a delightful bed-time read for “wee yins” by parents or grandparents, is beautifully illustrated and costs a VERY reasonable £4.99 plus postage. Copies can be obtained by a simple e-mail to Carol at – carol.jan@btinternet.com.

Whether it be my 2018 calendars or Carol’s adventure stories about Nessie, however, please accept our thanks for your custom, which is hugely appreciated. We hope that you enjoy the run-up towards (and excitement of) Christmas and, with fingers crossed, have a very happy 2018.