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My review of the quite profound 'Parsifal' at the Royal Ballet and Opera, for the splendid Operawire!

#opera #operahouse #wagner #parsifal #amazingvoices by @c5ivefilms

At the Royal Ballet and Opera for a new production of Wagner's 'Parsifal'. Operawire review to follow!

#operahouse #opera #wagner #amazingvoices #parsifal by @c5ivefilms

When you take your £4,000 underwater camera gear to the best Red Sea dive sites and your wife gets better footage with her cheap, action cam whilst snorkeling in the shallows.............😢

#sharmelsheikh #snorkelling #redsea #underwater #paradise #scuba #tropicalfish by @c5ivefilms

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https://operawire.com/cumbria-opera-group-2026-review-carmen/

My review of the fabulous Cumbria Opera Group and their presentation of CARMEN!

#opera #operahouse #bizet #carmen #amazingvoices #cumbria by @c5ivefilms

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Don Giovanni at the Royal Opera & Ballet with the sublime @aigul_akhmetshina_mezzo and @rachelwillissorensen

READ MY REVIEW IN OPERAWIRE!!

#opera #operahouse #mozart #dongiovanni #royalballetandopera #amazingvoices by @c5ivefilms

REVIEW NOW LIVE!!
https://operawire.com/royal-ballet-opera-2026-27-review-don-giovanni/

Amazing array of talent at the Royal Ballet And Opera performing Mozart's 'Don Giovanni'. Review for Operawire to follow!!#opera #operahouse #mozart #dongiovanni #royalballetandopera by @c5ivefilms

Pett Level!
This is a wonderful walk, by the way, with a fabulous view of the High Weald sandstone cliffs near Cliff End that marks the meeting point between the flat marshlands of Pett Level and the dramatic rising coastline toward Fairlight and Hastings.

Fossil Hunting: At low tide, the foreshore near Cliff End exposes dinosaur footprints (such as iguanodon), reptile bones, and ancient plant outlines.

Sunken Forest: A 6,500-year-old petrified submerged forest with black tree stumps and fallen logs emerges during low tides.

Historical Wreck: The beach is famously the resting place of the 17th-century warship HMS Anne, scuttled in 1690. Safety Warning: The sandstone cliffs experience active erosion (averaging over 1 meter per year) and can be unstable, so visitors must check tide times and keep a safe distance from the cliff base.
ESPECIALLY THE TIDES....if you don't want to get cut off by it like I did!!😂

#astrophotography #astropics #milkyway #starrynight #beachlife #coast #lumix #lumixphotography #nightphotography #stars #nightscape #ocean #nature by @c5ivefilms

Swapped my Tanglewood for an Ovation for the day and ended up buying it!!
#guitar #chilling #strumming #passenger #fingerpicking by @c5ivefilms

Contralto Jess Dandy leads a cast of 'Carmen', under the guiding baton of conductor Joe Davies for Cumbria Opera.
#opera #operahouse #bizet #carmen by @c5ivefilms

Before we got cut off by the tide and had to run for it.......literally......and other, less stressful moments!!!

#astrophotography #astropics #milkyway #starrynight #beachlife #kent #coast #lumix #lumixphotography #nightphotography #stars #nightscape #ocean #nature by @c5ivefilms

There's nothing like a remote, exotic, tropical beach.........
And this is NOTHING like a remote, tropical beach! It's the Romney Marsh coastline in all its glory! The distant light ISN'T the sunrise.....it's the glow of street lamps in France, captured this way because of the long exposure times....
#astrophotography #milkyway #starrynight #nightphotography #lumix #beach #BeachVibes #ocean #Romneymarsh #kentcoast by @c5ivefilms