When I decided to write this post I didn’t realise quite how many new and wonderful places I’d visited in the last year. Japan in March to Dresden in December, as well as the Grand Prix, 2013 really was a superb year. Click on any of the photos to get a closer look.

Takachiho Gorge, Japan

Lanterns, Kyoto, Japan

Robin, Wye Valley

Can't remember what this one was called...

Crane, Drayton Manor Zoo

Autumn, Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Surrey Postgrads

Princes Wharf, Bristol

Sunset, Dresden

Surrey Countryside