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09 Oct 2015

The Swans of Painshill Park

Swan at Painshill Park. Copyright Chris Bushe 2015

messy Swan at Painshill Park. Copyright Chris Bushe 2015

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07 Oct 2015

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There is only one real car park in Hersham and this is where this caterpillar decided to try and cross, luckily saved from a squashing demise by the good eyesight of a 15 year old. Rescued and placed on a leaf. These humble I Phone photos try and capture the brave if impulsive caterpillar.

Hersham Caterpillar

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05 Oct 2015

Flowers and Macro Lens

Just a few flowers from the garden shot with a macro lens. Everyone needs a macro lens.

Wild crocus

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04 Oct 2015

Favourite Football Photos of this weekend

Carshalton AFC Juggling

Chasing Shadows

Leighton Town FC
Two headed monster

Almost a goal but not quite. Carshalton v leighton

Sam Muzarek

Hand ball

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02 Oct 2015

What is going on at Brentford and what is needed right now

After the farcical events of the last month we need to briefly recap.

We employed an unknown manager and he has been sacked after 8 games.
The results were not the issue but other factors which have not been specified.
Mitigating factors include an unforseen series of injuries
The new manager given the role till the end of the season does not want the job permanently.
Brentford are heading for the relegation places, potentially this saturday.

What has gone wrong? Last season the fans were all together as a unit. Crowds were growing. The ground was sold out most games. Away travelling fans increased in numbers. This season that is all in reverse with 126 fans travelling to Middlesboro for a midweek game. My own view is this. The results have been poor but the performances poorer. A definite lack of tempo compared to last season ( this translates in my language to lack of effort), lack of leadership on the field. Would any away fan during the game be able to spot who the captain was? The quality of the play has been poor. The new players have mostly failed to be as good as the departing ones and certainly not better. And the defence has got worse, and frankly it was bad last year. Brentford are regularly conceding two or more goals each game.

So we need this

A clear statement from the board about the long term managerial situation
A statement from Matthew Benham regarding these matters, his plans and an explanation for what has happened
A new captain on the field.
A new defensive coach
A far higher tempo to the play
some stability for the next 6 months such that we can avoid relegation.

Anyone who thinks we are immune from relegation please think again. We have beaten only two of the poorest sides in the division so far and lost to sides that frankly are mediocre. But importantly we need to see something from the players. management team and board that we as fans can identify as an explanation for what has happened. We need to be able to get behind the team again and give them support. This is not easy when we have no clue what is going on.

Putting out the fires at Griffin Park?

The sun going down on Brentford dreams?

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28 Sep 2015

Supermoon 2015 In Sequence.

Supermoon 2015 UK Copyright Chris Bushe

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27 Sep 2015

Peterborough United and Graham Westley

Interesting musings from the football club and their new manager. Just curious is the only comment I will offer at this stage.

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27 Sep 2015

The Last Redcurrants of 2015 from UK

One single plant has produced around £100 worth of redcurrants this year. I was somewhat amazed to find a few more the other day at the tail end of September. Tasted amazing. Thoroughly recommend a redcurrant plant for 2016.

Redcurrants from surrey

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13 Sep 2015

Whats is it like to watch youth team football? Worth it? Brentford Under-18s

My first experience of watching youth team football was around a year ago when i began photographing some of the Under 18 games at Brentford. The first thing that surprised me was the huge variability in size of the players. Some looked more like 25 and some 15 years. The second thing was the real quality of the football. What was missing was the majority, not all, of the thuggery and cynical fouling that one sees week in and out in the football league. Dont get me wrong there is some strong tackling but not so many cynical fouls. The football standard is hard to gauge but maybe around Ryman Premier standard and on bad days Ryman South. Crowds tend to be small and some bring chairs to sit on not unlike a cricket game. Most of the noise comes from the players. Games are generally played on training pitches, so no stands and terracing. Games get videod.

Brentford v Huddersfield Under 18. Sept 2015

Personally I would happily watch this level of football on a regular basis. If a few more folks would come down that would further improve the atmosphere.

Watching youth team football at Brentford training ground

all the 4’s.Brentford v Huddersfield Under 18. Sept 2015

Watching youth team football at Brentford training ground

The Crowd https://arcticterntalk.org/2015/09/13/whats-is-it-like-to-watch-youth-team-football-worth-it-brentford-under-18s/

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13 Sep 2015

Brentford 1 Huddersfield 2 Under-18

Despite threats of rain the sun came out and gave decent conditions for this saturday lunchtime game. The reality was that this was an easy win for a Huddersfield team that showed more physical strength than Brentford but all 3 goals were scrappy, with some doubt over the second Huddersfield goal which looked offside.

For those not familiar with this standard of football it is mostly played in decent spirit however Huddersfield did resort to timewasting from their goalkeeper as early as the 60th minute and a few cynical tackles from both sides. The last 10 minutes was frantic after Brentford scored a scrappy goal and four yellow card in four minutes summed up the frenetic nature of this last 10 minutes.

The standard of football is good with a lot of skill but it seems that physical strength plays a large part at this level in terms of results when the average age of the side is low. One player stood out on the pitch, the Huddersfield number 7, Jack Boyle. He displayed stamina, strength, skill and and effort. He is the player to watch here.