Kieran Turner's photos with the keyword: audi

(And a clichéd car shot!)

The (fabric) roof of my car has been doing fascinating things since I treated it with some waterproofing polymer spray. The rain beads on it when it falls, which is pretty in itself. But in the mornings at the moment, the dew is very close to freezing, and the visual effect is something I've never quite seen the like of before.

I am neither old enough nor married enough to be having a mid-life crisis, okay?

Once a petrol station, but for over twenty years a bookshop instead. The lovely proprietor made me a cup of coffee as soon as I went in for a look around. I felt terrible that I didn't buy the £40 book I really wanted, but I've bought enough toys recently... so I bought a £5 book instead, just so I had contributed. If you want to browse for yourself, it's in Blair Atholl (near the fabulous water mill where they still make their own bread!) The bookshop is next to the hotel, actually on what used to be the A9, hence the petrol station story. Follow signs for Blair Castle to get here. Oh, and this is also the first shot to be uploaded of something I suppose I'd better get used to over the winter: my car with its roof up!

(Not counting the others I sort of own; I've had two cars stolen over the years, so they're out there somewhere, quite possibly in component form.) This is the first, chronologically and in story-telling order, of my photos from Aid Convoy's Albania trip in early 2010. If you're just finding this in the photostream, please instead start with the set, " Albania 2010 ", which gets the order right, unlike the photostream which flickr puts in reverse order. My colleague Jane also took many photos and they are also in the photostream. To avoid chronological confusion, there's a set for them too, " Albania — Jane's photos ".