Over the weekend the floods hit across the country and even our quiet little village was cut off from the rest of civilisation! The main road from Pershore to Evesham had a 30ft section just disappear as you can see from these photographs. The road left a 30ft deep hole so I can't imagine they will be fixing this in a hurry! We lost power and water for nearly 24hrs and were stranded for a couple of days, though thankfully our house did not flood - although other residents were not so lucky. A friend of mine spent the night in his car on the M5 motorway, whilst another had 3ft of water i

Since launching the Fotoviva Blog it has steadily gained a strong following and now gets more and more hits each week. Whilst this is great we have discovered a downside to this! As the blog got more visitors it also got more spam :-( Too many comments made from automated spammers trying to sell gawd knows what - from viagra to holidays and gambling - you know, all the stuff we love to get in our inboxes every morning! Why do these people even bother? Does anyone actually click their links? You'd have to be pretty dumb to do anything but delete them. So regretably we have had to add an a

Are you off on your travels over the summer, or have you been and come back with a collection of pictures you feel the world should see? Well Travel Photographer of the Year has announced that the overall winner of TPOTY 2007 will have the unique opportunity to spend up to two days photographing His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, the Tibetan settlement in Northern India. This opportunity to photograph the daily life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama is part of an unforgettable visit to India, much of which will be spent in and around Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan Government i