When I first started with the Audit Commission I was working with a very nice young man called Jonathan. He was telling me about this short writing course that he was doing and this piqued my interest. Finally, last week I decided to have a hunt around for a good course to do. So today I attended the first class of my Travel Photography and Writing course at City Lit. I can tell you that its fun to be a student again. The course, as the title suggests, is a 10 week course that combines travel photography and writing.

Interestingly enough I have met my first Grace. Grace Lau to be precise. Could her name be any closer to mine?! Anyway, she is our teacher for the photography side of things and I’m looking forward to learning what I can from her over the next few weeks. Zoe Bran is taking the Travel writing side of things. Naturally when I got home I googled the two of them just for fun (hmm …) If I’m not wrong Zoe Bran has written some pieces for Lonely Planet (“but not Travel Guides!!” I hear Zoe’s voice echoing in my brain.) She is quite pedantic about what constitutes travel writing and what doesn’t. As for Grace, if my google results are to be believed she is into … well lets just call it radical photography.

Steps taken: 9,889 (despite getting lost in Holburn when I was looking for the tube station after my class and having to take all those extra steps).