A Look Back - 2016 - Ian Brodie

So another year draws to a close and it is time to give thanks to 2016. Once again, life provides a rich abundance of experiences that shapes our lives and provides us with life-time memories. Thank you to all my clients, friends and especially my family for being such an important part in a good year.

When it comes to highlights, its hard to choose. This gallery presents just some of what 2016 meant to me.

Three books released. The Birkebeinerne Location Guidebook, Into Norway and Visit Somerset.
Watching the sunset over the Mediterranean from Monaco.
Achieving a lifelong dream by seeing Zermatt and The Matterhorn. The beauty reduced me to tears.
Going to Berlin and standing underneath the remains of the Berlin Wall.
Spending time with wonderful friends at Mesna Activities and Accomodation and experiencing magic.
Walking Kew Gardens with my amazing wife.
Experiencing the beauty of a Bluebell Wood.
Soaking up the English heritage at Somerleyton.
Staying on the Norfolk Broads.
Visiting the set of my favourite television series, Dads Army.
Spending time with friends – Jerry and Galya, Trevor and Jenny.
Smelling the aroma and seeing the beauty of an English rose garden at Mottisfont Abbey.
Walking the streets of Shaftesbury.
Affirming that Norway is one of the most beautiful countries in the world at Rjukan, Hemsedal and Flam.
Drinking coffee with friends and family at the best cafe in the world at Au Chineur, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.
Living in Provence for three months.
Traveling through the canals of Venice on a beautiful winters day.
Meeting a true English gentleman and purveyor of that most English of customs at Miles Tea.
Photographing steam trains.
Realising a dream and buying a Discovery.
Launching a book at Westminster Palace, a milestone in my life. Celebrating that launch with great friends John and Gemma Turner.
Spending a wonderful day in Hemsedal and drinking coffee in Rjukan with friends.
Being together as a family in Perth – the most important event of the year.