Following on from my entry in the 'Amateur Photographer of the Year' competition the short listed entries for the 'This is Britain' category were published in The Sun newspaper last week. The couple sat on the chairs in the rain on Weston beach is my effort.

I was invited up to London today, with three guests, for the finalists prize giving in the Great British Summer Photo Competition. I didn't win my category but it was a great day out all the same. Thanks to sponsors Curry’s for putting on a great evening and Panasonic for the camera they gave me for making the final fifteen. As an added bonus we met guest judge Jodie Kidd, who couldn’t have been nicer, and posed with us a few shots before we left for home.