It may seem strange to you but I wanted to be alone for the first anniversary of my dear Mave's death. Family and good friends had offered to be with me but I wanted to be alone, .... to think , grieve and remember, without feeling the need to put on a brave face. But I didn't want to spend the day at home in our house. So I got up at 4am and was on the road by 5am. My destination was the Orwell estuary where we had spent a day photographing the bridge and the wrecked boats at Pin Mill. I got the time of high tide wrong but that just meant I stayed longer until the tide came in. Unfortunately it still wasn't high enough for me to get the images I'd hoped for but even so, it was a good choice for me. It was so peaceful there, just right for a difficult day. I started off at the Orwell bridge. This is a panorama shot and in hindsight, I think I should have taken it from further away with a longer lens so the dis...