September 14th 2010 - Today I am in my first port of call on this voyage and its Lisbon, quite a nice place, very sprawling but i got to see a lot, Its also my last self portrait in this project and during the last 365 days I have been to - Denia, Valencia, Malaga and Cadiz, Cornwall 4 times, Brighton, The Royal Albert Hall, West Bay, Jersey 3 times, Blackpool, Cork, Staffordshire, Birmingham, Elstree, Bordon, Durdle Door, Torquay, Lyme Regis, Harrods, Virginia Waters, Selsey, Lacock, The Isle of Wight, Southampton, Dubrovnic, Venice, Split, Corfu, Forest End, Chichester, Milland, Lodsworth, Matlock Bath, Bournemouth, Burley, Lisbon, Snowdon, Llandudno, Portmeirion and Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. I have included Superman, Mr Benn, Teenwolf, Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid, Doctor Who, Phineas and Ferb, Rupert, Scooby Doo, Columbo, Ben 10 and the American Werewolf in London. People joining me in my photos were Nathan (14 times), Clint (7), Chris (6), Rachel Barron (3), Amy Wilson (3), Darren (2), Scott (2), Lisa (1), Simon (1), David Muttock (1), Harold (1), Sharon (1), Aimee (1), Sean (3), Gemma (1), Chris Guppy (1), Matt Isreal (1), Charlie (1), Jenny (1), Jamie (1) and not forgetting Matt and Amy Stinton (1). I have involved Lions, Pandas, a Zebra, a Ladybird, a Shark, some Chickens, Frogs, a Horse, Bears, a Dinosaur, a Penguin, a Chicks, a Sheep, a Cat, a Platypus, a Dog and a Monkey. I have helped to celebrate Christmas, Easter, Valentines day, Australia Day, World Hello Day, Three Weddings (Nikki and Roy, Clint and Rachel, Matt and Amy), Freddie Mercurys Birthday, Billy the Kids Birthday, New Year, My Nans 90th, Independence Day, Harolds 70th Birthday and Nats 35th Birthday. I ended up stabbing myself, I lost the hearing in my right ear, had plastic Surgery and lost the feeling in my left thumb, my cat died and I had 7 Hair Cuts. In the 365 days there have been 489 Images of me. 29 photos were taken in my Bathroom while 13 were in my Garden. 37 were Black and White while 34 were a mixture of black & white and colour. I have been to the Cinema 25 times including 3 times on board a ship, I saw District 9, Up, This is it, 2012, Avatar, Sherlock Holmes (twice), Princess and the Frog, Percy Jackson, Wolfman, Alice (twice), Clash of the Titans (twice), Nanny Mcphee, Iron Man, Prince of Persia, Wild Target, How to Train your Dragon, Predators, Toy Story 3, The A Team, The Karate Kid, Inception and the Sorcerers Apprentice. People who have helped me with my 365 photos are Nathan, Clint, Al, Kristy, Del, Chris, Sean, Sharon, Rick, Scott and a random stranger in Split. Its has been a challenge and at times its been fun, other times its been a pain but most of all its been an accomplishment, never would I ever imagine I would make it to the end of a year, Finally I can put the camera down and not touch it for a whole 24 hours . . . . . Or can I???? Thanks for watching Rob

THE FIRST DAY OF GEEKNESS (In which Rob Jan explores the 12 Days Of Christmas...in the toybox!) On the first day of Geekness My fan girl gave to me A part bridge of Khazad-dum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Hey, you! Wee Balrog beastie! Ye shall 'n pass!....withoot ye first pay mah toll!" Why should Scrooge McDuck be part-rich in a pear tree when he can be all-rich above the chasm of Khazad-dum? Several reasons behind this picture. As a cheerful atheist I like to come up with my own traditions for what, to me, is the otherwise irrelevant festive season. One of those is having a play with some of the iconic bits and pieces associated with Christmas, in this case the familiar "12 Days Of Christmas" song. So, here we are, that old moneybags Scrooge McDuck, making more McBucks at Christmas...what could be more traditional than that? "Unca" Scrooge....putting the 'mean' into '"the true meaning of Christmas!" As for the part-bridge of Khazad-dum, well, there aren't THAT many geeky rhymes for 'partridge'..though I do admit that the Doctor Who related 'Lethbridge' (Stewart) did briefly come to mind. This is a fast and loose photoset. It took weeks to create last year's Chrissy picture and I wanted to 'shoot from the hip' this time out. The Lord Of The Rings architecture comes from the Balrog playset (!) and McDuck was found in a local Opportunity (Thrift) shop. It was shot in my light box (ta very much for gifting me with that, Roger!) with a little additional orange gelled underlighting from a bicycle lamp. (Cheers for tossing that handy widget my way after you'd finished with it, Callum!).