Collect-o-mania

I've always had the unfortunate tendency, perhaps inherited from my grandfather, to collect things a bit manically. This is usually inhibited by a couple of factors; finances, and the practicalities of living in different parts of the world. My answer is to collect things which don't take up much space. On the one hand I've got a pack of cards from every country I've been to (except Bolivia... dammit). On the other, I take photos of things to make a "virtual collection".

This works out quite well in the instance of the collections I have started here in England; as can be seen above, one is of pubs with interesting names; and, below, another of cool-looking clocks. These were both taken in Surrey on a trip down to the coast (through some magnificent, Dandenongs-esqe countryside) to see the famously terrible pebble beaches with their carnival atmosphere. They did not disappoint. Nor did the dodgem cars that Lara, Susan and I had a spin in!