My wonderful girlfriend Polly is pretty good at birthday presents, the most notable being a helicopter ride sat on the floor with the doors off taking photos over Manhatten. This year she took me away for a surprise weekend to Bruges.

Bruges is a beautiful Medieval city with interesting architecture, lovely canals, wonderful local beer and tasty chocolate. We spent 4 days sightseeing, sampling the local food and beer and of course I got a few shots in here and there.

For kit I decided to take my 12-24, 24-70 and various filters for the 24-70. It was a mistake not to take my 70-200, that will be coming in future.