Goodbye Kent hello Surrey.
In mid February 2019, Jo and I started looking for a new house. We had lived in the garden of England (Greenhithe, Kent) since 2004 and it was time to move on. Our Victorian two…
Holiday in Costa Rica – Chachagua Rainforest Eco Lodge
Last year August we started planning our holiday to Costa Rica. It was to be a family holiday with Mom and Dad. They are huge bird photographers and Costa Rica was a bucket list destination…
The London Motor & Tech Show
We visited the London Motor & Tech Show at the Excel Centre in East London yesterday. Tickets were £15 each and there was a good selection of motor cars on show, although not as many…
R.I.P. Tamsin – 2003 – 2019
Our 16 year old Tamsin pass away tonight. We adopted Tamsin in December 2004. She was a 18 month old pedigree Tonkinese. We got her for free because the previous owner/breeder didn’t want us to…
R.I.P. Paul Parsons 1971 – 2019
Our good friend Paul Parsons died this week. It was sudden and totally unexpected. We’ve known Pabs since 2010 when he arrived in Sunny London and graced us with his presence. We enjoyed many beers,…
Happy 50th birthday Michael Schumacher
Happy 50th birthday Michael Schumacher. We hope you are celebrating this fine day with a big cake. Michael is still the greatest formula one driver of all time and it feels just like yesterday we…
2018 brought change and a fun filled crazy year – Happy new year 2019.
Our 2018 new years resolution were to redo the kitchen in our house and to holiday locally. We almost achieved these goals. Highlights of 2018. The London Classic Car show. New Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones….
Puzzle Cat’s Paradise captured in GoPro Hero 7 Time Lapse
This past Christmas and Boxing Day Jo and I built a 1000 piece smart puzzle. By smart I mean the plastic pieces were securely joined together, which meant it was possible to pick up and…
My GoPro Hero 7 Christmas day sunrise time lapse.
I decided to wake up early on Christmas day as one does and capture the sunrise with my GoPro Hero 7 Black. Recently I recorded a video time lapse of some clouds as they capture…
Sunset and clouds video time lapse using my GoPro Hero 7 Black.
Clouds makes for a truly wonderful video time lapse. I filmed this video on my GoPro Hero 7 Black action camera. Recently I have been messing around with time lapses. They are really cool and…
Our holiday to Prague, the city of 100 spires.
Prague is a little over an hour from London City airport, which was so convenient as we were able to park nearby for free. The take-off was brief and we were in the air without…
GoPro Hero 7 Black is an awesome action camera.
Back in May 2016 I wrote a post on my thoughts of the GoPro Hero 4 Silver edition action camera. It was mostly negative as the camera hadn’t met my expectations. Fast forward to October…
We are Mike and Jo Bowen. Originally from South Africa, we now live & work in the United Kingdom. Mike is the blogger, beer drinker, gadget man, reviewer and Jo is the proofreader, wine drinker, cat lady, sanity checker and “don’t you dare put that on lookatbowen.com“. Together we travel the world and have fun wherever possible. If you are new to this website and want to know more about us, check out the the longer version.