Simonside Hill and Heather Moorland in Summer near Rothbury Northumberland England

Simonside Hills Revisited

I really enjoyed the walk over the Simonside Hills from Rothbury earlier in the summer, and had noted at the time that the heather would look great in August, so on my return to Northumberland for a week’s holiday at the end of August I made a point of doing the walk again. This time […]

A Walk Around Ribblehead

I’m progressing steadily with the processing backlog and am looking at images from a couple of trips to Ribblehead in the rugged three peaks area of the Yorkshire Dales at the moment.  It’s a great place to explore by train, with Ribblehead station being just a short walk from the impressive Victorian viaduct striding across […]

The Penine Bridleway below Great Knoutberry Hill with Ingleborough in the Distance Dentdale Yorkshire Dales Cumbria England

A Walk Around Dentdale

I’m still catching up on the processing from July, so here are a few images from the walk around the upper part of Dentdale in the middle of the month. I’d gone mainly with getting some shots of the Artengill and Dent Head viaducts in mind and thought they’d look best from the hillside above […]

Spring Foliage and Doorway with Coat of Arms in the Courtyard at The Kings Manor, University of York, Exhibition Square, York

Last Week’s Shoot – York in Spring

I managed to fit in a trip to York with the OM-D last week.  It’s a place I’ve photographed many times and I was just looking for a few fresh spring images, so I was surprised to come home with so many new images, including subjects I’d never even seen before! I arrived at the […]

St Salvators University Chapel

Travel Postcard – A Wander Around St Andrews

On the last day of my visit to St Andrews last month I’d done a sunrise shoot with glorious light, had breakfast and packed ready for the journey home, but my train wasn’t until later in the afternoon, so I had the time for a wander around the town with my OM-D for a few […]

Rocks and Light on the Sea at St Monans

Last Week’s Shoot – St Monans

As part of my recent trip to St Andrews I took a bus down to St Monans, one of the lovely East Neuk of Fife fishing villages, for the day, with a view to exploring some of the Fife Coastal Path from the village and the shooting sunset over the zig-zag shaped breakwater from the […]

The Castle at Sunrise and High Tide

Last Week’s Shoot – Castle Sands

One of my favourite subjects to shoot in St Andrews is the spectacular castle ruin on The Scores. It makes a great sunrise subject – and it’s only five minutes walk from the lovely apartment where I stay, which is a bonus! The sunrise shoot works best when a nice clear morning coincides with low […]

Moonrise over the Royal and Ancient Golf Club St Andrews Fife Scotland

Last Week’s Shoot – St Andrews

I’m just back from a trip to St Andrews, which has become a regular winter visit over the past few years with delightful sunrise and sunset locations available just a short walk from the cosy flat on The Scores and so much more to explore along the Fife coast. I’ve barely scratched the surface with […]

Stone Slabs and Goitstock Waterfall

Last Week’s Shoot – Goitstock Waterfall

The weather forecast for the middle of last week was for still days with flat grey skies which sounded very much to me like waterfall weather.  So I decided to pay Goitstock Falls a visit for the first time. The waterfall is situated in Goitstock Wood near Cullingworth in West Yorkshire. I walked from Cullingworth […]

The Scallop Sculpture on Aldeburgh Beach

Travel Postcard – Aldeburgh and Thorpeness

Well, I’ve caught up on all the post-processing and it’s the last week before the Christmas break so I thought now would be as good a time as any to post a belated Travel Postcard from my summer holiday in Suffolk! We were based in Aldeburgh on the lovely Suffolk coast and for our first […]