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It was a happy christmas -Coniston Old Man
During a very grey and largely wet Christmas week staying in the Lake District we did have one beautiful day which just happened to be...
Jan 8, 2020


The last of Holme Fell
This is positively the last set of shots currently in my catalogue from Holme Fell. It was such a beautiful autumn afternoon that I...
Dec 20, 2019


Torver grey
Finally deciding it was time to move on from my obsession with Holme Fell I tried a new area for the first time. Driving north alongside...
Dec 18, 2019


First shots with my new lens
Langdale Pikes This was the first day’s shooting with my new Panasonic lens for my Olympus OMD-EM10 and I was excited by it. Also the...
Dec 11, 2019


Man-made landscapes
Here are a few more shots from Holme Fell, the location I’ve been visiting so much recently. I’ve been asked to give a talk to a local...
Dec 5, 2019


Holme Fell part three
I’m still catching up processing the shots of Holme Fell I’ve been taking over the last few weeks. The autumn colour is now largely gone...
Nov 25, 2019


Holme Fell part two
In Holme Fell part one I wrote about finding this fantastic location between Ambleside and Coniston. Two days after that visit I went...
Nov 19, 2019


Holme Fell part one
Lingmoor Fell and Bowfell I’ve been all around this area of the Lake District for many years and thought I knew it well but there is a...
Nov 15, 2019


Autumn is here – Tarn Hows
Tarn Hows is one of the most beautiful lakes in an area renowned for beautiful lakes – the Lake District. In the Lake District there are...
Nov 6, 2019


Eskdale overnight – the morning after
I wrote last week about my overnight wild camp to Eskdale and the wonderful viewpoint of Border End. The evening before had been good but...
Jul 24, 2019


Eskdale Overnight
A mountain wild camp made easy. An overnight trip sleeping out on top of Border End in the Lake District with magnificent views of...
Jul 16, 2019


Borrowdale overnighter – evening
From Kings How looking south I did my first wild camp of the year a few days ago, in the Lake District. The intention was to camp on one...
Jun 20, 2019


Washed out
I had a washed out day yesterday in the Lake District. I expected some light drizzle but it was just too much. You should never give up...
May 30, 2019


Try something different
I did a walk on wednesday starting at Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick in the Lake District. The weather was perfect for walking –...
May 17, 2019


Borrowdale and Derwentwater
Visiting the northern Lake District I’d intended to walk round the bottom end of Derwentwater but the lake had other ideas. Heavy rain...
Mar 20, 2019


The Old Man of Coniston
This is a classic circuit of the hills above Coniston. Up to the Old Man of Coniston, around the head of the valley to Dow Crag, along...
Jan 29, 2019


St Sunday Crag Winter Wonderland
The High Street range from St Sunday Crag Nowadays it isn’t often that you get so much snow in the Lake District. Add in clear blue sky...
Jan 27, 2019


Coniston Water, Monochrome
I made this trip nearly three years ago but the shots have languished in the catalogue ever since, untouched and unloved. The day was far...
Jan 21, 2019


Ulpha, Duddon Valley
Duddon Valley Ulpha is a small Cumbrian village in the heart of the Duddon Valley. This is a little-explored part of the Lake District....
Jan 16, 2019


A Grey Christmas
Grey Christmas We spent the Christmas week this year in Cumbria, in a rented cottage in a little village called Brigsteer. This is near...
Jan 8, 2019
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