Wharfedale overnight – the next morning
I just found this post in my Drafts folder in WordPress and realised it had been there since early summer and never posted. I think I...
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Nov 25, 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 6, 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...
Jul 24, 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
Wharfedale overnight
I had an overnight trip to the Yorkshire Dales last week, camping in mid-Wharfedale above Conistone. I’d previously scouted this area and...
Feb 19, 2019
Llanberis Pass under grey skies
Llanberis Pass Seeing the Llanberis Pass in Snowdonia in heavy cloud is pretty common. Even on a bright day it doesn’t see much sun, the...
Jan 13, 2019
Llanberis Slate Mines
The welsh tourist town of Llanberis, at the foot of Mount Snowdon, is not dominated by the highest mountain in Wales and England, nor by...
Jul 23, 2017
Penllech Beach part 2 – morning
The sun about to rise behind the hills in the north. The morning after the night before was beautiful. Clear, still, fresh. The alarm...
Jul 22, 2017
Penllech Beach wild camp – part 1
The northern coast of the Lleyn peninsula in North Wales is a wild and (relatively) quiet place. It’s well away from the tourist...
Jul 15, 2017
Nantlle Ridge overnight – part 1
Drive from Caernarfon towards Beddgelert on the A4085, past Llyn Cwellyn, and you arrive at Rhyd Ddu. It’s a hamlet with pub and cafe and...
Jul 11, 2017
Ullswater Overnight part 2 – sunrise
The morning after the night before, and a better night’s sleep than I often get in a bivvy bag, I woke just before the alarm went off at...
Jul 11, 2017
Ullswater Overnight part 1
Glenridding from Silver Crag. The Helvellyn range is the far sky line. A few weeks ago, my first (successful) overnight wild camp of the...
Jul 11, 2017
Crinkle Crags
8 miles 770 metres ascent 6 hours round trip Route map on plotaroute.com I’ve done this walk before but not for some time. Starting in...
Jun 30, 2017
St Ives – turquoise and grey
Most of my memories of St. Ives are of sunshine and glittering sea. When we were there a few weeks ago that’s what we mostly got, along...
Jun 26, 2017
The bridges of Anglesey
The island of Anglesey is separated from the Welsh mainland by the Menai Strait, about 16 miles long and between 400m and 1100m wide....
Jun 13, 2017
Swaledale flower meadows
Friend and erstwhile market stallholder Richard and his better half Polly have moved up to better things and opened a very nice gallery...
May 17, 2017
Pontcysyllte World Heritage Site
Joy and I did a walk in the Llangollen valley a few weeks ago, taking in the spectacular Pontcysyllte aqueduct, now a world heritage...
Apr 11, 2017
Damson and Blackthorn
April in England is the time for blossom. Going out photographing in the Lake District yesterday, after checking my stock at Botany Bay,...
Mar 22, 2017
On top of the world
In response to the WordPress Daily Post challenge Atop This symbol is used on Ordnance Survey maps (the best maps in the world, IMHO) to...
Mar 17, 2017
Finding beauty in less obvious places
Yesterday I went walking around the waterside areas around Frodsham. This is a small town near the inland end of the Mersey estuary. The...
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