We were lucky to choose a sunny day for exploring some South Devon beaches – not so easy this summer, which has been alternately cold…
Category: genius loci
Poltimore House, near Exeter, has a very chequered history – a Tudor mansion made over in the C17th, added to in Victorian times and set…
If the last ghastly year has taught me anything, it’s that life is not an endless procession of opportunities, and I need to get on…
I last visited this Iron Age hillfort at the end of March (see here), and have just returned to see the bluebells at their peak…
I thought twice about the title of this page, having found Ian McEwan’s novel of the same name quite dire! But what the hell, that’s…
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And…
I spent the afternoon on Eggardon Hill – the changing light and mist looked very enticing as we drove there, but shortly after arrival, it…
It’s almost the end of a very strange and confining year. I usually get about the Southwest a bit, but have spent most of this…
When I first had a digital camera, I found it hard to restrain myself from taking far too many shots, most of which were utterly…