Usually I have something in mind when I go out with the camera, but sometimes odd things just pique my interest when I am out and about. So here are three random snaps taken with the phone on a recent visit to Bath, as well as a roofscape.…
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I am always on the lookout for “accidental paintings” – usually old wooden or metal surfaces showing the effects of age or decay. This is a metal barn door in North Chideock, which recalled the abstracts of Lyme Regis artist Chelsea Davine but with considerably less effort on…
Just a tiny autumnal still life encountered walking up the lane. At this time of year, there are lots of finches hopping about under the beech trees, especially where passing cars have broken the beechnuts so they are easier to peck at. When I was at junior school,…
Warm sunny autumn days are too precious to waste, so when I looked out the bedroom window and saw mist lying in the valley, I quickly got dressed and went out for a short walk with the camera. I’m so glad I did – it was one of…
Taking advantage of a low spring tide and a glorious warm autumn day, we walked west from Seaton Hole, round to Beer (a surprisingly short and easy trek), and then on to the fabulous chalk cliff and unspoilt shingle beach at Pound’s Pool after a stop for a…
What with Storm Ali and now the impending storm Bronagh (where do they dream this up?), the trees have been taking a bit of a battering. Interestingly, the oaks seem to have borne the brunt, with barrowfuls of twigs and small branches bearing golden, russet and green leaves…
The coming of IKEA to a city near me was good in that it meant no more trips to Bristol on the motorway, but the downside was that because it’s more convenient, we go more often. I do find the “we know best” attitude of the store designers…
At only 5 miles long, the Exeter Canal is short and sweet, and was designed to allow ship access to the centre of the city from the Exe estuary. The first post-Roman canal to be built in the 1550s, this ancient waterway is today much visited by walkers,…
Every August, local farmers, gardeners, cooks and craftspeople get together to celebrate all the best of country life in the West Country. On the Thursday before the bank holiday, fields south of Bridport are host to the Melplash Show, a tradition since 1847. Competitions for prizes are the…