I’ve just returned from a weekend retreat in Cawsand on the Rame Peninsula in Cornwall. Three days of relaxation, exercise, learning about nutrition and good sleep practice, all in a lovely seaside setting with delicious home-cooked food and good company. So thanks Charlie Babb and Emma Porter of…
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On a rather overcast spring day, I went with a friend to a place on Dartmoor I hadn’t been before – the Emsworthy Mire nature reserve. We timed it perfectly – the variety of pale bluebells growing in lawns were at their peak of perfection (woodland ones near…
I’m an adopted Devonian, but I’m talking geology here. A trip to see a friend in Cornwall gave me the chance to visit the cove at Lansallos (near Polperro). A sunny day had brought out trippers in their dozens, so I didn’t stay long (empty beaches for me,…
This lovely house near Puddletown in Dorset is a real gem – from Tudor origins with later additions, it’s a real treasure trove of detail, and unlike some of the stuffier visitor attractions, it’s staffed by friendly people who are happy for you to touch things, take photos…
Today I joined a small group of fellow enthusiasts for dilapidation and rust. Part of the Talk-Walk-Talk project run by the Digital Imaging and Landscape Groups of the Royal Photographic Society, we visited the St Michael’s Trading Estate in Bridport with their kind permission. A damp overcast day…
Lyme Regis is my local town, and I take a walk there several times a week if I can manage it. I have hundreds – probably thousands – of images taken there over the years. Sometimes, I just enjoy walking by the sea and don’t see anything I…
It’s a whole decade since I first had the idea of posting an image a day from 1st-24th December – so, welcome to my 10th advent calendar. I decided that it was a while since I’d featured any landscapes, and I had quite a lot assembled into a…
Today, I led a walk in conjunction with the RPS‘s Digital Imaging and Landscape Groups with six fellow photographers. Needless to say, after over a week of bright and sunny weather, the day dawned grey and wet, and it stayed overcast all day. But despite the flat light,…
Every year I get together in the summer with a friend and we make an indigo vat. Dyeing with indigo is a mixture of chemistry and magic, rather like developing a film. I’m not going into the detail again as I’ve put up a couple of posts before…