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For days in Snowdonia
For some time now I’ve been meaning to visit Snowdonia in North Wales. Although it’s somewhere I’ve been climbing and walking over the years I’ve not been primarily for photography before. All the images below…
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Saddle Tor (Northern quarries)
By the last day of my recent trip to Dartmoor, the endless blue skies were starting to get tiresome. O’ for a few wisps of cloud and some drama! Spring was definitely announcing its imminent…
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Hart Tor
At the end of February a large high pressure system parked itself over the UK for a few days giving some stable, sunny weather. Hopefully it was the first of many yet to come but…
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Leedon Tor
As readers will know from the preceding post I’ve been exploring the Dartmoor National Park again 😉 There is an area to the South and West of Princetown bounded by Leedon Tor, Ingra Tor and…
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Second Servern crossing
The Second Severn Crossing also known as the ‘new’ bridge was completed in 1996 and carries the M4 motorway between England and Wales over the river Severn. Being close to home its something I’ve photographed…
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Porlock Weir II
Seizing an opportunity between the incessant wind and rain over the Christmas 2018 period, I headed down to the small village of Porlock Weir. It’s situated just under the Exmoor hills on the North coast of…
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Dubs hut and Hay Stacks
On my recent visit to the Lake District, one of the aims was to do a little mountain photography. Unfortunately the cloudy weather put the stops on that, but the day I arrived the weather…
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Autumn colour in Borrowdale
It’s been a long, hot, dry and sunny summer in the UK; the best for many a year. But long days filled with dust and haze make it my least favoured time of year for…
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Wastwater colour
Back in 2006 I spent a few days in the English Lake District. As I recall now, it wasn’t the most successful of trips as the weather didn’t generally play ball. One rainy day the…
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Marloes evening
The first weekend in May is a three-day public holiday. Mainland England and Wales were basking in strong sunshine under blue, cloudless skies – Not the sort of light that normally inspires me. However, the…
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Avebury in snow
I’m writing this sat outside under the shade of a pear tree, its 26 degrees Celsius, cloudless and the hottest day so far this year. What really makes it unusual is that it’s a Bank…
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Light Fantastic!
On my first visit to Dartmoor I recall thinking it was boring open moorland with nothing to make a good photograph apart from the odd rocky Tor! Well, that was quite some time ago and…