After we had all survived the Beast from The East at the start of March i set off for a springlike week in the Peak District. I enjoyed a balmy afternoon at Ladybower Reservoir but then the snow and gales set in.  By Sunday morning Tideswell was swamped by a foot of snow and I was going nowhere in my car.

On the last afternoon of my week's holiday in Whiby I decided to pay another visit to Saltwick Bay to photograph some rock pool abstracts for a talk I'm preparing and perhaps catch a bit of sunset.  When I got to the top of the cliff I stopped in my tracks as not only was the sky as grey as ditchwater but the sea was still well established on the shale platform.  It didn't look particularly encouraging or safe.  Low tide was only an hour away so it should have been well clear of the platform but it obviously wasn't.

One of my favourite walks is from Sandsend to Whitby along the beach during low tide.  It is especially lovely in the winter when there is usually a metallic orange or blue glow in the sky most of the day.  I find looking out to sea and watching and listening to the waves rolling into shore incredibly relaxing and there is always something different to see and photograph.

Whenever I have driven across the Pennines on the A66 I have passed signs to High Force waterfall but I've always carried on driving to the other side of the Pennines.  On this occasion the North Pennine waterfalls were my destination.

The Northumberland coast is a wonderful place to visit and explore and since it was 2 years since my last visit another trip was long overdue.  I was based in Amble and during my week I visited some of my old favourites but also discovered some fabulous new locations.

This autumn I have been out and about in different woods following the development of autumn and the many colours and falling of the leaves.

I find that photographing woodland is difficult as you literally have to pick out the wood from the trees and quite often there isn't a lot of space in which to give the image space to breathe

I have recently had the pleasure of attending a workshop run by both Mark Littlejohn and Joe Cornish and the outstanding feature of the first day was the impending arrival of Storm Ophelia.

Last week I realised that I hadn't been to Whitby and Saltwick Bay for months so it was high time that I drove across the North York Moors again.  Low tide was scheduled for 16:08 but I decided for a change to arrive a few hours before low tide and capture the sea as it retreated over the ledge.