It is many years since I was on holiday with my family in Jersey and I was far too young to have any taken any photographs to aid my memory.
Having undertaken quite a lot of research I decided that the most fruitful areas for sunset photography would be La Corbiére Lighthouse in the southwest corner and Plémont beach in the northwest. These are the two locations for these photographs.
During my recent holiday near Grange, in addition to standing and sitting on Ashness Jetty I was able to explore other parts of the Borrowdale valley and the area around Derwentwater and Buttermere.
This morning I decided to go and look at the Eboracum Roman Festival which is in it's 2nd year. The centurions gathered in the Yorkshire Museum Gardens and were inspected by the York Civic Party before setting off around York on a military parade.
Whilst staying in Borrowdale I happened to wake up at 5.30am and noticed that there was a huge bank of cloud hanging over the valley and Derwentwater. I dressed and grabbed my camera bag and raced up to Kettlewell Car Park and Ashness Bridge to photograph the cloud as the sun burned it off the water.
Whilst the weather in Scotland in mid April was fairly horrible it did have the advantage of providing much snow and atmosphere in the area around Plockton. My main expedition on the mainland was to Glenelg and the beach at Sandaig in particular.
When I was on holiday in Plockton my plan was to spend half my time on the mainland and the other three full days on Skye. As I only had a short time I could only explore a few of the more popular locations: Old Man of Storr, Elgol and The Fairy Pools.
Many years ago I fleetingly passed through Plockton but I immediately knew that it was somewhere that I wanted to return and explore. I recently booked myself a small cottage in the village itself so that I had a good base for driving round the mainland and venturing onto Skye
York Photographic Society have set a challenge to try some photography 'out of your comfort zone' so I have decided to hit the streets with my camera. Those of you that know my work will be aware that I rarely include people and actively avoid them most of the time
Once it had stopped hammering with rain I put on my boots and set off further afield with my camera. I've been to Kettlewell many times but until last week I had never walked up Dowber Gill Beck. This valley provides a route up Great Whernside but I got as far as Providence Pot before heading back to Hag Dyke and the views towards Diamond Hill.
The rain was trapped in Wharfedale and our plans to enjoy some photography were thwarted until we drove over the hill into Bishopdale and Wensleydale where it was dry and relatively sunny.
Sara and I have communicated quite a few times on Twitter so it was lovely to actually meet up and go out in her territory together.
Last night I went as a representative of York Photographic Society to Kirbymoorside CC to give a presentation as half of an exchange visit. My theme was "Yorkshire Land and Sea" and featured my favourite photographs taken in North Yorkshire in the past 3 years.
With a sunny springlike day forecast after the stresses of Storm Doris I ventured forth to Scarborough. My plan was to walk along the seafront to enjoy the sunshine and after a bite of lunch I wanted to head to the old lido beyond Scarborough Spa for some long exposure photography.
Usually my week in Whitby brings reasonably dry, if cold weather. However, this year there was almost wall to wall rain and wind.
Once the storm had subsided the cold and rain swept in from the North Sea which meant that sunrise and sunset photography was out and there was a danger of being trapped indoors.
I set off for a week's holiday in Whitby knowing that most of the east coast of England was under threat from a storm surge caused by high tides and very high winds.
Having enjoyed my walk along the North York Moors Edge at Osmotherley my next visit was to Kepwick which is a small village to the south.
Most of the time I tend to wander to the east of York, towards the Wolds or the coast but in the past few weeks I have headed up the A19 in order to explore the western side of the North York Moors.
The last time I visited Brimham Rocks was January and I was suffering with a very sore back. Consequently I didn't really enjoy the experience but I wasn't going to be put off.
A couple of weeks ago I was on my way to Spurn Head but at the last minute I changed my mind so I diverted the car to spend the morning around the Minster Quarter in York.
Sunset in Australia was a lot earlier than in the UK so it wasn't difficult to find photographic opportunities at the end of the day although it often clashed with meal time!
