Whilst on holiday in Jersey I decided to book a trip out to Les Minquieres (The Minkies) which is a group of islands about 12 miles south of Jersey and is the most southerly place in the UK. Maitresse Island is the largest island and is the only one to have buildings and summer visitors. It boasts the most southerly public toilet in the UK
La Corbiére and Plemont
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.
A Week in Borrowdale
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.
Eboracum Roman Festival 2017
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.
Cloud Inversion over Derwentwater
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.
Snowy Sandaig
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.
Skye: A brief visit
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.
Plockton: Jewel of The Highlands
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
Street Photography
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
Two Walks in the Yorkshire Dales
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.
Wensleydale Waterfalls
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.
Yorkshire Land and Sea Presentation
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.
Scarborough Lido
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.
Wet Whitby
Usually my week in Whitby brings reasonably dry, if cold weather. However, this year there was almost wall to wall rain and wind.
Wet Whitby Sands
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.
Whitby Storm Surge
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.
Kepwick
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.
Osmotherley
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.
Brimham Rocks
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.
Misty York Morning
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.