Just had an eventful week at Ty Woods cottage at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey, my first trip to this island since 1975 when we only got as far as Llanfairpwyllgwyngyl...

A short 2hr 30m hop across the Tasman Sea took us to New Zealand. Landing in Christchurch we quickly cleared and found ourselves in a pre-booked silver Toyot...

We are now close to exchanging the enclosed city streets of Sydney for the wide open spaces and mountainous views of South Island, New Zealand. In fact, I ha...

Two coincidences loom large since we arrived. First coincidence, when we arrived in the hotel last week (is it a week ago already?) the first thing I did on ...

I had previously known of jet lag as a concept but I now know what it actually means. We set off from home at 5.30pm Sunday evening and arrived here in Sydne...

A little tinkering with the site has given a fresher look for the new year. It was so tempting to do too much but, as always, less is more, and I have resist...

This year, as we did in 2016 in Tuscany, we enjoyed a fabulous week with Sketch Trips, and this time our destination was Lisbon and the surrounding area. It w...

Two Lakeland visits in the space of a week found me first on Fleetwith Pike from Honister mine and then Silver How out of Grasmere, both in glorious summer s...

I recently enjoyed a Sunday out at this museum in Dudley and for the annual 1940's weekend. Its a fabulous place to visit in what amounts to a whole village ...

On Saturday the 8th July 2017 I learned that the famous Flying Scotsman was crossing the Ribblehead Viaduct at lunchtime the following day. I have had this v...

Eighteen months ago now I moved up from the Nikon system I had previously loved and cherished to the Fujifilm X-Pro2 (having already owned at that point the ...

On Sunday evening I made a snap decision to have a day trip to the Lakes and 06.40 saw me heading up the M6 just a few hours later. It was cold but seemingly...

We spent a few days with friends in the very Dickensian village of Staithes, North Yorkshire, immediately after the New Year, taking time to visit nearby Whi...

Its been a couple of weeks now since we returned from our early October week in Tuscany. What a stunningly beautiful place this is. The weather didn't quite ...

I've been using Nikon equipment since around 1998 and have always found it to be superb gear. In that time I have had a variety of DSLR cameras from the D2X ...

We enjoyed a short break on the Channel Island of Jersey this last week in wonderful Spring sunshine. We were very lucky with the weather! Of course, it turn...

I enjoyed a day out in the northern lakes recently visiting several sites over the course of a long day. We started out at the northern end of Ullswater wher...

What a brilliant and classic autumn this year was for colour. My local park was ablaze with reds and yellows and still a little green for days on end and I c...

I had one of those 'good to be alive' days out yesterday in beautiful Autumnal sunshine on a tour of the southern Lake District. We stopped off at four locat...