It is a now just over a full year since I was able to get out and about with my camera, and the very next day after my last trip to the...

It has been a while since my last post so I thought I'd catch up and bring us up to date. Covid has interrupted my wanderings with my...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

Just two weeks to go now to our main holiday of the year. My wife and I are going to Tuscany on a painting holiday for her and a...

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...

We enjoyed a short break on the Channel Island of Jersey this last week in wonderful Spring sunshine. We were very lucky with the...

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...