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Wishing you an Early Spring Projeckt 21
Your mum’s an early spring project. As lockdown eases, especially at weekends with the Swindon hordes descending on our beautiful beatch, I’m taking my exercise along the old ways of the parish to avoid the crowds. First spring has come, a welcome visitor, as it often does in the doldrums of February, and we look […]
That day, in the bay.
March 10, 2021
Devon-date 27/02/21. It’s a day we will remember for a long time, a top contender for day of the winter. Super clean long range swell kissed by gentle offshores. Big but handleable if you didn’t get caught out, blue skies and arctic temperatures. The little bay looking g(r)ate.. Rights into the pipe. A few lefts […]
A heavy dump on top
March 10, 2021
Pretty in white and a joy to photograph Exmoor is a special place in the snow, but it can get dodgy on the narrow and often un-gritted roads, especially if it snows while you’re out wandering. In these conditions it is proper 4 wheel drive territory but even then, you have to have your ‘josh […]
Posted in: Exmoor, Uncategorized
Snow on the beach
January 24, 2021
Shiredate: Sunday 24th January 2021. You don’t very often see it here in North Devon, maybe two or three times a decade, but this morning with it’s bitterly cold winds and a low tide offered a rare treat for those who were up for sunrise. Snow on the beeatch. No matter what age you are, […]
Between the lockdowns
January 14, 2021
That is between Lockdown 2 and Lockdown3, or Christmas 2020 ‘The Superspreader Event’ as it was also known. There was alot going on in the run up to Christmas, with the usual stuff to do, some work and the release of my calendar, with all that entails including those fun daily trips to the Post Office. […]
The story behind the photos
December 19, 2020
In the beautiful North Devon Calendar 2021. This is the twentieth year that I’ve made a calendar, the 2000 version was a single A4 card page and featured a picture of Andy Irons (the famous Hawaiian surfer who came to Cornwall for a contest in 1999). In those days I was a freelance photographer and […]
Beautiful North Devon Calendar 2021
November 17, 2020
It’s here! After a tedious lead up, mainly due to the current situation, I am pleased to announce that the new calendar has arrived. This years edition has a different feel to it and is perhaps, more atmosphereic that previous calendars. The reason for this is of course due to the first lockdown. This meant that […]
The colours of Autumn
November 7, 2020
Autumn, the season of melancholy and mellow fruitfulness is for many such a sad time of year. Summer is a distant memory, the nights draw in and the chill returns to your breath. However, the last hoorah of nature before the winter lockdown is such a joyous time of the year for photographers but it […]
Big clouds and Rainbows
October 18, 2020
Dive in cold water big scape fans for a long weekend on Lundy Island, wandering and feeling wonderfully small under huge skies. Here we go… Big skies need big pictures, click on the pic to make it big. Dont forget to check the link for the Beautiful North Devon 2021 Calendar at esty,com Now available […]
Posted in: Lundy, The Essential Contentment of Futile Wanderings
Lundy Rona: What’s hot, n’not.
October 18, 2020
It’s been an unusual summer in more ways than one way but hardest to bare has been the lack of opportunist day, and camping trips, to Lundy Island. The Motor Ship (MS) Oldenburg, that normally packs 267 people on board, is now limited to 90 due to social distancing restrictions and unless you have booked […]
Posted in: Lundy, Uncategorized
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