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Into the Blue
The surf has pumped all winter and into the spring. The wild garlic and bluebells came early, mid April instead of May. An early visit to a tourist honeypot clapper bridge as well as photos from my local ancient bluebell woodland What can be more English than bells and dappled sunshine? […]
Between the Seasons
April 27, 2026
Exmoor, wet wet wet all winter, then the rain slowed and allowed a few excursions onto the higher moor to bog jump with tussock assist. Spring Moor Photo dump (which is apparently is an acceptable phrase to describe random pix lumped together without context). To start, some Blackthorn; the herald of Spring And […]
Colour My Valley Autumn
November 4, 2025
One of my favourite places to photograph in autumn, luckily, is just on the doorstep. Exmoor rises 1000 feet out of the sea on the North Devon coast and takes the brunt of the Atlantic weather but the area is interlaced with hidden valleys where the trees are more sheltered and the leaves hang on […]
2026 Calendar Now Available
September 30, 2025
It’s here: the 2026 Beautiful North Devon Calendar! The 12th edition features 13 fresh shots taken in the prevoius year in and around Exmoor, Lundy and the beaches of North Devon. Thank you to Kathleen Spears who helped with the agonising decisions to whittle down 30-odd candidates to the final selection, and to the friends […]
Intimate Exmoor
June 7, 2025
In the summertime, when the weather is fineYou can stretch right up and touch the skyWhen the weather’s fineYou got camping, you got camping on your mind.Have a drink, have a driveGo out and see what you can find. However camping is dangerous. The ground is uneven, the night skies are dark and there are […]
Purple and Lime colours on top
May 24, 2025
Maytime is when Exmoor comes to life, the beech trees and hedges start to show their fabulously fresh, almost florescent lime-green foliage. This year the wow factor has been amplified by the prolonged dry spell (don’t look up), and some fabulous blue skies. The light winds helped the blossom to set and for the next […]
Autumnal Phototherapy
November 16, 2024
Autumn is a golden time for landscape photographers and here in North Devon the stars of the show are the mighty beech trees, especially on the top of Exmoor. As always you have to dance with the weather and an early season gale can strip the trees of all their jewels. This year, […]
September shines on the sunroof
September 23, 2024
How prophetic the photo of a misty beach sunset was of September in last years ‘Beautiful North Devon Calendar’, it’s been a lovely little Indian summer and gratefully embraced after what has been, generally, a miserable summer. Time to get the camping gear out of the back of the shed, And journey up onto the […]
Looking for bluebells, found Dippers
April 27, 2024
After the rain we were presented with a calm and sunny weekend here in North Devon. Time to get out on the moor for the first time in ages in search of bluebells. The woods along Hoar Oak Water were filled with the smell of wild garlic. The trees were showing off their fresh leaves, […]
Damp and green and mizzley
February 4, 2024
Another Sunday and another tramp across the moor and down into the, not so hidden, valleys. Damp under foot, mizzle in the air, rivers in full flood and the mossy tree trunks in magnificent saturated green. Hoar Oak Water Fall The fishing lodge Oak spagetti Big boys wondering why we’re not watching the Sunday afternoon […]
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April 28, 2026
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