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Deer on the Exmoor doorstep

January 21, 2018

The rain, drizzle & mizzle, downpours in grey sheets. On muddy paths & Flooded roads. Forcing the valiant wanderer Into pubs & lukewarm hot-tubs. Mmmmm. Anyway. Ginuary, rest and a chance to edit some pix from 0ur last sunny day. Btw, HBC (Happy Birthday Charlotte), Wtf & BYT (Boil yer Tatties) haha. Deer on […]

Kestrel encounter on Exmoor

January 13, 2018

Beautifully clear but cold day on Brendon Common in early January and a late afternoon encounter with this ‘windhover’ – Falco tinnuculus – or common kestral. Think that this is the larger female, hunting for her supper. deer grazing on the middle brow Fuji jpegs straight outa velvia. Kestral: XT-2 w/ 100-400. ISO 200, F5.6, […]

Purple rain on Exmoor

August 20, 2017

There’s been a lot of rain this summer. (Who’d have thought that when scientists said we would have warmer, wetter summers that we actually would?). Anyhow apart from making the tourists pissed off and having to plan when to mow the lawn, it has meant that north Devon is looking green and lush at the […]

April Projeck: Spring flowers

April 8, 2017

Down here in Devon, Spring seems to have arrived early this year. The rain in March has given way to April sunshine and stimulated a host of wild flowers to bloom; including bluebells and wild garlic. Check back to this page thorough April and May as there will be regular updates as I document the […]

Last of the Autumn gin

November 16, 2016

Late autumn on Exmoor. Wednesday. T’was a dingy day plagued by low cloud and mizzle. How quickly the climate of hope of a multi coloured ‘new England fall’ changes to the acceptance of the inevitable. Wind, rain and low cloud had spoiled the show in a few random mid-week days. It’s normal. We embrace change […]

Scouting Devon

November 2, 2016

Dib dib dib, dob dob dob. The crazy calm and dry weather continues here in North Devon. The Oktober project, which was meant to document the changing of the seasons, was an abject failure. All the photos look like they were taken in August … What’s that all all about Donald? However the temperatures are […]

Bows and flows of angel hair

July 13, 2016

For the first time in ages I managed to sneak an afternoon on Exmoor. There was a nippy nor-west wind but it was beautifully clear beneath racing Cumulus clouds. I skirted the north edge of the moor from Brendon to Lorna Doone valley ending up at Robbers Bridge. Big skies and the emptiness of the […]

The Dirty Dozen

November 27, 2015

I’m not doing a calendar this year but if I was going to…. These are the shots that might have made it on to the printed page. The blog is formatted for mobile phone use but you really need to click on the images to view on a large screen. Big is best. So without […]

Golden brown & black carbon

November 8, 2015

Golden brown beech leaves taken over the past few days as the mild autumn continues with the help of a new lightweight Zomei carbon fibre tripod (updated first impressions review below). If you click on the pic it becomes even more wonderful. I dont very often do reviews, mainly because there are lots of very […]

The view belongs to everyone

September 6, 2015

Love these dreamy pix taken on a clear evening with the long tom (600mm f4 IS) from the top of Exmoor, mostly hand held. Some views are over 50 miles away, the Brecon Becons, Llantwit Major and The Old Light on Lundy. Definatly worth a click to see if you can see see see. Thanks […]