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Crystal Clear Lundy Light

December 5, 2016

“Light years from here, We’re going to burn up in the atmosphere. It’s crystal clear, We’re coming swinging on a chandelier.” Lieutenant J. H. Dathan, HMS Montagu 1906 * (see below). We were all prepared for a stormy visit to the island on the the last trip of the year. Late November last year was […]

Summer Shades of Tibbetts

August 20, 2016

Regular visitors to this blog will already know that Tibbetts lookout on Lundy’s second highest point is one of my favourite places on planet earth. The old admiralty signalling station, built of granite in 1909 and bereft of modern conveniences might not be the most remote place in Britian but it feels like it. The […]

A Perfect Antidote ..

August 20, 2016

. .. to the Summer Crowds: We don’t normally go to Lundy in the busy ‘six weeks’ of summer, but when two of my beloved Tibbettian friends have August birthdays – it would be rude not to sneak a few away days on the island. Especially as, rather randomly, their birthdays fall on the same […]

Maytime Magic

May 28, 2016

With all the Puffin-tastic excitement of my previous post (Puffins & Bluebells) I almost forgot these set of pix of our encounter with the Sika deer herd on Lundy. Amazing the think that all the photos taken in these two blog posts were taken in just four short hours on the Island. Maytime on Lundy […]

Birds and Bluebells on Puffin Island

May 18, 2016

Regular readers of this weblog, (oh I hate that word, it’s not even woody sounding…..) Right, start again, and from this point onwards, this ‘photo and musings diary’ will be referred to as a wetlog – because it’s is more like a saturated piece of driftwood than something that was made up by an adolescent […]

Golden hour

May 11, 2016

Finer temptress, Though the ages she’s heading west From far away, stays for a day, never a frown with golden brown. Click on the pic to make it sic Canon 5d mk3 + 24-70mm f2.8 L ll wide open Postscript: Recently, The Lundy Island facebook page has just adopted one of my photos as its […]

Lundy Calendar 2017 Sneak Peek

March 27, 2016

I’m lucky enough to have a few photos in the new 2017 Lundy calendar. Here’s a sneak peek: Cover photo by Alaric Webster, January – Sandra Webster, November – Alaric Webster. Good stuff by the Websters, who bagged two of my favourite shots from the calendar.

Winter Lundyland

February 15, 2016

A selection of wet Lundyscapes from out recent windy trip to the island. Short days, sodden fields and Tibbetts magic. If you click on the pic it gets bigger! Mostly Canon 5D mk3 w/ 24-70mm f2.8 ll & some 15mm f2.8 fishy. Previ0us Lundy blogs: in-the-calm-before-the-storm/ swallows-seals-and-sex-mad-sheep-another-tibbetts-tale/ sika-silhouettes/ return-to-tibbetts/ lundy-projeck/ five-go-mad-at-tibbetts/ tribbles-tibbles-tibbetts/ deer-on-the-doorstep-at-tibbetts/ lundy-in-august/

In the calm before the storm

February 13, 2016

It was back to Tibbetts at the beginning of February and instead of the hoped-for snow, the weather was mild and damp. While storm Imogen was still clearing her throat and hitching up her skirts out in the mid-atlantic, we went for a mini yomp north of the three quarter wall in the calm before […]

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 […]