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The high lands

April 8, 2024

Road trip. Go with the flow, follow the road and see where it takes you. Click on your favourite image, as ever, this blog is best viewed on a big screen. Crabber in a loch Red Deer everywhere Castle of the McKays The shepherd off Sandwood Bay, near Cape Wrath. Chocolate box Scotland This enigmatic, […]

Spring on the Rock

March 17, 2024

Back to Lundy island for a spring visit on the helicopter, it’s been a wet winter and conditions on the Rock reflected those on Exmoor; wet, wet, bog and more wet. There are however, signs that spring is in the air with mild temperatures, daffodils, blackthorn blossom and puffins! This years accommodation was in the […]

Black Rock Project

February 28, 2024

I’ve been photographing this rock at my local beach for the past month or so and am still not completely happy with the results. So I thought I’d share my best photos so far, and explain my vision for this spot. The conditions needed are part of the jigsaw to get the image, firstly there […]

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 […]

After the rain

January 6, 2024

As the planet warms up, there will be more moisture in the air and therefore more rain. This winter has been exceptionally wet so far here in North Devon. It can be fair to say that it has rained every day for the past 10 weeks… However, when the rain stops then a muddy plod […]

Combe Thursdays

October 26, 2023

A few drinks in the Welly then on to a fab curry, recommended, at Tandori Nights (bottom of Oxford Grove), with some old folks. iphone 7, cracked screen, shit battery, outdated o/s And you can buy me a coffee at -> https://ko-fi.com/esterspears Thank you

Oh what fun we had ….

October 16, 2023

On Lundy Island for my third trip of the year to Tibbetts, this time with a rag tag bunch of family and dear friends to celebrate my birthday, my retirement and my bus pass! I didn’t take too many photos because I was laughing so much, however these few will trigger memories of the most […]

Diving with seals

July 10, 2023

One of the great results of the No Take Zone, (as well as the Conservation of Seals act 1970) is the expanding population of the Atlantic grey seals on Lundy, Britain has 40% of the worlds grey seal population which amounts to about 100,000 and Lundy has a breeding population of over 60 of those, […]

All aboard the Skylark

May 22, 2023

Tucked away in an hidden corner on the edge of Exmoor, near the highest sea cliffs in England, is Skylark Cabin. Perfectly isolated in the wooded pastures and big skies of never ever heard anyone land. A rustic cabin with an outside bath, built mainly of recycled materials and a perfect antidote to all the […]

Winter into Spring on the Moor

May 8, 2023

Moss, mud and much to appreciate In search of spring in three walks in three weeks along the river Barle, Baggery waters and a camping trip near the source of the Exe. Green, green my world is green. Except when it’s blue. Bells near Whithypool> Barle Beach hedge, 200 years later. Spring beach. Exmoor orchids. […]