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Wandering around looking for clouds and puddles
One day in Early May
Fine weather, flat seas and a Bideford sailing; perfect conditions for an impromptu sailing to show some Lundy-virgin friends the rock in all its spring glory. It was an early start and a calm journey over on the Oldy (MS Oldenberg) with relatively light manifest of 150, made up of a few stayers and the […]
Into the Blue
April 28, 2026
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? […]
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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 […]
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Old School Lundy
March 16, 2026
Early March 2026 on the rock, in what has become a traditional trip to welcome the first puffins to the island and to celebrate birthdays. This year tinged with mixed emotions with the recent passing of Mum still raw. However what better place to breathe, reflect and to reset than amongst the granite of the […]
Five Calendar stories plus more
December 20, 2025
Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas holiday – especially those who have purchased or received a 2026 Beautiful Estpix Calendar. As is custom, here are a few ‘behind the scenes’ stories about some of the photos in the 2026 edition. All the photos were taken between September 2024 and September 2025, which is when […]
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Midwinter Kodak Woolacombe
November 20, 2025
It was a cold but clear day with mid day sun seasonally low in the sky. Using an experimental (out of date?), film sim for Kodak Ektar 100, I did a photography beach walk. Here are the photos, no wasted hours in front of the computer processing them, just warts and all gritty photos. I […]
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 […]
Lords of the Boards 2025
August 21, 2025
Boardmasters Surf 2025 was one of my most favouriteists yet and it’s not just for personal reasons, such as working with an outstanding team (as always), but what helped was; the wall to wall sunshine, consistent north Cornwall summer surf that produced – everyday, and an old school vibe back into the ‘surf fans village’ […]
Fleeting flight of the Auks
July 9, 2025
Photographing Puffins in flight can be frustrating; the birds are small and fast, making framing difficult. They flap their wings that are more suited to ‘swimming’ underwater – faster than flying, at up to 400 times a minute – not as fast as a Hummingbird granted, but still requiring a fast shutter speed to freeze […]
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May 8, 2026
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