Another weekend and another apocalyptic storm, as I write the Sevenstones Lightship has just tweeted from 18 miles off Lands End: “It’s Feb 8, 2014 @ 5pm ; Wind = W (270°) 45.1 knots; Swell = 30.5 ft @ 12 seconds….” Here’s a few pix from North Devon today of those 30 foot waves and […]
May 14, 2013
The cheer you up the the teeth of this miserable rainstorm, here’s a few pix wot I took, of my local beach around the end of March 2013. As ever if you clickety click on the image some propeller head has made the software enlarge the pic, amazing. Canon 5D mk3 c/w 70-300 L IS […]
January 19, 2013
The first meeting of the 2013 British Junior Surf Squad (supported by Calypso soft drinks) was held at the famous quality beachbreak at Croyde this weekend in very wintery and freezing conditions. Young surfers (under 18’s) from all over the SouthWest of England and Wales travelled through the snow and slush to train with British […]
April 16, 2012
First outing with the new (to me) Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L IS USM on a spring walk in an area of outstanding natural beauty AONB. Click on the pix to make them so much bigger. First impressions: Superb build quality, as you’d expect from a £1k plus lens, metal everything. I’m always a bit […]
February 8, 2014
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