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2027 Beautiful North Devon Calendar
It’s here!: My 2027 Calendar is now available. This 13th edition features 13 fresh shots taken from wandering around my home in North Devon over the last year, also featuring wild Exmoor and remote Lundy Island. Thank you to my editor, the ruthless Kathleen Spears who helped with the excruciating (for me) decisions, to whittle […]
Place and Vision
September 30, 2026
Big thanks to the judges who chose “Lundy Lines” from nearly 500 entries to win the 2026 Ilfracombe Photography Festival (IPF) Photo Competition. The theme of the contest was Place and Vision. The festival runs on the weekend of 11th/12th October with a full programme of events hosted by 15 venues in the enigmatic coastal […]
Lundy Away Day
September 29, 2026
What’s not to like about a Bideford sailing on a fabulous September day. Early start and a half full boat but plenty of time on the island for a couple of walks and a pasty and pint lunch. Earthquake Boris A timeless Lundy view Fibonacci spiral staircase at the old light […]
One day in Early May
May 8, 2026
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hot Hanmers
July 8, 2025
Lundy time: Joon 2025. We were gutted to hear that our week’s stay in Tibbetts was cancelled due to problems with the new waterpump installation (Tibbetts has its own Well and the quaint but outdated battery waterpump was being upgraded). Instead we were offered Hanmers, a corrugated iron and timber hut built in 1898 by […]
Puffins in the Pinks
May 19, 2025
Once more to Lundy Island, this time on a day trip from Bideford. It is an early start to coincide with the high tide, but the bonus is that you get extra hours on the island as the return journey has to align with the next high tide so that the boat can navigate the […]
Calendar debrief
May 5, 2025
Thank you to all who bought the 2025 Calendar and for your continued support on my calendar journey with another sell out. I am a bit late with my usual blog about some of the stories behind the photos that made the 5th edition of the Beautiful North Devon Calendar. Let’s jump straight into it […]
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