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Ocktober Lundy 2024
Dance dance dance to the Ocktorbro radio .. Last minute bolt to the rock for some birthday fresh air. End of season vibes The black shed and a corrugated iron building, ( A man walks into a swedish chemist …etc New pony welcome And lens lick. Still autumnal skies and autumnal puddles. Plenty of birds […]
Beautiful North Devon Calendar 2025
September 9, 2024
Update: The 2025 calendar has arrived and is available for purchase now. It should be available in time for the Woolacombe art fair in October, where locals can pick up a copy at ‘local’ prices. The calendar is printed on heavyweight, glossy photo paper and A4 size opening up to A3. It features 12 fresh […]
Waving at the Waverley
June 18, 2024
The paddle steamer Waverley was built on the Clyde and launched in 1946, as a cruise ship to take day trippers through the Scottish lochs. By 1973 she was the last seagoing paddle steamer in the world and due for retirement but in a magnificent leap of faith was sold by the owners ( Caledonian […]
Puffins Galore
June 11, 2024
When everything else in life is going tits up, it’s nice to be able to report a heart warming success story from our very shores across the water at Lundy Island. Back at the turn of this century when everyone else was worrying about a non-existent ‘millennium bug” and dancing to Britany Spears (no relation), […]
Mid summer moods at Tibbetts
June 10, 2024
Racked up my 21st stay at Tibbetts in June 2024, and if you think of each stay as a year in the life of your Tibbetts experience; this year, the wild teen years have given way to a more mature approach with melancholic moods. There is a hint of nostalgia for the old ways, however […]
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 […]
BTS; the story of Calendar 24
December 15, 2023
If you are new round here, welcome to the photo blog. Maybe you had the Beautiful North Devon Calendar as a Christmas present and are scrolling? Well, you are in the right place if you are calendar curious, photography curious and/or North Devon curious. The is the Behind The Scenes blog about the story of […]
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 […]
Beautiful North Devon Calendar 2024
September 27, 2023
It’s here the latest edition (and best so far) of the Beautiful North Devon calendar. Twelve stunning and crispy fresh new images taken over the last year in North Devon, Exmoor and Lundy. Putsborough Exe head Lundy Woolacombe Exmoor South Light Saunton East Lyn River A4 fold out to A3 The early-bird price to my […]
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, […]
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October 12, 2024
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