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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 Using an experimental (out of date?), film sim for Kodak Ektar 100, I did a photography beach walk.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 […]

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was cancelled due to problems with the new waterpump installation (Tibbetts has its own Well and the quaint but outdated battery waterpump was being upgraded).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 […]

Ocktober Lundy 2024

October 12, 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 […]

September shines on the sunroof

September 23, 2024

How prophetic the photo of a misty beach sunset was of September in last years ‘Beautiful North Devon Calendar’, it’s been a lovely little Indian summer and gratefully embraced after what has been, generally, a miserable summer. Time to get the camping gear out of the back of the shed, And journey up onto the […]

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 […]

Summer smooths time at home

August 2, 2024

Times they are a changing; the planet is becoming uninhabitable and no one seems to care enough to do anything about it, social media is fueling a rise of hatred between communities and the awful self inflicted wound that is brexit is still the elephant in the room. The song remains the same. Out with […]