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Lundy Spring – Part One

March 6, 2018

The much anticipated trip back to the island was an adventure to say the least. There was snow-much going on due to the ‘beast from the east’ or storm Emma as she was also known; that the episode will be divided into four parts. This, the first one, is typically early spring, the cull is […]

Six of the best, times two

December 31, 2017

Two thousand and seventeen can do one. Like. Exit. Sorry to everyone who has had a good year but personally, mine has been shit. That’s right, shit. “Omg he used the ‘s’ word twice..” Well that’s how shit it has been. Are you getting the picture? Any how’s in the spirit of We’ll never surrender […]

Camping Lundy Pride

July 8, 2017

As temperatures soared around the longest day in June (#Joon17) in north Devon, it was too hot to work, too hot to sleep and too hot to deal with the crowds who has swarmed to the coast in search of some relief from the humid conditions. There was only one option – a last minute […]

PS (Puffins & Sika)

May 27, 2017

Postscript to the May Lundy trip are these photos of Puffins & Sika deer taken with the Long Tom. The long tom is my Canon 600mm f4 weighting in at nearly 5 ½ kilos, it is virtually impossible to hand hold except for short periods and although it is bitingly sharp is a class one, […]

Day tripping Lundy dreaming

May 26, 2017

Maytime, the early boat from Bideford, despite getting up at minus-saturday to make the 8am sailing you are rewarded with a few extra hours of island time. The weather, the fresh late spring easy and an Lundy first timer all make for a magical encounter, these shots from the full frame and standard lens have […]

Mountaineering monkeys and shy Sika

December 10, 2016

Well not exactly monkeys but sure footed Lundy goats, who seem to defy the normal laws of gravity. They somehow perch on sheer granite cliffs with a laid-back approach of a Beatnik in a coffee shop; and all to munch on some tasty lichen. Mmmmmmm. Lichen, as we all know, is a composite organism that […]

A Perfect Antidote ..

August 20, 2016

. .. to the Summer Crowds: We don’t normally go to Lundy in the busy ‘six weeks’ of summer, but when two of my beloved Tibbettian friends have August birthdays – it would be rude not to sneak a few away days on the island. Especially as, rather randomly, their birthdays fall on the same […]

Maytime Magic

May 28, 2016

With all the Puffin-tastic excitement of my previous post (Puffins & Bluebells) I almost forgot these set of pix of our encounter with the Sika deer herd on Lundy. Amazing the think that all the photos taken in these two blog posts were taken in just four short hours on the Island. Maytime on Lundy […]

In the calm before the storm

February 13, 2016

It was back to Tibbetts at the beginning of February and instead of the hoped-for snow, the weather was mild and damp. While storm Imogen was still clearing her throat and hitching up her skirts out in the mid-atlantic, we went for a mini yomp north of the three quarter wall in the calm before […]

Sika Silhouettes

February 4, 2015

Picture this: An early afternoon in the pub: sheltering from the wrath of the Atlantic, log fire, Lundy Gold and laughter, then, during a lull – the reluctant decision to hike home. A two mile trek acroos the moor against a lively north-westerly, so strong it rips the snot and phlegm across your frozen cheek. […]