Category archives: Landscapes

Making a pilgrimage to blackchurch rock

Blackchurch Rock, Mouthmill Beach, Devon

I had wanted to visit and photograph Blackchurch rock on the north Devon coast ever since I first saw a picture of it on a rock climbing website several years ago. It’s a beautiful looking natural structure, jutting out of the beach in the tidal zone, with the layers of the rock tipped up at...

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Showers and waterfalls

Aber Falls, Snowdonia

It had been overcast for days in Snowdonia. Despite getting a bit fed up of the frequent and heavy showers, trying to sleep in my tent with thunder storms passing overhead and not being able to dry out properly, the one positive thing was that I had been getting plenty of good waterfall photos. And...

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Rising early for dawn at Blea Tarn

Blea Tarn, Lake District

The alarm clock jolted me out of my sleep at 4:30am. It was already light outside, but the sun hadn’t yet actually risen. After a couple of minutes of debating “should I, shouldn’t I” in my head, I eventually gave in to myself and got up, quickly got dressed and picked up my camera bag...

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Bluebells, bluebells everywhere

Brocket Park, Hertfordshire

I was standing at a T-junction in the path. My camera was set up and I was deciding how to compose a tree that was at the edge of the field with some small wildflowers at its base, when a couple of cyclists passed by. “Coming up to photograph the bluebell wood?” they called as...

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Getting cold in the Gower peninsula

Worm's Head, Gower peninsula, Wales

I finally made it through the nightmare traffic in Swansea and arrived at my destination – Rhossili Bay in the south west of the Gower peninsula – about two hours before sunset. Just enough time to drop my luggage off in the B&B and go for a quick recce before putting my camera into action....

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