Arrived today in Deepdale, Patterdale to celebrate Rachel’s birthday with a short break away from it all. Before Rach and I had actually arrived our son Sam had climbed and descended (ran down) Hellvellyn in under four hours. He’d left home at 7am to do it as today was going to be much better than […]
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I met Ellen a couple of weeks ago when we were both working on a film set making training videos for vets! Mentioning, as I always do, that I love creating portraits (and working with actors) she kindly agreed to pop across for a shoot. We had a great time and she was fabulous to
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I was delighted to spend some time with a friend and her mother last week. We went together to a couple of locations which were meaningful to them and I did my best to capture their wonderful relationship. Such an honour.
Been so looking forward to visiting Norfolk and our destination, Blakeney – on the north coast, is living up to all our expectations. This morning I got up at 5am, before the visitors arrived, to go down to the creek. Here’s a selection: This old wreck is a photographer’s dream: This afternoon I returned with
Following my visit to St John’s Church, Bilsdale I visited another on the St Aelred’s Trail, All Saints Church, Hawnby. Compared to St John’s I found All Saints to be quite dark and damp, indeed the nearby River Rye has caused flooding issues in the past. Here’s a selection of images:
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I visited two churches on Sunday, both are included in the Saint Aelred’s Pilgrims Trail. My wife and step mother wanted to follow the trail from St John’s to All Saint’s at Hawnby, so while they headed off I spent an enjoyable half an hour taking these before driving across to Hawnby. I try to
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A lovely hot summer day so at 6pm Rach, Carole and I headed off to visit the moors at Lastingham, stopping for some chips along the way. Although it was a leisurely stroll I don’t like to hold people up while I snap away, so just a few. The grasses were gorgeous, swaying in the
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Today I headed off to this little church just south of Helmsley, another that is on the newly created St Aelred’s Pilgrim Trail. I must have driven past this church hundreds of times over the years, probably more, but today was my first visit. There isn’t much parking as the narrow road snakes down through
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