A stroll to Dawlish Warren

The start of the Summer holidays and the tourist season proper.  I was wandering towards the end of Dawlish Warren to catch the low tide at the point.  To get there I had to pass the main beach which had quite a few people on it enjoying the [...]

More bluebells

Having seen the bluebells out near Hey Tor on the previous evening I went back out again with the dslr to see if I could get some more shots.  The phenomena is very short lived and I thought I would make the most of it.

Swaling or gorse management

Another unplanned set of images when I came across the scene looking for some “nice” pictures.  Actually to see a section of the moor ablaze is not that unusual if you live in the area.

Swaling takes place on Dartmoor during the winter period (& up until [...]

Some signs of Spring

While overall the countryside still looks rather faded and winter like a trip to Dartington Hall gardens yesterday showed that there are the start of signs of Spring.

 

In addition to the snowdrops (the scent was lovely) the shoots of a number of bulbs indicated that the [...]

From a trip heading north in the frost and snow

This posting pre-dates the previous two in practice but I had not had a chance to work on the images I took until now.  Just after the new year (but before the big snow) I drove up through the country (M5/M6).  The previous night had seen some of the lowest temperatures.  Close to [...]

Autumn colours at Dartington Hall

I’d been looking at getting out to try and catch some real Autumn colours for a while. I was wondering about Westonbirt Arboretum. I have been there before but it is quite a trek for me. Equally it was apparent from comments on the photography course that, at times, the photographers there [...]

Some objet trouvé!

(Well I am doing a French course at present )

Hopefully I will not be here when this is published.  I should be walking on the  South West Coast path at the time.  I wanted to try a post that was automated as much as anything.  I hope there will be some interesting [...]

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