Man’s fingerprints on Dartmoor

In a sense this is “part 2″ of my previous post here.  The images were all taken on the same day and, while showing quite a wild part of the UK, also indicate some of  the ways the moors have been used over centuries.  The work of man can be [...]

The strange beauty of remote landscapes

I guess I was in a thoughtful mood while I was out today and the title of this occurred to me while I was driving up to the moors. We have had a few frosty mornings over the past few days (temperatures around -3 deg C) but this was the [...]

Totnes snow (December 2010)

Rather a hasty one but given most of the hits on the blog in the last few days have been “snow” orientated and quite a few have been “Totnes” too here are some shots from the past few days.  The top one is a few days ago on Vire Island.

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Returning via Limousin

After around 3000 miles of fairly trouble free motoring the car had a warning light on and was not running at all well and we were wondering if we would make it back up to the ferry without help.  We also had some of the worst weather we [...]

Aspects of Plymouth

It was a while since I had headed in the direction of Plymouth however I had to go there anyway so the camera was with me.  I visited various spots on the eastern side of the Sound including Bovisand and Jennycliff.

I got this shot of a frigate heading out [...]

Cotswold stone

A recent trip to Birmingham provided the opportunity to stop off in the Cotswolds for a couple of nights.  While I love the West Country seeing fresh places (& having some fresh photo opportunities) it always pleasant.

One of the first stops on a day out was the [...]

Some views around Dartmouth

Ok well the above is from Dartmouth but as it looks out towards the open sea it is a useful one for context (and is a stitched panorama as well).  The town does have a very long history dating back to the time of the crusades (12th century) when it [...]

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