Just a really nice walk

So this morning I set out with my Photographers Assistant to have a nice walk and capture some atmospheric photos of the mist and fog. Sadly by the time I had got to my destination, all traces of any mist and fog had gone, leaving behind a beautifully hazy sunny day.

We walked from Freshwater Bay to Alum Bay and back over the downs, enjoying the views along the way. And while one of us found the climbs considerably harder 🫣🥵 than the other, we both had a lovely 5 Mile walk in the sunny shine.

She enjoyed lots of running around, While I struggled to breathe 🤣

Finding new challenges

So 2024 brought some amazing trips around our stunning Country and absolutely brilliant photography opportunities for me.

But it also brought some new challenges, in the way of under taking some photo sessions of working/ training gun dogs.

This was something I had never tried before, but had great fun doing, I met some lovely people and their amazing dogs too. My efforts and images have been used by their owners in calendars for this year. (2025) And while not every shot was perfect, the results have been good, with both Portrait and action shots.

So we’re 3 weeks into 2025 and I’m very much looking forward to what lies ahead this year.

Hereford September 2024

So September 2024 brought another short get away and adventure, This time in Hereford.

We stayed in a lovely little place called the Potting shed, surrounded by beautiful countryside, and although the weather wasn’t the best, we still managed to get out and about exploring.

The photography wasn’t great either, certainly nothing portfolio worthy, but I’ve added some nice images below, of some of the areas we visited.

As always with our adventures we packed a lot in, visiting the little town of Ross on Wye, Hereford city and it’s stunning Cathedral, took a walk around the Queens wood Country park (Following the Gruffalo trail) 😂 Visited Bourton on the Water, Eastnor Castle & Estate where we took another wet walk, with thunder rumbling away in the distance, explored the local countryside where we stayed (Nearly getting lost as the light was fading on our first night 🫣) and even managed a quick trip to Cardiff castle.

Scotland 2024

Wow what an incredible week. In May 2024 we travelled to Scotland and stayed on the edge of Loch Lubnaig at the foot of Ben Lendi mountain.

The above is a lovely Coo, called Honey. She was very happy to have her photo taken and was incredibly gently.

Throughout the week we travelled miles around the Trossach Trails exploring various lochs, such as Loch Katrine, Loch Lomond & Loch Achary. We climbed Ben Lendi Mountain This nearly finished me off, Only I could fall in the river crossing nearly breaking myself and my camera kit. 🫣 Luckily we both survived! And I was able to carry on taking photo’s for the rest of the week.

We also scaled Benni Dubh Hill path, Which over looks Loch Lomond and the higher we climbed the more of the islands on the loch, became visible.

Bracklinn Falls, was a steep climb through the gorge and past the falls, on what was a very warm day. Most people seemed to hang around the tourist viewing point, missing the larger part of the falls a couple of miles away.

We drove for a couple of hours over the old Military road to reach Balmoral Castle and see the stunning sights of the river Dee. The grounds that the castle sits in and the surrounding area are amazing, I can see why the Royal family enjoying spending so much time there, it’s any area in which I will definitely being visiting again.

Everywhere we looked the views were truly stunning and breathtaking, even on the dull over cast days.

Somerset May 2023

It May 2023 Myself and Partner spent a week in Somerset exploring the county. During our time away we Ventured up Glastonbury Tor for sunrise, but sadly it was a very cloudy morning with no really sun, although I did get some moody looking photos of the Tor.

I climbed Cheddar Gorge to photograph looking down into the Gorge, It was a pretty wet and slippery climb, but worth the effort once I reached the top.

We then spent a more gentle day wondering around Wells cathedral and Bishop’s place.

And took a drive over Porlock Hill to Lynmouth, where I photographed the river, using some slower shutter speeds to slow the movement of the water.

Cornwall Weekend September 2021

What a fabulous weekend in Cornwall. It was a very early start to be on the 04:30 boat to Southampton, before undertaking a 4 hour drive to start our adventure in Tintagel with well deserved cooked breakfast in King Arthur’s bistro, before heading of to the castle & Cliffs.

Our short hop adventure took us all over from Tintagel to Lands End, Boscastle, The Lizard, Port Isaac, Fistral Beach & St Ives

All through our trip I was camera happy snapping away, Not my best work, but was just great to be out every day with my camera and having some amazing scenery to photograph.

I’ve added just a small amount of images below to give you a taste of our Cornwall adventure