Around Downham Hill
Saturday 27 February 2016
I've been fortunate to have been walking all over the world in the last couple of months - New Zealand, Hong Kong and Snowdonia. I'd not done a proper walk locally for far too long.
White Snowdonia
Saturday 13 February 2016
The mountain tops of Snowdonia were properly wintry
A winter's night on Pen Y Fan
Sunday 17 January 2016
Just back from New Zealand, we weren't suffering from jet lag but season lag - suddenly changing from summer to winter.
Hong Kong
Friday 8 January 2016
We had a one night stopover in Hong Kong on the way home from New Zealand. I loved the contrast of the busy, sometimes quite gritty street level and the vast vertical skyscrapers.
New Zealand South Island
Thursday 7 January 2016
We just visited New Zealand for the first time, exploring by car and on foot. It's a very easy place to love, with stunning scenery that's so accessible, at least once we'd made the long journey south.
Tokyo
Monday 14 December 2015
On the way over to New Zealand, we stopped in Tokyo for a couple of nights.
Ottery Tar Barrels
Thursday 5 November 2015
I've been going to the Ottery Tar Barrels for well over ten years
Morning Mist
Friday 9 October 2015
As we got up around sunrise this morning, there was a beautiful layer of cloud hanging low nearby, with the peaks of Downham Hill and Uley Bury visible above it
Dursley Walking Festival
Sunday 4 October 2015
I did two of the walks for the Dursley Walking Festival. Even though I go walking regularly from our house here in Dursley, I still learned a couple of new paths and had a good chat with many people on the well attended walks.
Total Lunar Eclipse
Monday 28 September 2015
We saw a partial solar eclipse earlier this year in Dursley - and tonight we saw a total lunar eclipse. However it did involve a 3am alarm for us!
A night on Pen Y Fan
Sunday 27 September 2015
Pen Y Fan is such a busy mountain, I didn't really expect complete solitude by spending the night near the summit
Berkeley Deer Park
Friday 25 September 2015
Berkeley deer park has been a favourite place of mine to take photos for several years now
Frampton Country Fair
Sunday 13 September 2015
Our second visit to Frampton Country Fair
Sicilian summer
Sunday 6 September 2015
We enjoyed a little of late summer in the heat of Sicily
Stoke Park, Bristol
Wednesday 12 August 2015
My friend Ruth organised a photo walk around Stoke Park
Bristol Balloon Fiesta
Saturday 8 August 2015
Balloons and big crowds at Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2015
Uley Bury
Wednesday 15 July 2015
Uley Bury is a flat topped hill and site of an iron age hill fort, which we look out onto from our house
Pembrokeshire Coast and Puffins
Sunday 12 July 2015
We went with some friends back to beautiful Pembrokeshire, again camping on the Marloes peninsula. We explored a little more of the coastpath, got down to the wonderful Musselwick Sands (only possible at low tide) and took a ferry over to Skomer Island to see the puffins.
Dursley Festival
Saturday 27 June 2015
It was wonderful to see Dursley so full of happy smiley people of all ages for the festival
Misty Stinchcombe Hill
Saturday 13 June 2015
In contrast to the warm sunshine locally last weekend, the weather was looking grey and miserable.
Purton and Sharpness
Saturday 6 June 2015
A mother swan with her cygnets hitching a ride, the abandoned hulks of the Purton ship graveyard, views of the canal and Severn, then the port of Sharpness - this gentle walk has considerable variety and interest.
Scottish Highlands ~ Mull and Glencoe
Saturday 30 May 2015
We spent a week in the Scottish highlands, enjoying walking, camping and wilderness
A month of Bluebells
Monday 11 May 2015
The woods change so fast at this time of year, as the leaves grow and flowers carpet the forest floor
The Lake District
Monday 4 May 2015
It's been some years since I visited the Lake District - too long, but the world is big
A caving trip through Ogof Cnwc to Daren Cilau
Saturday 25 April 2015
I go caving quite often, but rarely take a camera