Sunset Swans

A trip to Martin Mere to see the whooper swans on swan lake.

Fun on the Beach.

Just spent a great afternoon photographing our friends Geoff and Kitty's dogs on the beach at Southport. As you can see the dogs where having a great time as we where too. Many thanks for a great afternoon Geoff and Kitty and of course to the stars of the show Max, Measha,Megan, Suzi and Saito.

Evening Stroll, Southport

What could be be better on a winters evening than a stroll along a promenade to watch the sunset.

Dumfries and Galloway

 Stroan Loch

Dunskey Castle

Portpatrick Harbour

Rockcliffe

Sunset Rockcliffe

Autumn Colours Coniston

This is the first time we had noticed this Boathouse on Coniston Water. It was the end of the day and it was very still so the reflections in the water where wonderful along with the soft autumn colours.

Chasing Rainbows - Skye and Lochalsh

Legend has it that at the end of every rainbow sits a leprechaun, hammering on a shoe, who will reveal the whereabouts of a crock of gold. It is a shame that it's only a legend and there is no pot of gold but we certainly very lucky with the weather on our trip to Lochalsh and spent the week chasing rainbows, no pots of gold but lots of great pictures.

An Evening at Derwent Water.

A beautiful evening in the Lake District watching the sun go down on Derwent Water. Not surprisingly there where quiet a few people lakeside including several photographers arriving with their tripods. As you can see it was great light and there where lovely soft pastel tones in the sky, both Vic and I got some nice images. The strange thing was that when I looked round just as the light was becoming really good all the photographers had gone along with their tripods.

Blackpool.

A trip to Blackpool to see the illuminations, looked like we where in for a great sunset but the clouds rolled in a the last minute but we got some great light on the mirror ball.

The Jurassic Coast

Our first trip to Dorset and a tour of the Jurassic Coast and fossil hunting at Charmouth. Pictures here is Golden Cap viewed from Charmouth. Golden Cap is
the highest view on the south coast rising to 191m from sea level.

Bodnant in September

Pin Mill at the beautiful Bodnant Garden in North Wales in September. We decided we where overdue a trip to Bodnant although we didn't know how good the gardens would be since we had had such a miserable summer. What a surprise, as you can see from the picture it was beautiful day and so many flowers still in full splendor. It must be one of the best gardens in the UK.

Summer at the Boathouse

An early morning start and a revisit to the Duke of Portland Boathouse on Ullswater.

Chirk Castle, Chirk, Wrexham, Wales.

A new favourite Chirk Castle, wonderful castle and gardens with amazing Yew hedging.Built in the late 13th century by Roger Mortimer, Justice of North Wales for Edward 1st it commands fine views over the surrounding countryside.

Puffin Island (Anglesey).

A day trip to Anglesey and a view of Puffin Island and the Trwyn Du Lighthouse seen from Penmon Point. The Puffins from which the island gets its modern English name bred in considerable numbers at one time, with up to 2,000 pairs recorded. The Rat was introduced accidentally to the island, probably in the late 19th century, and reduced this population to a very few pairs. A program of poisoning these rats started in 1998 appears to have eradicated them, and the Puffin population has shown an increase since that date.

A Day at the Seaside

Believe it or not this was actually taken yesterday.The sun put in a guest appearance at Lytham, St Annes. So for the afternoon at least it was donkey rides on the beach, ice creams, sand and sunshine. Today of course it back to rain, rain everywhere !

Norfolk Big Skies and Beach Huts

Norfolk in late June must have been one of the few places in the country to have some summer sunshine. Back home in Lancashire it was rain, rain and more rain whilst in Norfolk we just had a bit of wind to contend with.

Tatton Park - Flights of Fancy

We hadn't been to Tatton Park in Cheshire for ages and what a wonderful place it is especially whilst the azaleas and rhododendrons are out. At the moment there is an exhibition of sculptures as part of Tatton Park Biennial: Flights of Fancy definitely worth a visit if you are in the Cheshire area this year

A Trip to Penzance

St Ives

St Michael's Mount, Marazion

Room with a View ( Hotel penzance)

Godrevy Lighthouse