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Jesmond Dene

Last year, I kicked myself for not having made the effort to get out and photograph the autumn colours as they slowly swallowed up the local woodland, so this year...

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Raby Castle

We took a short trip out to Raby Castle in North Yorkshire, to check out the deer park and test-drive a couple of lenses: the Fujinon XF 90mm f2 R...

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Blue Moon

In case you missed it somehow, we had a Blue Moon this week. Apparently, The name Blue Moon has nothing to do with the colour, rather the number of full...

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Northumberlandia

I've been living just round the corner from Northumberlandia for a long time now, and it occurred to me last weekend that I'd never been to visit. So I packed...

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Simonstone

The weather was beautiful and we were at a loose end, so we hopped on the Bonneville and took off for a weekend away at Simonstone Hall, a cute little...

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London South Bank

I travelled down from Newcastle to the big smoke to catch up with an old friend, taking the opportunity while I was down there to wander along London's South Bank....

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Natural History Museum

While staying with family in St. Albans, we took the opportunity to visit the Natural History Museum in London. While there's a lot more to this place than the photographs...

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Squirrels of Peasholm Park

We took a wander around Peasholm Park in Scarborough to meet some of the locals. The cafe there does little bags of pellets that the wild squirrels seem to love....

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Chickens of Pickering

Most people said we were mad to go camping on the last weekend of October. They were probably right. But we did get to meet a few feathered critters at...

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Monkey World Dorset

If you ever get the opportunity to visit Monkey World - the ape rescue and rehabilitation centre on the South coast of England - I'd definitely recommend it, although probably...

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Jurassic Coast

If I hadn't driven there myself, I'd have sworn I was in the South of France. It was about 28°c outside, so we chose to spend the day roasting in...

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The Road Home

I can't recall exactly where this was taken, but it was somewhere along the A66 on our way back from the Alpacaly Ever After near Bassenthwaite, Cumbria. The late evening...

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Alpacaly Ever After

If there's a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than feeding a herd of Alpacas in the Lake District, I don't want to know what it is. Canon EOS...

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Wast Water

I was at a loose end over the weekend, so I decided to jump in the van and head over to Wast Water in the Lake District for a night...

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Whitworth Hall Deer Park

It was my birthday and we were at a loose end, so we decided to visit Whitworth Hall Deer Park in County Durham to feed the fawns and watch the...

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Shag on a Cliff

A lone European Shag stands watch over it's nest on the Farne Islands. Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 with my Leica M6 and Leica 35mm f1.4 Summilux-M Asph .

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Tyne Bridge

A couple of shots to test my Leica M6 and Leica 50mm f2 Summicron-M . Shot on Kodak Portra 160 and hand processed. Love these colours. Leica M6 + Leica...

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Druridge Bay Country Park

Reed bed at Druridge Bay Country Park. Shot on Ilford FP4 with an old medium format Rolleiflex 2.8GX TLR film camera. Hand processed.

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Leazes Park

After taking delivery of the Panasonic 42.5mm f1.2 DG ASPH Nocticron, I headed over to Leazes Park at lunchtime to take some test shots before it started to rain. Olympus...

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