Back in Whitby
I'm conscious of re-shooting a scene when I don't feel it can be improved upon, and I don't think I've even attempted this one since I shot it after dusk five years ago. On this occasion though...
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Bridging the Tees
There's a saying in life, that if you don't know where you're going you'll end up somewhere else. That's never resonated more than when I drove in to Redcar this week. I hadn't really planned on...
Read MoreCornwall round-up
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space... And yet, across the gulf of space, minds...
Read MoreCornish Tin - Part 4
Well this thread keeps on giving doesn't it? I do have a fascination with days gone by and the Cornish tin mines appear at first glance to be long abandoned - more an integral part of the...
Read MoreCornish Tin - Part 3
I left you at Botallack Mine at the end of the last post, with two very different shots of the Crown engine houses. If you haven't seen it you can read it here. This time we move further along...
Read MoreCornish Tin - Parts 1 and 2
Some things don't turn out the way you plan them. If I didn't know that already, I was about to find out. It was a beautifully sunny evening as I set off down the A374 towards the end of my...
Read MoreTouring the South Wales coalfield
Let's be honest, when it comes to seeking out heritage I'm not exactly your average National Trust card holder visiting stately homes and keeping behind the velvet rope. Far from it in fact. So...
Read MoreThe Gower Peninsula
I spent an enjoyable few days in North Wales last November that included a day trip to the south to take a wander round an old colliery, so with time to pass I decided to take a full week this...
Read MoreGhost Trains
How do you bring a ghost train to life? Photograph it at nightfall and paint it with light... I've visited this place several times over the years and never quite been blessed with the right...
Read MoreLondon Docklands
London's docklands present an ever changing picture, a physical manifestation of an evolving socio-economic landscape that in the last 80 years has seen the annihilation of the docks by the...
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