Cornish 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...
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Cornish 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...
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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...
Read MoreGlen O'Dee
I spent Easter Day in Aberdeenshire last year, with a thoroughly enjoyable wander through the corridors of the abandoned Glen O'Dee Hospital at the end of it. And it was with genuine sadness...
Read MoreWhitby & Staithes
If anybody ever tells you that seaside towns are struggling, don't believe them. The British may no longer be sat on a deckchair on Blackpool beach clutching an ice cream in one hand while...
Read MoreStorm Clouds
There’s nothing quite like the wildness of the Scottish Highlands in November, especially when there’s a bloody great storm or two hovering over it for the week. The Met Office can...
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