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My 2023 project is all about telling the story of the changing face of the farm at Buckhurst which is in the hills just above Walmersley in Bury. This project is ongoing and to help with the development of my story telling approach Chris Sale, who I get advice and support from, suggested undertaking a […]

This was the first post pandemic trip to Ballyliffin in County Donegal in Ireland. We had all been looking forward to this for a long time. This was a bitter sweet feeling for me as the Champions League final was the night before and travel clashes prevented me being able to attend both. Bloody World

We agreed that we would take Charlie (the cocker spaniel) on a longer walk today, as he had had only short walks the previous few days due to our going out eating and drinking and generally enjoying ourselves. So off we set in the vague direction of Buckhurst Farm, but we soon detoured along the

If you have read my last blog post you will know that Tracey and I had a long weekend staying at Robin Hoods Bay, the weekend before the last one. We agreed that we should explore and do some walking and the OS Map told us that The Cleveland Way as a great walk in

The North Yorkshire Moors National Park is somewhere that we have been interested in exploring for a while. Trips to Goatland, and York, wetted our appetite, as we drove through the National Park. So when we thought about a weekend away this neck of the woods was high on the list. Tracey and I agreed

This weekend was the first chance I’ve had for a few weeks to get out with my camera. I had it in my head that I wanted to explore Knowl Hill and take some more images of the wind turbines and stiles I discovered the last trip up onto Knowl Hill. This time it was

Yesterday and today I managed to get out for a walk around the hills near Tracey’s house, and explore the farms in the surrounding areas. This is all part of my 2023 Project which is all about the changing face of farming. The Past, the present and the future almost. What farming has done to

Now I’ll excuse you for thinking I’ve gone all management speak on you with a tile like this one. Don’t worry, im not getting all management speak on you, I’ll leave that for the day job. It’s not often I get asked to try to take some images that are themed, but this last weekend

My project idea blog from last week shows a number of wind turbines in the distance. This weekend I decided i’d go and explore one of the wind farms above Ramsbottom. The area i chose was Knowl Hill, the OS maps showed plenty of paths all around the turbines, plus parking is easy just opposite

I have undertaken a number of Projects over the years and have found them to be a really good way to develop my photography skills. For those interested the results of my previous projects can be found on the Projects page of this site and by clicking here. Regular readers will know that I’m a