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There’s been lots going on over the past few weeks, including holidays, furniture building and having a new bathroom fitted. This has meant that time for photograph has been limited. The weather has improved over the past few weeks, and that meant that dog walks have been easier, in the sense that things aren’t too […]

This trip to Fuerteventura has been booked for at least 6 if not 9 months. It was a dad and son holiday, just to spend time together. When I decided to retire this seemed like a nice bookend to my working life and I could spend it relaxing and decompressing, and thats exactly what we

It’s been mighty busy, work wise, this last few weeks, and the lead up to retirement is proving harder than I thought. The thing to cling onto is that I will have all time I need to get out and take photographs once the 24th April 2025 arrives. Liberation Day, my liberation from work. I’ve

This weekend is was all about exploring Edenfield, this is where Tracey now lives and so I thought I’d have a wander around the nearby areas and see what I could find. The East Lancashire Railway runs through the valley and there is a station, well more of a platform, at Irwell Vale. So Friday

Last week I only had one chance to get out and about, so I decided to revisit a location five been to on several occasions. That location was Werneth Low, which sits above Hyde in Greater Manchester. It’s a popular spot and even the fact that it was a Monday there were plenty of folk

On Sunday we decided we wanted to have a walk somewhere at little further away from home, that we, together, hadn’t done before. The seaside was the first decision, the second one wasn’t so easy. Most of the coastal places with decent promenades we have walked before. A quick google search showed that New Brighton

Regular readers will know that I’ve taken lots of images of the River Mersey in and around Stockport, well last weekend I had the opportunity to have a walk around Sale Water Park in South Manchester. I’d completely forgotten that the Rover Mersey hugs the edge of the water park for a good portion of

This is a bit of a click bait heading in that it implies I didn’t have any time to get out with my camera this past weekend. Of course I did, but this was whilst I was out and about with Charlie. Those of you who know me will know I walk Charlie a lot

I’ve not had much chance to get out this weekend, having worked on Friday and then football on Saturday. We also had a visit to see my son’s new puppy on Sunday, so I decided to go out on Monday to have a last shoot to try to get an image for the Urban Photography

This months OneLandscape project is Urban Landscapes and you will have seen fro earlier posts that I have already got some good images to enter into this challenge. I decided this weekend that I would look to try to find some less City Urban Landscapes, and decided to head to Helmshore and Holcombe Village on