On Location 15th January 2021. Bright sunshine on snow covered fields makes an almost perfect combination for winter photographs. Even better if such subjects are right on your doorstep. So it was on this day with a lot of Snow around Bowes Village. A good fall of snow had fallen…
A new film on You Tube Armboth Fell in the central region of the lake district has a bit of a reputation. And it’s not a good one….it is wet, very wet. In this new film I take a walk over not only Armboth Fell but also its near neighbour,…
On Location 6th January 2021 Another fresh fall of snow at Bowes in Teesdale. As I live in the village I was able to take advantage of the conditions to capture the scenes. A day that began with a cold mist developed into a bright, sunny winter’s day. These are…
On Location 29th December 2020. The days of a long hard winter seem to have gone in Teesdale. Apart from the occasional “snow days” in late November or December much of the winter weather seems to turn up on the early months of the year. However, when the snow does…
A simple and relatively easy walk to the impressive waterfall of High Force from Holwick. On Location 25th December 2020 Parking at the road end, Holwick. Limited spaces, please park considerately. Refreshments: Sadly the pub at Holwick, the Strathmore Arms is now closed. The nearest location for a pub, tearoom…
On Location 25th October 2020 Parking: Good parking in Malham village at a large National Park Car Park (Pay and display with toilets) Route map: click on the arrow to play the route. GPX route available by clicking in the Plotaroute.com link at the bottom right. This short walk is…
On location 17th August 2020 Parking: For this walk I parked in a small layby just outside Keld village but it would be better to use the facilites within the village itself. Route map: click on the arrow to play the route. GPX route available by clicking in the Plotaroute.com link…
On Location 11th February 2020 Winter in Upper Teesdale in the north pennines of England can be long and harsh. Sometimes though a covering of snow in conjunction with a bit of winter sun can make for some beautiful conditions. So it was on this day and with camera, dog…
I was over at Keswick on Monday delivering more copies of The Wainwrights in Colour to Bookends bookshop. Instead of just coming straight home I spent an hour or two on Great How, a small hill near Thirlmere. This is one of the fells on my Lakeland 365 project so…
Glenridding Dodd walk. I am working my way through the backlog of films in my archive. I tend to edit these in the evenings after I have been painting and sketching during the day. Hence the reason they are not already posted. Yesterday I uploaded onto Youtube the latest, a…
