As with every month so far this year I have just posted a selection of images from the month. October was particularly good for rich autumn colours, both here in Teesdale and on my travels further afield. If you would like to have a look at this portfolio then click…
Over on my Andy Beck Photography website I have been uploading a selection of my best images from each month of 2020. Today I have just added the portfolio for the month of July, a mixed bag of images, from landscapes under stormy skies to close encounters with wildlife. Why…
It has to be said that I love finding out the fine details about that famous guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright. I don’t go into his publishing or personal life, I leave that to my good friend Chris Butterfield who over the past few years has uncovered some fascinating and long…
Following my recent blog post Covid-19 and me I thought that it would be informative to give a quick update. A few months ago it would have been hard to comprehend that we as a country (or world) would be where we are now. The Lockdown continues and it looks…
No panic- I haven’t got it, well not as far as I know. The country and it seems the world is now gripped in a “state of emergency” over the current outbreak of Coronavirus. Whether the end result will be as bad as the WHO forecasts who can say, lets…
Over on my Andy Beck Artist site I have recently posted a blog regarding my work on new paintings. This includes details and video of work on a pencil drawing of this handsome Swaledale Tup. Why not take a look at the blog here where you will also find details…
Well the month of February 2020 has been and gone. It certainly threw up a mixed bag of weather here in Teesdale. As I did last month I have put together a small selection of my photographs that capture the moods and spirit of the month. Maybe you have seen…
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…
Yes, thats right, the second post in two days. My blog posts are a bit like buses, you wait for a while and two come along at once. Well, I’m not saying that this is the start of a new flush of posts but after the great response to yesterday’s…
A new day dawns. The time is just getting away from me, it must be something to do with getting older. I have been remiss in posting updates or blogs to my website for which I apologise. However, an early trip out to Holwick in Teesdale this morning (and the…
