The journey west. We set off for the west coast via Dingwall and Bonar Bridge. Crossing to Ledbeg and Lochinver. From there we made our way down the coast staying at Ullapool, Gairloch and Kyle of Lochalsh before crossing to Skye. Here are some of the many shots I took on this journey, of which …
Heading north we had a couple of nights booked into a hotel just west of Inverness. On the way we stopped briefly at Aviemore before visiting the battlefield and museum at Culloden which was very interesting and enhanced my knowledge and understanding of Anglo-Scottish history by quite a sizeable amount. It was the last battle …
Well actually the Forth Bridge. We stayed at South Queensferry for two nights … I enjoyed taking the shots of the bikers who must use the car park as a regular Sunday meeting place. The stitched panorama of the three Forth bridges came out reasonably well, even though the light was not brilliant.
The main trip of 2022 was to be to Scotland (see later posts), so on the way we were able to take up the generous offer of accommodation from our friends Carol and Chris at their holiday-let (see above) in Sandsend on the North Yorkshire coast near Whitby. Just a short stopover but most welcome …
In June this year, Jenny, my sister Jane, and I embarked on a narrowboat cruise along the Brecon and Monmouth Canal. We discovered that we should probably not do such a holiday again unless we have at least one of our children with us! We felt we needed a holiday at the end to recover …
During our trip to Melbourne, and the main reason for visiting South Wharf, we had the treat of visiting The Lume – an exhibition centre that was showing an audio-visual spectacular of van Gogh’s life and work. I believe the exhibition has a permanent home there and I do know that it was designed in …
We took ourselves off down the Great Ocean Road, travelling first to Peterborough by the inland route. We stayed overnight there and I managed to get a shot of the sunset over the Bay of Martyrs. I’d used The Photographer’s Ephemera to scout in advance exactly where I wanted to be and so with minutes …
A lightning fast trip to Australia to see our son and family – once the Australian government had opened their borders and a return visit to South Wharf – the location of the first one-day workshop I’d taken part in, with Tom Putt. I thought I’d like to include a gallery of the shots I …
Along Westgate Street opposite the Millennium Stadium are a number of “trendy” bars. I asked whether I could go in to them early and take some pictures. I was delighted they said “yes” and even allowed me to wander around the brewing equipment. Some nice shots – and I didn’t even have to buy a …
A relatively recent addition to the square outside the new government offices and the BBC building in what is called the Central Square area of Cardiff is this statue of Betty Campbell – a truly special and inspirational person. I include the text from the BBC webpage … Betty Campbell was told a working-class black …