Posts from the category Travel
Photographic memories
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I wrote only recently about how photography is an aide-memoire for me and the point was proven this afternoon, when I was instantly reminded by the photograph on a shopping bag of trips to Sicily. “Hang on!” I said, and both Jo and I instantly recognized the street lamp and tiled square in Taormina, from
Travelling light
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I was planning on writing a nice, long blog post when I returned from Yorkshire a couple of weeks ago about travelling light as a photographer. Despite the fact that David beat me to it when he got back from Cuba, I’ll add my own thoughts. I now honestly feel for the people I see lugging
The coastal erosion of East Riding
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The sandy coastline at East Riding in Yorkshire, on the east coast of northern England, has the unfortunate designation of being the most heavily eroding piece of coastline in Europe. That meant that when I found Neil White’s photos shortly before an upcoming visit to Yorkshire, I knew that I had to plan in a trip to
Rest In Peace Ianto Jones
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Ianto Jones was a character in the BBC sci-fi series Torchwood, who was killed off during the mini-series “Children of Earth” in 2009. This gated area on the shoreline at Mermaid Quay in Cardiff Bay was used as one of the entrances to the secret Torchwood headquarters; when I visited in 2011, this array of
Up the Aisle
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A few selected images from my ever-expanding collection of aisles in places of worship.
Kensington to Camden
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Photographer Nick Turpin straps a camera to his motorbike and shows just how hair-raising a drive through London can be.
Pendine Sands, Camarthenshire
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Pendine Sands is the name given to the long, flat beach at Pendine in Camarthenshire, south Wales. The flatness and level surface brought speed fiends to Pendine in the early twentieth century, when Malcolm Campbell and J. G. Parry-Thomas took turns at breaking each other’s world land speed records on the beach, topping out at
The Shard
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The Shard opened today in London and I’m looking forward to seeing Konstantin‘s photos, when he goes up to the viewing gallery – 245 metres above street level – this weekend. Firstly because I greatly enjoy seeing aerial photos of the city, but also because I received (as yet unbooked) tickets to go up the tower
Tips auf Deutsch for visitors to London
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As a Britischer, I am often asked for suggestions by people who plan on visiting London: where to eat, what they really must see, and where there are good hotels. I had been planning on writing a much longer and more explanatory guide of places which I really like to see, and will indeed do
Away from the world
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The alpine passes in early or late season offer a reminder to the untamed nature of the mountains.
Portillo in Switzerland
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Fans of Switzerland and train travel in the Alps shouldn’t miss a recent episode of Great Continental Railway Journeys by the BBC.
Winter season on Lake Thun
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Local lake shipping company BLS now runs a daily ship service in the winter months.
Pradaschier toboggan run
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The dry toboggan run at Pradaschier, in the southern Swiss alps, is touted as being the longest in Europe.
Glorious Corners
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I adore the way that the road curves around the boulder, how a single tree grows from the top of this boulder, how the road is cambered to lean cars into the centre of the bend, how there’s a small parking place next to a well in the middle of the hairpin, and how there
Brienz (no, the other one)
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The “other” village of Brienz, which we came across by chance when on holiday in Graubünden recently.
Inspired by Adams
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A small set of black and white landscape photographs, shot on an overcast day in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.
Arosa Road
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When I read online that the road leading up into the mountains from Chur to Arosa was particularly windy, I scoffed, having ascended the mountain passes on many occasions.
