Posts about England
Red Tarn from Glenridding via Birkhouse Moor
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In all of the years of visiting the Lake District, I’ve always pondered Helvellyn, but a hike in autumn 2024 was the first time I’d seen it up close.
The Camberley Obelisk
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An unusual folly in the woods at Camberley in Surrey… which has outlasted my junior school.
From the South to the North
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Heading from the far south of England to the far north of England in one long motorway drive.
Notting Hill and Bayswater
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A set of monochrome photographs documenting a walk I took from Notting Hill to Bayswater in March 2025.
That London
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Spending an afternoon in London, paying attention to the city itself without reminiscing about the past.
A wet and cold walk to a small Wainwright fell in January 2019.
Low Fell from Thackthwaite
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A gentle autumn walk to wonderful views across Lorton Vale and Crummock Water.
83,000 photos of London
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A photography team has put together a mesmerizing flow motion timelapse of London, deploying novel techniques to tell the story of the U.K. capital.
Random things in June
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Making more of an effort to publish moving pictures, including one from Dartmoor in June.
Arnison Crag from Patterdale
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The third of our slightly soggy hikes in the English Lake District in autumn 2022.
Random things in April
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It seems as though there will be a fair amount of travelling for me this year, both around Switzerland (which is pretty normal for Jo and for me in our time off), and abroad. After visiting England in March, I was back again in April to visit Mum; later in the month, I rode the…
Random things in January
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Another year and another fresh start to a series of monthly recaps. (The complete set from 2022 is here.)
Around Buttermere in the rain
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A wind-swept, soggy, lovely walk around Buttermere in the English Lake District.
Latrigg from Applethwaite
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An autumn ramble from our holiday rental to the top of the nearby Wainwright Fell above Keswick.
Unendearing travel
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Relying on others for our journey and a problematic experience stretching over two days is no way to begin a relaxing holiday.
Geneva to Gatwick, 2009
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Four shots from the window of an easyJet flight from Switzerland to England in 2009.
Some photos are no good for Instagram
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Instagram is where the audience is, but not every photo is suitable for Instagram. Highly-detailed images get lost amongst the pouting girls and gaudy sunsets. These photos deserve to be viewed larger.
Romanticising the mundane
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Everyone sees photos differently. Some simply see a place they know or blots on the landscape like electricity pylons and motorways, whilst others see a sunset or sunrise and the beauty of a single cloud, illuminated in a beautiful colour. The same photo can conjure up myriad memories for myriad people, whilst remaining completely boring…
Wall of sound
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I remember seeing Oasis early in their career when they played a Sunday afternoon slot on the subsidiary NME stage at Glastonbury Festival in 1994. The indelible memory is the sheer wall of sound coming from the stage, even then, before they released Definitely Maybe. Two years later, they played two legendary sets at Knebworth.…
