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Posted on 26th July, 2014
We awoke to find our guess about a change in the weather was indeed correct. Very little visibility but still wonderfully atmospheric. Before leaving Gjogv, we wandered down to explore the village a little more. Faces and chains - the rock face of Gjogv harbour The harbour is in...
Posted on 26th July, 2014
Our fourth day here was also Rob’s 50th birthday and the reason for our holiday so it was, give or take, his choice of how we spent the day. We were both keen to explore the northern islands so then it was a case of seeing where we ended up. The northernmost settlement of Vidareidi with...
Posted on 24th July, 2014
Day two dawned a little grey and drab. We had a boat trip booked for the afternoon and decided to head off beforehand to Kirkjobur near Torshavn. The capital was much larger than we’d anticipated but we didn’t have time to stop on this occasion. Kirkjobour is home to a never...
Posted on 22nd July, 2014
Arriving at Stansted airport and discovering your flight has been delayed by at least six hours is perhaps not the ideal start to the day? It wasn’t… but we had our car with us and were able to escape and entertain ourselves for a few hours, rather than sit around going mad at the...
Posted on 7th July, 2014
Yorkshire had been building up to welcoming the Tour de France for a very long time and, when the weekend finally arrived, I think it would be fair to say the county did not disappoint! The weather gods were definitely on our side, but what an incredible job by all those who helped to...
Posted on 29th June, 2014
If I needed a reminder that I should find a little more time for cityscapes and architectural photography, then I certainly got that on my recent visit to London. I was down for a meeting to discuss a women in photography programme for the Photography Show next year and took the...
Posted on 9th June, 2014
Last year I made a few visits to a favourite patch of riverside woodland in the Washburn Valley - it’s one of those areas that always seems to provide a bit of inspiration and a place in which you can happily immerse yourself for hours. It’s reasonably local to me and somewhere I...
Posted on 11th May, 2014
I spent a wonderful week (with my husband) in Rondane National Park in March this year. Having visited five years earlier, we knew we had some spectacular scenery coming our way, although we were staying in another part of the park this time. The forecast looked promising and I was...
Posted on 16th April, 2014
” When we departed that evening I felt euphoric and loaded with information, and I was in processing mode for several weeks to come. It was one of the most inspirational and rewarding days I had had in years.” There are a myriad of options available now for anyone...
Posted on 14th March, 2014
Some of you may remember my blog of last year about the strange world that is photographic competitions - and the fact that I don’t have a very good record in them… you can read about it here if you are so inclined. My suspicions aired in that blog were well and truly confirmed when,...
Posted on 20th February, 2014
I was delighted to be the featured photographer this week for the Newcastle based professional photo lab - Digitalab. Digitalab have a first class reputation for producing stunning quality printed products for professional photographers in the North East and throughout the UK, so it was...
Posted on 3rd February, 2014
I was delighted to be commissioned to produce an article on Nordic skiing for the February edition of The Great Outdoors magazine (also known as TGO). The article includes six pages of photographs from two recent cross country skiing trips to Norway. TGO has always been a fabulous...