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The Pyrenees are my favourite mountains. My first walk followed the HRP or Haute Route Pyrenees - High Level Route.
The mountain outside is Le Vignemale. It's a climbing proposition, not for walking.
As part of a long trip I spent five days on the Island of Mull. It’s great fun crossing on a ferry, with the freedom of a car to explore. The highest hill on Mull is Ben More, which is notorious for bad weather. It’s out in the Atlantic, like the Hebrides, taking the […]
I walked the northern part of the Corsican GR20 and found it quite gruelling.
One of my favourite areas in Snowdonia is the Rhinogs or more correctly, in Welsh, the Rhynogydd. It’s quite a small area but the walks are rough, wonderful, and close to the sea. I like camping below the hills, on a favourite site, and also walking and reading on the beach. The photograph above shows […]
Edale was the first place I visited in the Peak District and it remains a favourite. There are lovely valley walks which I particularly enjoyed a few years ago when I came back from the Pyrenees. No climbing, no heavy rucksack, and gentle slopes not steep mountains. You can reach the Kinder Plateau (above) quite […]
It sometimes happened this way, that the animal was born knowing it was in the wrong place, that its body was wrongly situated, that it was ruled over and defined by another creature – Polly Clark Freedom do I love, and the air over fresh soil – Nietzsche Some years ago I decided to note […]
Edale was the first Peak District area I knew. Initially with a post card, then for my first trip. The picture was exquisite. Not the big hills of the Lake District, but different curves with their own beauty. You have to approach the Peaks differently for photography, and light is particularly important. I prefer bigger […]
A marvellous walk in snowy winter conditions – although it was April. Buttermere is a beautiful lake which you can walk around in a few hours. The surrounding hills are some of the best in the Lake District, partly because it’s an area of ridges and plateaux. You stay high – and the dramatic views […]
Which camera is best is a good question to ask. Although there is no such thing, but rather a series of technical parameters you have to apply for yourself. In college situations my students had many different cameras from small compacts to DSLRs and so called bridge cameras. It’s what is best for you, on […]