Out and About

This weekend Mrs M and I took the first trip this year down to Batsford Arboretum, just outside Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire. We like to go and have a look at the gardens and trees a few times a year to take in the fabulous colours that swap and change through the seasons. The Arboretum is … Continue reading Out and About →

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Out and About

Today I was out and about at Lyveden New Bield a National Trust property in Northamptonshire. The lodge and garden were created by Sir Thomas Tresham between 1595 and 1603. Upon his death in that year, the family wealth depleted, the estate passed to his son Francis Tresham. However Francis along with his cousins Catesby … Continue reading Out and About →

Latest Commission

I have just finished my latest commission. I used Peak Imaging to print the image and the frame came from EZE-Frame. The picture is being purchased as a retirement presentation. >>©<<

Out and About – Fountains Abbey

Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire is one of my favourite places in the county. The ruins of this former Cistercian abbey are huge and magnificent. At the time of the Dissolution it was the richest Cistercian abbey in Britain, which no doubt helped in its demise. It was a lovely warm spring afternoon when Mrs M … Continue reading Out and About – Fountains Abbey →

Out and About – Harewood House

Towards the end of last month, Mrs M and I took ourselves off to Yorkshire for a few days. It really is a gorgeous county and certainly one of our favourite places to visit. On the way to our hotel, we called into Harewood House. The gardens are lovely with a walk around the large … Continue reading Out and About – Harewood House →

December volume of 365-2014 published.

I have just published on BobBooks the last volume in the series of 365 images for 2014. The December book is now available from the Bookshop. I also just found out that the October volume for the series is now shown as a top pick in the bookshop. >>©<<

Out and About – Baddesley Clinton

I took myself off to one of my favourite National Trust properties this morning for a treat. One of their excellent bacon batches (that’s ‘roll’ to any southerners), and a cup of coffee. It had rained just before I left so I didn’t take any of my cameras, but I had my iPhone for any … Continue reading Out and About – Baddesley Clinton →

Out and About – Laggan Wood

This is another image taken whilst I was in Scotland. This time we had parked in the lovely little village of Comrie and walked along the top of the gorge in which the River Laggan ran. The out ward trip was on the western side of the river and the return trip was on the … Continue reading Out and About – Laggan Wood →

Out and About – River Braan

This image was taken as I walked along the gorge cut through the woods by the River Braan, near Dunkeld in Perthshire. The sun was just filtering into the trees and the lack of leaves meant that the thin branches were illuminated whilst the trees and thicker branches were rim lit. The thinner tendril-like branches … Continue reading Out and About – River Braan →