Last weekend I took a winter walk on the “Tolkien Trail“, a 10km circular route starting in the Lancashire village of Hurst Green. Apparently this part of the world helped inspire J.R.R. Tolkien’s vision of Middle Earth, so I was excited to see what interesting landscapes would stretch out before me. Accompanying me on my […]
Read more "Pentax ME-F on the Tolkien Trail"The first full week of January saw a gentle dusting of snow descend on Manchester, with the waterways around my new home in New Islington freezing over. The marina and surrounding canals were one of the big reasons I decided to move to this area, having been brought up on the coast in Weymouth I […]
Read more "Capturing Manchester’s Frozen Canals: A Mini Pentax 17 Adventure"Many weeks ago, in a time before The Virus, and before The Lockdown, I went on a non-socially distant walk with my mate David, taking in the Grand Union Canal from Kensal Town to Primrose Hill. As is often the case on these occasions, I wanted to take a camera with me. I’d been rooting […]
Read more "Along the Canal to Primrose Hill with the Rollei 35 LED and Kentmere 400"Last week, on a damp, grey and dreary day, I decided to take a camera for walk around the Royal Docks with my mate Daniel. Starting from Barrier Park and we worked our way towards the North Woolwich Pier Head and onto Gallions Point before finishing at the University of East London campus at Cyprus […]
Read more "A Photowalk Around the Royal Docks"In mid August a group of friends and I decided to take ourselves out for a photo-walk along Section 14 of the Capital Ring, the 78 mile circular walking route around London. I decided to take my Zenit TTL along with me as it had been a while since I used it and I wanted […]
Read more "Section 14 of the Capital Ring: Hackney Wick to Beckton (and beyond!) with the Zenit TTL, Helios 44M, Jupiter Auto 135mm and Lomography Earl Grey film"Yesterday me and a few friends were supposed to be braving the drizzle and going off for a walk around Guildford and Box Hill, but arriving at Waterloo we found autumnal weather (!) had sabotaged South West Trains services, so a quick re-think on our destination was required. Having previously researched near-London walks, I remembered […]
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