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We woke to heavy rain in Innsbruck instead of the forecast sunshine. Time for a leisurely breakfast! Spent an hour or so taking photos around Innsbruck Altstadt in dull weather...

We left Garmisch and headed south towards Austria. Dull but dry day, not the rain they had forecast. Sunshine tomorrow, allegedly, so decided to leave day-time shots in Innsbruck...

It was a cracking day today. Warm, blue sky and the odd cloud with a few clouds hanging in the valley until midday. Caught the train and cable car to the top of the Zugspitze...

Yesterday was a good day for walking, warm and dry with sunny spells. Looked like it was clearing on tops so went up cable car to Zugspitze. Unfortunately, clouds didn’t...

We are heading south from Frankfurt. Came off the motorway to avoid traffic jam, driving towards Bavaria, hot and sunny. Frankfurt was good for photos, interesting buildings,...

Stonor was a good show for us. Friday was quiet but the other 3 days were busy. Heavy rain on Friday probably didn’t help. Expect we will do again next year. We were...

A busier day than previous 2 days. Lots of interest and lots of sales. The good weather seemed to help too. A pint of Bombardier at the end of the day rounded it all off....

Quite a steady day at Stonor Park. More sales than yesterday. More sun than rain. Spoke to lots of nice people. London Pride in beer tent at show reasonable but found Grouse...

It was a wet first day at the show at Stonor Park near Henley on Thames. Heavy rain showers through the day. Good turnout though and reasonable sales. Open from 9.30am to 5.30pm...

Just travelling down south to setup for a 4 day show near Henley on Thames. The venue is Stonor Park and it’s one we haven’t done before; they only let photography...

Just finishing 13 mile walk for 2 pints of Snecklifter. Thought I’d better check it was still on fine form as it is a week since I last checked in to Shepherd’s...

At long last the gallery mods are close to being finished. The main entrance hall is pretty much done but the side corridor still needs some hanging rails fitting before any pictures...

It’s my last gallery day until mid-October. Dry as I walked the 6 miles here this morning but jolly heavy showers this afternoon. Hope the walk home is dry. Tomorrow...

The electrician went on holiday this week so the gallery refurbishment is still not finished. Hopefully it will be done by Tuesday, assuming he comes back as promised! It will...

Today I sent the last few images from the mega scanning session of a few months ago for loading onto my web site. Around 30 new images in total, including Colorado, Paris...

We went up to Lancaster today to take down my Lake Light exhibition. It had been up for several weeks and we made some sales. Took a lot longer to put up than take down! Our next...

It’s a cold, wet and windy day in the Peak District. More like autumn than summer. I am in the Gallery in the Gardens in Buxton until 6pm. Bit quiet in spite of it being...

After a year of waiting the Great Dome Art Fair is here. It opens at 7pm tonight. Then open 10am to 4.30pm over the weekend. Free entry, over 60 top quality artists exhibiting...

I am in the Gallery in the Gardens today until 6pm. The 6 mile walk this morning was good, quite sunny but cool. Felt a bit lethargic to start with but soon into the swing...

What a surprise, the Greyound in Shap was a Camra real ale pub and had 8 on hand pumps. The landlord said if we drank all 8 he would give us the 9th free. A challenge too far for us, […]

Al and I finished the 5 day, 60 mile plus trek across the Lake District. I am writing this a bit late as I fell asleep late yesterday after I started. It was either the exertions...

Just turned in for the night at the White Lion Hotel in Patterdale. We planned a visit to the Patterdale Hotel a couple of hundred yards away. In the end we were having such...

Jolly nice day today despite BBC weather forecasting end of the world storms! It was a short day of just 9 miles so we had a leisurely breakfast and left hotel at 9.30am,...

The novelty of having phone signal has prompted me to do a 2nd post today. It’s mainly a beer review – Al and I had a bit of a session!First it was into Tweedies...

We made it to Grasmere from Stonethwaite. Quite a bit of heavy rain but with some sunny spells. More importantly there is a phone signal, something we haven’t had for the last...

A mixed day today. We left hotel at 8.25am in dull but dry weather and made it to Ennedale Water in the dry. A few photos but light was a bit flat, I may have a bit of work...

We have just finished a nice meal at the Shepherds in Ennerdale Bridge. A couple of pints too, Ennerdale Liquidator and Jennings Bitter. I preferred the Jennings.After lunch...

Left St Bees b&b at 8.20am and walked the mile to the beach for a paddle before starting the walk proper. Then a breezy walk along the cliff tops before heading inland....

I am in St Bees on the west coast of England ready to start a 5 day trek with old friend Al, probably about 65 miles with a few peaks en route. Hope my bad back survives (I am on […]

I have an exhibition at The Storey in the centre of Lancaster, in the Thomas Storey Room. This is just 200 yards from Lancaster Castle, on the city centre side, so you should...

Today we are at the Artist and Designer’s Fair in Buxton Pavilion Gardens. There are 46 exhibitors in all with paintings, jewellery, wood turning, felt, another 4 photographers...

Had a bit of work to do writing the press release for my next exhibition that opens on Friday in Lancaster, at the Storey Gallery. Then after a few odd jobs Jan and I managed...

My new mobile phone arrived today to replace the faulty replacement Blackberry Curve. It’s an HTC ChaCha Android phone. Jolly different to anything I have had before....

I should up and running with a new mobile phone on Tuesday. Vodafone agreed to an early upgrade to replace the faulty replacement phone they supplied on Monday. I have had some...

I was just using the web browser on my replacement Blackberry Curve 8520 when the dreaded white screen returned. The only way out of this is to remove the battery. This forces...

There are quite a few new images taken in late December and January now on the web. We did a trip around several ski areas and also snowshoed around Rocky Mountain National...

There are some new images of London on the web site in the Recently Added Gallery or you can find them through the Cities – London Gallery. Just click either of these...

My Blackberry Curve has been using the battery at an alarming rate over the last month or so. Changing the battery for one from a previous Curve improved matters for a couple...

What a great day in the Peak District. Blue sky and white fluffy clouds, temp over 24C but a cool breeze to stop me overheating. I worked most of last weekend (getting my books...

It was a good day in the Cotswolds for photographs today. We were lucky and our old friends Carol and Al looked after us, with Al doing the driving. The days photography started...

Jolly busy today. Started with scanning a few local negs and editing for printing, then across to my dentist just under an hour away in Cheshire (a dentist is for life not just...

This was our third time that we had our own stand at Surtex. It is a show for licensing images for printing onto surfaces and textiles. Since it was in Manhattan in New York...

Another day in Buxton Pavilion Gardens Gallery. Walked here this morning in the wind and rain. It”s hardly stopped raining all day. Hope it will be dry on the return....

Here are some more new images. I scanned these a few months ago but didn’t have time to edit them. On the web there are more. Near Rotterdam there is a World Heritage...

The latest batch of images has gone live. This time it includes a couple of photos from the Telluride ski area in Colorado. The skies were amazing on one of the 2 days we skied...

New photos of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Aspen tree tops have been added to the web site. Last year we arrived at the sand dunes just in time to be caught in a blizzard...