Archive for 'Photographs' Category

Snowdon and the sun

On Saturday I took the opportunity to nip up Snowdon with my friend Christopher, and got some great shots of the peak covered in snow. Unfortunately the summit was encased in a freezing cloud, but the view as we left down one of the southern ridges was staggeringly beautiful. The ridge was also much more [...]

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Today I visited the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, lots of nice things there. Like dinosaurs, Charles Darwin and Newton’s Apple. Rest of photographs here.

Cnicht – the Welsh Matterhorn

In February, a friend and I nipped up Cnicht in North Wales, also known as the Welsh Matterhorn. I’d never done it before, and we had picked a great day. It was lovely and warm, but the ground was hard frozen, thus allowing fast progress over normally boggy areas. We also walked up Moelwyn Mawr, [...]

Blackpool Nights

I spent a recent weekend in Blackpool. It was my first visit in years. I can’t work out if it has changed or if I have. Blackpool Tower and the beach. The sea front could be spectacular, especially when rough. However, the tat has got worse over the years, even if the cafes remain reassuringly [...]

Gone fishing

Portugese men fishing on the banks of the Tagus River at Belem in Lisbon in August 2006. UPDATE: This blog is currently resting, but material I publish elsewhere (and occasional relapses) will appear immediately above this posting in the mean time. This post was originally posted on the 12th of February 2007, but the date [...]

Roofs over Malcesine

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Old asylums

This creepy set of photographs of the crumbling Whittingham Hospital seems to be evidence of a sub-genre of photography. Simon Cornwell seems to have cornered the market though, with his visits to places like Cane Hill Asylum.

Season’s Greetings

This site will not be updated until late January – apart from occasional professional publications. Great Hill, Lancashire. 1991.

Possibly the best bar in the world

Delirium Tremens Bar, Brussels.