Catch of the Day

This week we are mostly staying in Whitby!! First day of the holiday and we were straight into “fish and chip” mode and where better than the Quayside fish and chip restaurant. It boasts that it finished in the top 3 in the UK fish and chip restaurant competition for 2011. And after polishing off the “lovely plate of food” we can see why. The cod was extremely tasty and the batter light and crispy. Yes it expensive but you get what you pay for. Even the scampi was blump and tasty. The homemade tartare sauce complimented the meal superbly. Compliments to the...

London Calling

Going on the train this time of year you can see some lovely light on the railway platforms. Here at Nuneaton is no different. Fortunately my phone allows me to take something and then convert into mono and give it a sepia tone. Doesn’t look too bad at all. Aaah modern device do it all

Heather Calls

The alarm goes off. It’s 6.01am. Aaarrgghhh! Not work again! Alas it Saturday that means leisure time and instead of a lie in we are up and about and off to the Peak District. It takes us 80 minutes before arriving at the SurpriseView car park. We are the lone car. Looks a bit dull out with the threat of rain. Ah, spoke too soon. Back in the car for breakfast then. The Heather is in full bloom. That’s why we’re here. Purple mass of the moors. Simply beautiful. The sun is on one of his in out days. Which is fine by me and that means lots of clouds. Good landscape...

Open Beaches, Big Skies

This is Holkham. One of the finest beaches in England. On a day like today, nowhere better. The tide is out meaning big wide open beach and sky so it’s ultra wide angle lens out, ND Grad 0.6 attached and away you go. Don’t forget to wait for the sun to shine. You are a world away from inner city rioting. Bliss!!

Monday morning commute

Monday morning usually involves an unwanted alarm call, rushing around, racing down the M69, crawling along the A46 towards Suicide Island (Toll Bar End R/B) and then the helter skelter world of IT with it’s unnecessary P1 tasks, ID.10.T users who forget their passwords they changed on Friday and HM users who demand the world (we only sell cardboard boxes for heaven sake). But this morning I was out of the van (that’s caravan at Sunny Hunny) by 4.45am and off to Thornham to catch the sun’s first rays of “Golden Light”, amber nectar illuminating the harbour with...

David Noton talks at Southwell Minster

David Noton and his “Chasing the Light” roadshow came to Southwell Minster on Sat 30 Jul as part of the Masters of Vision exhibition. It was a fabulous evening to show his sublime landscape and portraiture images from all around the world.