cumbria

Next week I'll be driving to the Lake District Wildlife Park in North Cumbria. Setting off at 8am to arrive there at around 10:30-ish. I'll be there for a couple or so hours. It will be my third visit and I'm planning on taking face shots (for a change) and trying to fill the frame. ----- If...

The Boathouse Lakeside at Ullswater

Derwent water in monochrome

Autumn in the LakeDistrict

Thank you Cold misty morning Sunrise on Latrigg Sunrise on Skiddaw and Latrigg by Justin Saunders, on Flickr

Last week I decided I wanted a little piece of the heatwave. Sadly the warm sunny clear weather missed Scotland and I was fed up of hearing about 30c plus warm dry weather and not getting it. So a quick run down the M74 and a nap in the car later and I got my bit of the good weather rather than...

A first visit to Holme Fell for sunrise yesterday - bit of a recce but it soon became apparent we were going to get a decent sunrise after the forecast was for clear blue everywhere (nice for a change) - despite taking a wrong turn in the dark and trekking up the steep side of the fell in ferns...

Hi, I am very new to this and only started really getting into photography in April this year. Learning more about photography is something i've always wanted to do but due to a combination of running various football teams, cycling, work and family i simply didn't have the time to do it. All...

I recently had a long weekend break in a cottage in Cumbria, for my 5th Anniversary. I didn't have my main camera on me for this, so captured with my phone. I really didn't want to go home! EDIT: Sorry for posting what is in effect a holiday snap shot (I guess.) This was not meant to be the...