Thanks to Iain Banks for the post title but these shots were taken on the towpath of the Bridgewater Canal a few miles from home. We'd...

Four wildflower pictures from the Bridgewater Canal

Finding a positive experience in lockdown, finding new creative inspiration.

Well happy new year to you. My new year will be largely taken up with restocking after a bumper set of Christmas markets and starting to...

By coincidence I exchanged comments a day or so ago with a reader from Helsinki who had posted a YouTube link showing his driving in...

Sunset and Moonrise from Shining Tor looking east. Shining Tor is the highest hill in Cheshire, just to the east of Macclesfield. Looking...

This has been a great autumn and it isn’t over yet. I went back to the woods at Alderley Edge and found them full of colour and with the...

Autumn’s in full swing now, though I think the best is yet to come. Yesterday I went to explore the woods around Alderley Edge, not far...

Shining Tor is the highest point in Cheshire. It has great views (on a clear day) across the Cheshire plain. This wasn’t such a clear day...

When photographing I spend most of my time in Snowdonia, the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, etc. Hilly places of obvious scenic...

Cheshire is mostly flat. I lived in hilly areas for twenty years so I’m having to recalibrate my photographic eye to get the best out of...

Yesterday I went walking around the waterside areas around Frodsham. This is a small town near the inland end of the Mersey estuary. The...

Two shots taken today at Alderley Edge, before I was driven off by the rain and sleet the forecast said wasn’t going to happen. #cheshire...

In response to WordPress Daily Photo challenge Path Joy and I went out for the traditional christmas day amble in the fields and lanes...

Lymm is the village I live in, hidden away in a corner of an otherwise very busy area. It’s local beauty spot is called Lymm Dam, which...

I think yesterday was the first frost we’ve had this season in Cheshire. I managed to get out for the sunrise. The sun gave a brief and...

Since I started photography I’ve been used to colourful winters. I’ve spent all of them in the pennines, either in the Yorkshire Dales or...

A dark and moody morning for my first photo-shoot in our new home, Lymm in Cheshire. The setting is Lymm dam and St. Mary’s Church....