Hadrian's Wall Taxis

Sunshine at last, just after tea on Saturday the sky cleared and I decided that I could miss the programme Merlin just this once, and headed off to Hotbank.The climb up from Crag Lough to Hotbank is, to my mind one of the steepest on the Wall and, bec… . . . → Read More: The golden glow

We seem to be wrapped up in a big grey blanket at the moment over on the west side of the UK.It’s so depressing not to see any ‘light’ for days on end.Occasionally it brightens just before sunset, aand as soon as I saw a patch of blue I was out of the … . . . → Read More: Cloudy days are getting me down

Saturday morning and it looks promising, I load the car and head off to Hadrian’s Wall.Mists are swirling and at the turn for Walltown I can see across to Cawfields, not too much mist and a bit of colour in the sky.I’m heading right along the Military… . . . → Read More: Cawfields and colour

Another day, another entry for my Hadrian’s Wall blog, I don’t get much feedback so it’s become a bit like a diary for me, going through my photographing doings for the day.Sunset’s around 6.40pm at the moment, seems like just last week I was hanging a… . . . → Read More: So tranquil

I take so many shots when I’m out that sometimes it takes me a while to get through themSo here are a few recent ones.Sunrise at Steel Rigg – lovely red sky that morning.It’s coming to that time of the year when the sun rises to the south of Hadrian’s … . . . → Read More: Just some photographs

I’ve been up for a sunrise two mornings in a row, not a particular hardship at this time of the year when the alarm’s going off at 5.20am.I was hoping to catch mist at Cawfields and when I got there it was misty but so much so you couldn’t actually see… . . . → Read More: Sometimes there’s magic

Well I’ve just about recovered from the traumatic events of the last two posts. The decision to sell all my camera equipment has been put on hold and a spell of beautiful weather has tempted me back out onto the Wall.There’s a scrubby little hawthorn t… . . . → Read More: Calm and collected