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Dawn at Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire
Misty dawn at Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire

Shillingstone in Dorset
A peaceful view across the Stour Valley. The ancient Iron Age earthworks on Hambledon Hill are clearly visible.

Farm Track on Gun Hill near Meerbrook, above Leek, Staffordshire

Wheatfield, Warkworth, Northamptonshire

Some typical South Derbyshire farmland, near Ticknall

St Peter's Church, Stoke on Tern, Shropshire

Farm Track at Stanshope, Staffordshire Moorlands

Blue Land, Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire
I was amazed by this view.

Shillingstone in Dorset
Harvest time on The North Dorset Trailway.

Hope valley sun-set

Arundel Cathedral

Wild flowers on the Rye

Snowdrops and woodland near Walsingham Abbey

Crocus's in Normanston Park

The fragrance is delightful
Norsey Woods Billericy Essex

Runner Beans - September
Still flowering

Castleton, Derbyshire

Simple life
Early snowdrops sheltered by a Cotswold stone wall, a simple country image.

Celandine
At the edge of the woodland an array of celandine ... at Longridge in Lancashire.

Wild flowers at Hyde Hall

Willersley Castle garden

Bluebells
Bishop wood in full bloom

A wonderful hedge of flowers, Wadebridge. Cornwall
Daises and valerian on a hedge

Yoxall Lodge Bluebell Woods 3

Arundel gardens, Arundel, West Sussex
Just part of the colourful gardens

Bluebell Time
Maytime in a Sussex Wood .

Nature Reserve
A Wild Sweet Pea

Snowdrops
A picture of Snowdrops at Otterford Lakes, in the Blackdown hills,

Thousands of Snowdrops
Snowdrop woods in Welford Park, Berkshire.

Whitewell
A walk along the River Hodder in the beautiful area of Whitewell in the Forest of Bowland, in Lancashire.

Chalkhill Blue (male) butterfly on the cliffs at Dover

Meadows

Bluebell Woods
A magical place.

Snowdrops in woodland at Walsingham Abbey

Rest for the weary

Bluebell trail
In Tottington woods, early one misty, May morning.

Langdon woods
A Lovely walk through Langdon woods to Golden Cap, Dorset

Cowslips

Wakehurst Place 24 June 2011

Teesdale
More wild flowers by a small stream next to the Tees

South Petherton
The Field of Dreams , South Petherton. Somerset

Poppy field, near Chatteris, Cambridgeshire

Rape seed field between Bibury and Bourton on the Water

English Summer
Beautiful fields on the Kent Weald, near Ide Hill,yellow rape seed

Silver Birches
Beautiful trees and bluebells in the woods at Emmets Gardens, Kent

Countryside view
View from the towpath looking towards Welton village in the distance. A gorgeous Sunday morning.May 2014

Daffodills near Takeley
daffodills

South Petherton
The field of Dreams near South Petherton, Somerset

Chard
This Robin was just waiting to be fed its a good job I took some bread . Chard, Reservoir

Chard
Taken at Chard Reservoir,

Chard
on our walk around the lanes here in Chard, Somerset

Poppies and corn marigolds
Beauty at Polly Joke

Alderton Grove, Alderton, Wiltshire 2015
Carpets of Bluebells.

Bluebell woodland walk

Snowdrops at Kingston Lacy, Wimborne Minster, Dorset
A great place to see snowdrops.

Blue and Yellow. (Near Linstead)

Colour in Roker Park
After such a cold start to the spring, these daffodils eventually created a splash of colour to the bare ground.

Otterhead lakes
Taken today at Otterhead Lakes, Somerset

Daffodils, Castle Gardens, Leicester

Babbacombe
A beautiful area in Devon it's called Babbocombe. What a view this was from the top of the cliff.

Forget-me-not
One of my favourite flowers ... "The mouse-ear" forget-me-not (Myosotis laxa) ... Legend has it that in medieval times a Knight...

Wild flowers in the Park
A section of a local park has been designated as natural - very lovely!

South Petherton
The Field of Dreams , South Petherton. Somerset

Ladram Bay
A picture of Ladram Bay, Devon

Burgh Island

Exmouth beach

Durdle Door, Dorset
Man O' War Cove next to Durdle Door, Dorset. Left of centre can be seen the large cliff landslip that occurred, taking part of...

Combe Martin Cove
A gorgeous May day

Devon coastline
Gorgeous coastline just east of Ilfracombe near Hele Bay

Hartshill Hayes Country Park
Bluebells

Enys garden, nr Penryn, Cornwall
Bluebells Enys garden

Snowdrop Woods, Welford Park,Berkshire
Snowdrops amongst the trees at Welford Park, Berkshire. The private park had been mostly designed by Charles Eyre.

From Laughton towards Kings Wood

Bowood Rhododendron Gardens in bluebell time

Flowers in Beeston
A picture of Cosmos Flowers taken in Beeston Nottingham.

Snowdrops
A picture of snowdrops at Otterford Lakes, Somerset

Poppy explosion
Poppy fields at Melbury Abbas near Shaftesbury in Dorset

Spring!

A carpet of Wood Anemone in Edlington woods

Branscombe
A field of Cowslips along the coast path to Branscombe, Devon

Snowdrops
Taken in February last year ... & the sun was shining, any one remember that ?

Otterhead Lakes
Otterhead Lakes, Somerset

South Petherton
The Field of Dreams, South Petherton, Somerset

Sidmouth
A poppy field near Sidmouth Devon, we had a job to find it around the country Lanes

Deeping St James
Excavations by Archaeological Project Services took place at Deeping Lakes in 1996/97 . Finds included straight tusked elephant...

South Petherton
The field of Dreams near South Petherton, Somerset

Killerton House
Killerton House Gardens, will go back when the Bluebells are out,as its a lovely place for walks

Combe Martin
Came across this pretty, unused farm track on the way down from Great Hangman Hill

Wild flowers at Whitburn

Snowdrops
A walk along the Oxford canal at Cropredy Feb 2012

Near Bridgnorth
Poppy fields at Hampton Loade in the Severn Valley near Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

Ancient Boundary Track, nr Luckington, Wiltshire 2019
Ancient track that also marks the boundary between Luckington, Wiltshire (L) & Badminton, Gloucestershire (R).

Countryside around Carhampton
I liked this hill with its rolling features, and crested by trees. Really fell in love with the Somerset countryside, it was...

Eridge Rape Fields, East Sussex
Landscape of the East Sussex countryside, near Eridge just south of Tunbridge Wells

View from Tosson Farms Bed and Breakfast, Great Tosson, Northumberland

Hothersall Lane
Early morning down Hothersall Lane, near Longridge, in Lancashire.

Storm over the lavender fields

View from Cleeve Hill New Years Day 2009

Summer morning
From Lancing Ring

Bluebells in Bevercotes
A wood full of bluebells in Bevercotes in Nottinghamshire

Country lane in Somerset

Lambourn, Berkshire

Tarrant Rushton, Dorset
Poppies near the perimeter track of the old airfield

Attingham Park in Spring
Attingham Park, near Shrewsbury, The National Trust

A lovely old English forest.

Summer in Snowshill...Don't fence me in!

Chipping
The countryside around Chipping in Lancashire.

The South Downs

Fovant badges
Cut into the chalk downs these badges represent the memory of the men who never returned from battle during WW1. Thousands of...

By the cliff.
Had to pretty much hang from the cliff to take this. But was well worth it.

Porlock Weir
Porlock Weir/Bay from Hurlstone Point

New Arrival.
The new arrival at a local farm.

A Day's Work
A farmer working in his field next to the Lutterworth Country Park.

Snowshill Lavender Fields
Up on the Cotswold Hills above Broadway

Fields on the road to Cuddesdon

Walking around South Warnborough

Quantock Hills
A picture of the Quantock Hills, Somerset.

View towards the Quantocks

Snowdrops in the snow, the Parks, Oxford

Snowdrops at Otterhead. The Blackdown hills in the county of Somerset, England

Autumn view on Longstone Edge, Derbyshire

Photo taken on Beacon Hill near Morpeth.

Sheep near Hannington, Northamptonshire

Wilton Windmill, Wilton, Wiltshire. Spring 2007

Near Merevale Hall, Atherstone, Warwickshire

Greenfield, near Oldham, Lancashire

View from Beacon Fell Country Park, Whitechapel, Lancashire
View from Beacon Fell, Whitechapel, Lancashire.

Foxgloves

Hurst Green, Lancashire.
Spring through Mill Wood at Hurst Green, in Lancashire.

Bluebells, Winston, County Durham
Bluebells at Winston near Barnard Castle

Autumn Stroll

Countryside
The views across the countryside surrounding Ribchester, in Lancashire.

Looking over the Downs towards the sea from Jevington Church

Greenfinch........carduelis chloris

Baby rabbit....oryctolagus cunniculus, at Far Ings.

Longridge
Walking around the country lanes of Longridge, in Lancashire.

Hay's made
Hay field Wigan

Mill pond, Beaulieu, Hampshire

Cherry Tree
Taken In Cirencester Hospital Grounds

A view of Hawes
Some inquisitive natives at Simonstone Hall

Landscape near Lavenham

Mountfield Church

Overdue harvesting, Steeple Claydon, Bucks

River Hodder
Under Doeford Bridge that spans the River Hodder, in the Duchy of Lancashire, Whitewell Estate, in Lancashire.

Along the river
Walking along the river in the footsteps of JRR Tolkien on the Tolkien Trail - he visited this area frequently in the 1940's when...

Walbury Hill, near Inkpen, Berkshire
Walbury Hill stands 974 feet above sea level above Coombe Down and the counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Oxfordshire can be...

An old tree with a bit of character at Newport

Sleepy cattle at South Dalton

Burghclere, Hampshire
Sheep in the fields near Burghclere, Hampshire.

Bluebell wood at Lanhydrock
The bluebell wood is near the entrance at Lanhydrock and well worth a look in season as wild garlic flowers, celandines and...

Blandford Forum in Dorset
Bryanston Woods, Blandford Forum.

St. James's Park in the Spring

Spring at Doddington Hall

The Cerne Valley, Dorset
A view from the ridge over Nether Cerne, up the valley to Cerne Abbas in the distance.

Wild flowers

Bridge at Hardwick country park
Bridge in a Country Park

Apple Blossom Time , Southborough, Kent

Ewes & Lambs in Snow, Acton Turville, Gloucestershire 1987

Bluebells, Marles Wood, Dinckley.
Bluebells through Marles Wood, at Dinckley, near Ribchester, Lancashire.

The Avon Valley
Though a dullish day, the views over the Avon Valley in the Welcombe Hills were still gorgeous.

Perfection!
Flowers galore line the banks of the River Cherwell during the Spring as you take Addison's Walk in the grounds of Magdalen...

A blustery afternoon
Along the promenade walk was an array of colourful flowers & these tulips were feeling the brunt of the wind.

The river Arrow
Small bunch of bluebells by the River Arrow

Blue Tit
A cropped image of a blue tit pecking away / feeding on the blossom.

Cloud reflections
Another couple of evening canal shots I took recently around Braunston.May 2014

'Blue tit feeding'

Magdalen College, Oxford
This picture is taken from Addison's Walk on the grounds of Magdalen College.

Bluebells
On the grass verge May 2012

Daffodils
Spring 2012

My Spring Garden
A collage of photos of some of the flowers and creatures found in my South Hykeham garden

River Windrush
On a Cotswolds walk ...May 2012

Saltwells bluebell woods

Spring flowers on the bank at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
Beautiful Spring flowers in the grounds of Waddesdon Manor, Bucks

Rose
A picture of Chard, Somerset

Woodland at Newmillerdam
Woodland scene at Newmillerdam

Snowdrops
A picture of Snowdrops at Otterford lakes , Somerset

Snowdrops
Snowdrop wood, Welford Park, Berkshire.

Padstow
Wild meadow

Frosty trees near Steeple Claydon, Bucks

Winter scene at Luddesdown

Poppies near Eynsford village, Kent

Taylor Park snow

Chard
A picture near Chard Reservoir

Wild flower meadow at Hyde Hall
This meadow looks stunning, set on the hillside and well worth a visit

More Oilseed rape near Start Point, Devon
More Oilseed rape near Start Point, Devon

Snowdrops - taken at Pencarrow, Cornwall.

A Springtime sea of colour

Path through the bluebells in Spring Wood

Poppy fields at Luddesdown

Chard
A picture of Chard, Somerset

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
A pair of Buzzards on patrol above the browsing cattle. One of a group of winter images of the Stour Valley, Shillingstone.

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
Approaching The Shillingstone Railway Project, on The North Dorset Trailway. after a heavy snowfall. December 2010.

Frost
A picture of Chard, Somerset.

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
Winter Sun. The North Dorset Trailway, Shillingstone, December 2010.

Haw Frost
Cheadle

Footpath at Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire

Up Hatherley in Winter
Frozen street---Out for a stroll

A Dramatic Sky at East Wittering, West Sussex.

Storms Clouds over Alderton, Wiltshire 2015

A misty morning near Frankley.
This was taken at Manor Farm Park near Frankley on a misty January morning.

Oh I do Like to be beside the seaside!
Mablethorpe beach in the snow! : Easter Sunday 2008

Primulas in the snow

Faint double rainbow near Middle Claydon, Bucks

Very local shower, Botolph Claydon, Bucks
Very sudden and lasted about 2 minutes as it passed over Steeple Claydon just before I left to go for this walk.

Good Morning Hull !
And another lovely April morning

View from the A171

Villagers enjoying the snow
Villagers enjoying the snow

Bude
A nice red sky over Bude Bay

Misty morning
You can just make out the tractors working the fields through the mist that covered the valley like a blanket in the early...

Amazing frost formation on the bushes
-5 degrees and even the frost has frost on it!

Follow me
A shot of a winter sunrise, close to where I live.

Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, Lancashire
Snow fall at Gawthorpe

Sea mist
The picture was taken from the cliff top near Dover overlooking the English Channel.

Eastcote Village

Ruislip

Chard
A picture of Chard, Somerset

A snowy view over Killerton

Winter treescape looking towards Braydeston Church
Taken 19 Dec. 2009

Snowy field
Taken on 30th January 2010

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone
A severe winter storm over Haywards Bridge.One of a group of winter images of the Stour Valley, Shillingstone.

Faygate, Sussex
Heavy snow in Faygate

Stour Valley Summer
Late evening in August. Cookwell, Shillingstone.

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
Early morning photo shoot. A fellow photographer heads down to The Haines Wilson footbridge over the River Stour, after a heavy...

Snowy outlook
A Winters morning at South Hykeham, Lincolnshire

Sunrise from Brixham battery

ladram Bay
Along the coast path to Ladram Bay in the Fog last Sunday 10th may.

Stormy Clouds, Hillesden, Buckinghamshire

Spotlights over the Seven Sisters
Evening rays over the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs on the East Sussex coastline

Golden Rainbow over the Seven Sisters
The seven sisters on the east Sussex coastline with a double rainbow forming over it!

Prelude to the Storm
Stormy sky looking south from Elmhurst towards Lichfield

Woodland walk

Duddington
Duddington Bridge

Bluebell at Hole Park Garden, Rolvenden, Kent

Bluebells at Hole Park Garden, Rolvenden. Kent

Badby
Badby Wood May 2012

Badby
View towards Newnham and the lovely Northamptonshire countryside.

Badby
View towards Badby wood

A winter tale
January 2010 Hastings

Bluebells at Hole Park Garden, Rolvenden. Kent

Castle Hills
Castle Hills in winter

Snow in Spring 2008
The snow took us all by surprise last Spring.

Hastings under snow
December 28th 2005. Under snow, not something seen very often

Healey Dell, Whitworth, Greater Manchester.

Snow in Apsley
St Marys Church in Apsley Mills, near Hemel Hempstead

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
A morning blizzard Hollybrook, Shillingstone, January 2013

Wellingborough floods

The New Forest
A typical New Forest Image taken near Black Knowl where we stayed last week for our last week away this year. Oct 2014

Fly Agaric
Unusual to see so many together .. I only saw the odd one on their own until I came across this little group whilst out on a walk...

Milford on Sea, Hampshire

Milford on Sea

Fungi
Taken near Fleet Pond in the autumn

Autumn in Malvern Park

Fly Agaric

Autumn in the forest

Hyde Park, London
Autumn colours in Hyde Park.

Autumn colours at Gateshead.
Autumn colours at Gateshead.

Shaftesbury in Dorset
Some Autumn colours in the hill top gardens, in front of the Abbey.

Minterne House and Gardens
The large lake at the head of the valley, immediately below the house at the source of the River Cerne.

Castle Howard Autumn path.

Autumn in St James' Park, London

Horsley
Pictured in Horsley, Gloucestershire the golden hues of a Autumn harvest.

Autumn Walk in Cozenden Woods

Through the woods
An Autumns walk through the woods at Knowle Green, in Lancashire.

Reflections
A shot I like that I took the same evening on the Oxford arm recently. May 2014

Ashdown Forest in the Snow

Autumn in The New Forest

Combe Valley, Wotton under Edge
This is a picture of Combe Valley in Wotton Under Edge. It shows a typical Cotswold valley caught in the winter early evening...

Gold Hill, Shaftesbury

Harvest Festival
Romney Marsh, Kent, giant straw bales awaiting collection after the Harvest.

Red tractor and pink blossom.
Taken from a farmyard in Navenby. As luck would have it the trees were in blossom.

Chard
On our walk around the Lanes Near Chard, Somerset

All Saints Church
The church taken from the canal towpath, looking splendid in the early evening light. May 2014

Snorscombe Farm
An evening shot of the farmland by Snorscombe farm. August 2014

Lambs in the snow
I couldn't get a clear shot due to the hedge

Bluebell Wood
A carpet of bluebells in a lush Badby wood last April.

Dodford,Northants
Upper Nene at Dodford ,Boxing day 2010

Upper Nene at Dodford
A photo I took in March of the Nene in the pretty village of Dodford just as spring was breaking out.

Over Hacking Woods
Autumn through Over Hacking Woods along the River Hodder at Hurst Green, in Lancashire.

Barge in a hurry
Walking along the grand union canal and came across this barge which looked to be pushing it through a bit.

Grand Union Canal
A frozen Grand Union Canal

Autumn on the canal
A foggy day today as I went for a stroll along the grand union canal in between Daventry & Welton. Nov 2014

Exmouth colours
Exmouth chalets are colourful, but can they match the colours of nature? This is a conundrum that can't really be answered.

Picture of West Sussex Countryside
Picture of West Sussex Countryside from Midhurst, taken on an Autumn Morning in September 2008 with Nikon D40x by David Thomas

Silver dew drop
Mornning dew drop

Fits well, Okehampton, Dartmoor

Winter morning
A view of frost covered trees between Great and Little Longstone.

The Somerset Levels
There was a day in January 2009 when a severe frost had turned the countryside into a fabulous Winter wonderland!

Stairway To Heaven
Clouds and Sun effects over Bilton near Rugby

Footprints in the snow
Spiceball Park, Banbury.

Frosty Sunrise
Taken on a frosty morning near Stonehill car park.

MistyMole

Stour Valley Summer
A stormy September evening, Cookwell, Shillingstone.

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
Snow on The North Dorset Trailway, Shillingstone, December 2010.

Riverside Path
Riverside Path Sprotbrough River Don

Snow tree
Newnham hill on a snowy Sunday Feb 2012 .. the snow has left a corkscrew effect on this tree.

Stanford on Avon

Frosty River Nene
A beautiful frosty December morning as I walked along the Upper Nene at Flore. 2014

Holkham Beach
The beautiful beach at Holkham on a gorgeous afternoon .. last Friday on our weekend in Norfolk.

Grimsby

Geese over the Crayford Marshes
Flock of Canada geese flying over the Crayford marshes in Bexley, Kent on a foggy sunrise

Early morning frost - 7.12.08

Along the River Cam, Cambridge

March Dawn - St Andrew's Church from Syleham Road
One of those spectacular morning skies, with the Church tower centre - it's just over a mile distant.

Dunswell Lane

Pebble dashed beach

Stour Valley Autumn
Sunrise on the Stour, Shillingstone October 2011.

Wilshaw
Early morning on Wilshaw Mill Road, Near Holmfirth, England. 21/12/2009

Snow sunset

Double rainbow

Shillingstone in Dorset
Late evening sunlight on the path down to the brook. Cookwell, Shillingstone 23rd May 2011.

Remember Winter?
Frost on the bushes earlier this year

December mists over Weardale
Taken first thing in the morning after a very cold night

Shillingstone in Dorset
Just to remind us that it's still winter, the frost is back. An early dog walk on The North Dorset Trailway, Shillingstone.

Rainbow
Rainbow

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
One of a group of winter images of The Stour Valley, Shillingstone. A view across The River Stour, to the Iron Age Forts of...

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
One of a group of winter images of the Stour Valley, Shillingstone.

Sandtrain at Mablethorpe

Theale, Berkshire
Passing storm clouds near Theale, Berkshire.

Get ready for the storm

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
Snowy sunset over Okeford Hill, Shillingstone, December 2010.

Chard
A picture of Chard, Somerset.

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
First light in the Stour Valley January 2012 - Shillingstone.

Newbury, Berkshire
Looking west across Greenham Common near Newbury, Berkshire.

Grand Union Canal
Dodford

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
A flooded copse on the banks of the Stour. One of a group of winter images of The Stour Valley, Shillingstone.

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
One of a group of winter images of The Stour Valley, Shillingstone.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
To wish Chris & Sarah and all on POE EVERY HAPPINESS THIS CHRISTMAS AND SINCERE GOODS WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR ... a walk...

Barton on Sea, Hampshire
Storm clouds gather at Barton on Sea, Hampshire.

Shillingstone in Dorset
October 2010, Cookwell Brook, Shillingstone.The threat of rain to end the day. 'Time to close the gate and head in doors'.

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.
The early mist begins to roll back from Hambledon Hill. December 2010.

The last view
Seen from the cliffs near Mawgan Porth, Cornwall

Stour Valley Autumn
Autumn sunset, Cookwell Brook, Shillingstone.

Muswell Hill, Brill, Buckinghamshire
HDR'd image looking North West from Muswell Hill, near Brill, over Oxfordshire

Something is brewing
The effects on the cloud is what made me take this shot. However, there appears to be a large area of photo empty- do I leave...

Misty morning
We did a 7 mile walk up to Shining Tor along this misty track

The Goyt Valley
A misty shot in the woods on our walk up to Shining Tor

Shillingstone in Dorset
A Buzzard takes a last look at the snow-covered fields, before heading off to roost in the Conygar Forestry Plantation,...

Black Woods
This is a small area of woodland in Woolton, Liverpool which looks different every time I wander through.

Shillingstone in Dorset
Frosty dawn on The North Dorset Trailway at The Shillingstone Station Project. The Roman fort of 'Hod Hill' appears slowly...

Cowbwebs
Cobwebs on a misty September morning

Hothersall Lane
Frosty morning along Hothersall Lane, in Longridge, Lancashire.

Lulworth Range Walks, Dorset
Herring Gulls head out to sea into a strong south-westerly Autumn headwind, from the shelter of Worbarrow Tout.

Clouds gather over Wentworth Castle.
On one of my many walks round Wentworth Castle I got the chance of this shot, just goes to prove you don't need much to make a...

Norfolk rainbow
We'd just had a heavy rainstorm & heading for Mundesley when we pulled over for me to take this very vivid rainbow. Feb 2014

View over Ashdown Forest, Broadstone Walk

Hoar Frost
Taken during the beautiful hoar frost we had in the South East in January this year.

Hoar Frost
Taken near Bunkers Hill during the January Hoar frost we had in the South East this year.

Golden Wheat Field
A golden wheat field in Suffolk, under a big blue summer sky.

Everdon
A view towards St Mary's church across the rape field.

Everdon Hall
Some gorgeous countryside looking towards Everdon Hall from the ridge above the village. The rape is just starting to bloom in...

Cotswolds Walk
My good lady in front,walking from Notgrove over glorious Cotswold scenery on our way to Turkdean. Aug 2014

Frodsham View
Frodsham View

Cotswold Countryside
A lovely Cotswold scene on a walk we did from Notgrove to Cold Aston. August 2014

Near Hales Green
My kind of road

Red sunset
Sunset over Kingsbury Water Park, in Feb 2009.

Ray of Light - Fordingbridge, Hampshire
A glimmer of hope for a dry day.....

Spiders Web
This Spiders web picture was taken in the early morning sun - location near Lyndhurst in the New Forest - Hampshire

Sunrise at Milford on Sea

Stour Valley Spring, Shillingstone.
A view across the fields of Oil Seed Rape to Hanford Manor, from The North Dorset Trailway, Gain's Cross, Shillingstone.

High tide at Clacton on Sea, Essex

Hunstanton, Norfolk

West Runton
The beach & cliffs at West Runton On a Sunday morning with Cromer pier in the background Oct 2013

A view of distant Braydeston from the West field in Brundall, Norfolk
Early morning sunrises in the East can be really spectacular as this seemingly impossible orange dawn over Brundall. The sunrises...

Beautiful Badgers, Suffolk
I have waited all my life to see a live badger and then two come along, a truly magical moment.

Hunstanton beach at sunset

Stormy sea at Southwold

Country view
On the way from Baggy Point I took this inland shot. May 2013

Staying close to mum
A cute image of this pony & mother whilst walking in the New Forest. June 2014

Bolderwood

Ober Water
Ober Water at Puttles Bridge

Hill top Heath near Beaulieu
A Misty dawn looking over Beaulieu Heath in the New Forest

Sunrise Bredon Hill.
The best I could get from the limited space on the roof of my boat. I was 10ft from the bank tied to trees so could not get off...

Wild meadow
Is there anything better than walking through a wild meadow on a gorgeous day in the Cotswolds ? June 2014

Frozen trees
Taken on Newnham Hill

Northamptonshire
Lonely tree , photo taken early in the morning near Collyweston

Bluebells
A pretty glade of bluebells. May 2013

Badby wood
A path through the bluebells .. May 2013. As part of the Fawsley estate the famous elephant man Joseph Merrick used to walk...

A winter Scene, Irthlingborough Lakes, Northamptonshire

View from Raddon Hill
Autumn fields in hazy Autumn light

The Wild Meadow
Is this shot a pic of part of a wild flower meadow or a edge of a bit of farmland? Well no, it is a small narrow strip of raised...