If you're a keen photographer, such as I, you can do worse when considering landscapes to pick up the Photo-Location Guidebook series for the area you are going. The books are quite superb with loads of information about well researched locations, best time of year to visit, local knowledge, postcodes for satellite navigation etc. A … Continue reading Popular shots! Llanberis – Lone Tree, Penmon & Cwm Idwal
How do you select your best photo? Did you set out on that day and said to yourself "I'm going to take my best photo today?" It's unlikely. My best photo was captured on a day I simply chose to wander, I was on holiday in Hawaii back in 2011, we'd spent time at the … Continue reading My Best Photo
It's hard to write an objective review of a bike when you've come from a 15 year old GT Aggressor mountain bike, but I'll do my best to illustrate what I was looking for and why I went for the Kona. There wasn't anything particularly bad about the GT, a little old, clunky, heavy - … Continue reading Review of the Kona Dew Plus Bike
Being diligent is one thing, but as they say - you can't account for mountain weather. Let me set the background, Dean and I had set off from Lichfield mid-afternoon on Friday (15th Feb) with intention of camping in Snowdon, sadly my crap car delayed us by an hour and thirty minutes, therefore we reached … Continue reading Trip to the Glyders
Thanks for joining me! I've been intending to launch a blog about the stuff I'm interested in - hence the title I have chosen. What you will see add to this site is photography, information about trips, hiking etc. and most importantly - reviews, which are one of my favourite things to write about. Please … Continue reading The Journey Begins
