Photography

Blencathra (868 m.) ridged with snow

Blencathra (868 m.) ridged with snow on the first day of what the meteorologists call Spring.
My own point of view and not a drone shot: my viewing position is a front row seat on the top deck of the X5 double-decker bus from Penrith.
Blencathra is also known as Saddleback or Hammerhead.

Haywards Heath, West Sussex

Haywards Heath, West Sussex
St. Richard’s (1942)

Haywards Heath is the archetypical railway town of BR Southern Region, Metroland in Sussex, but without John Betjeman’s poetic endorsement. Haywards Heath has a bustling main street where Arts and Crafts, Deco and Modernist buildings mingle with more recent offices. I see references to both London Town and Sussex Village architecture.

More photos: The architecture of Haywards Heath, Sussex

Water in the gorge of the River Greta, Cumbria

Water in the gorge of the River Greta, Cumbria

Visual exploration of the water in the gorge of the River Greta after some rain in the past 48 hours on the fells upstream. There’s plenty of water flowing but the river isn’t roaring and “angry” - the river level is within the “normal” range.

More photos: Water in Greta Gorge - Lake District National Park

Dawn on Skiddaw - Cumbria

Dawn on Skiddaw - Cumbria

Candy floss dawn on Skiddaw (931 m.), viewed from Keswick.

Sunset at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria

Spectacular sunset and the dockyard where they build Britain’s nuclear-powered submarines in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.

I find there’s something disquieting about the juxtaposition in this view, even before you know the huge concrete buildings are the silos where they build the nuclear-powered submarines.