Winter is here...
Last week our old friend El nino disappeared for a short period and for a moment, it was winter as usual!
Here's some photos taken on Ilkley Moor during our 24 hours of snow... Read more
Tortoiseshell and the bathroom window
Here's a couple of phoodles from the Autumn of a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly that appeared in our bathroom. It was promptly released!
Winter is Coming...
At last, some real wintry weather is on its way!
With the recent media coverage, it seems the whole world knows about the unusually warm and wet weather we've had so far. But now the weather warnings for Yorkshire and the North East are changing from rain to snow.Read more
3D Fly agaric
One of my New Year's resolutions is to start including "phoodles" on the Walking Photographer blog. Phoodles is a name I came up with for labelling some of my miscellaneous photographs.
It's influenced by the act and term "doodling" and if it appeared in the Oxford dictionary would read something like 'Phoodle, a term used to describe a photographic doodle' .
Here's a phoodle of a Fly agaric toadstool taken very near our house just a couple of months ago...
For the love of golf. It's Northumberland!
A magical break in the land of Hogwarts...
A question I often get asked is
“I bet you take tons of photos, how do you manage to stay on top of them all?”
To which my frank and honest reply is “I don't!”
This post is a classic case in point: a trip to Northumberland for our first wedding anniversary, in the winter of 2013. And I've only just finished editing the pics! Read more
Troubled water over Burley weir
Today the weir at Burley in Wharfedale burst it's banks on a truly epic scale. Many of the surrounding roads got shut down, villages cut off and Stray FM turned into the 'flood-watch radio show'. Read more
Happy Adoption day II Alfie!
I can't believe 12 months has passed since my first Happy Adoption Day Alfie post. We've squeezed in a heck of a lot into those 52 weeks though! Read more
Walking Photographer aka "The Nature Dude"
Bats, owls, deer, kingfisher and hedgehogs are just a few of the awesome wildlife that can be seen regularly (ish) around Burley in Wharfedale. I'd wager that the dog walkers of Burley probably get more sightings than most.
Last year while walking our dog Alfie around the village, he discovered a very young hedgehog stranded in the local car park. It was clearly injured and distressed. We ran back to the house and grabbed the gardening gloves along with a large box and took the little fella straight to Ashlands Veterinary Centre. They took him in, referred him to a hedgehog carer and that was that. I left the vets feeling I had done the right thing and had experienced an extraordinary wildlife encounter. What I didn't expect, was to have a similar situation just a year later!Read more
The Heavens open in God's own county
A few weeks ago I got the opportunity to visit one of my favourite Yorkshire Dales locations and for the first time it wasn't even my suggestion! But if you're striding out in God's own county, you can't be surprised if the heavens open and drop 10 gallons of water on you from time to time!
