by alastair | Jul 2, 2019 | Cornwall, Lake District, News, North Wales, Northumberland, Outer Hebrides, Peak District, Scotland, Venice, Yorkshire
I’m talking again, this time at the Patchings Arts Festival in Nottingham. I’ll be talking about photographic project work and keeping it local in my talk entitled “Close to Home”. You can find out more about timings and the event by visting...
by alastair | Jan 22, 2019 | Lake District, News, North Wales, Northumberland, Outer Hebrides, Peak District, Scotland, Yorkshire
It has taken some time to get to this point. Always full of good intention, quality procrastination has been adept at getting in the way of my writing of this post. In previous posts (here and here), I have covered off my two campervans Diggy and Vivi; particularly...
by alastair | Sep 9, 2018 | Lake District, News, North Wales, Northumberland, Outer Hebrides, Peak District, Scotland, Yorkshire
In my previous post, I discussed campervanning and in particular my first camper van “Diggy” the Mazda Bongo and “Vivi” the Vauxhall Vivaro, which came along last year to replace the aging and somewhat smaller (when your family is growing up) “Diggy”. Like the last...
by alastair | Jul 8, 2018 | Lake District, News, North Wales, Northumberland, Outer Hebrides, Peak District, Scotland, Yorkshire
Not a photography blog post per se, but I thought I would jot down some of my experiences of having a campervan. My first van was a Mazda Bongo 2.5l v6 – drank fuel like it was going out fashion but went like snot. It was the perfect size for a family of 4...
by alastair | May 30, 2015 | News, North Wales
We spent the Easter holidays in North Wales, basing ourselves at the excellent Caravan and Camping Club site at Bala (which was more like Greater Bala than actual Bala). As I have grown to expect in North Wales, it was quite wet. But that didn’t stop us going...
by alastair | Apr 10, 2015 | News, North Wales
Field Notes A damp day on a country road in North Wales and an encounter with a phone box and an abandoned tractor. Technical Notes Date : April 2015 Camera : Zero Image 2000 Film : Ilford Delta...