We were idling along, wheeling my bike and chatting. We had just left the park and it was growing dark. We thought we’d head back toward the lights and the noise of the main road. Suddenly our eyes were caught by a large frog chillin in the middle of the tarmac. As we watched in horror, the beam of headlights rounded the order, the engine revved and the wheel came speeding right past our little friend. At the point, I decided I had to rescue her. Unfortunately, all the cars o

Some people have never seen the sea. Returning from the landlocked nation of Nepal, the first thing I had to do was visit the seaside; marvel at the immensity, the freedom of the horizon and feel myself swept up in the waves. #explore #outdoors #seaside #Britain #coast #Photography #Eastborne #swim #freedom #peace #picnic #mindfulness #wildswimming #adventure #staywild

The rest of our week in the Lake District was characterised by my dad’s transformation into a technology wizard. He had purchased an iPhone the week previously and was already sending me links to articles and taking more snaps that his 36 pictures per roll of film would previously have allowed. Our family time was also cut into somewhat by the fact that the inn’s wifi allowed him to use his Guardian app instead of talking to me over breakfast. To be fair, he has probably had

Eskdale is quiet. Even for the Lake district. I’ve been midweek to various parts of the Lakes and never found such wonderfully deserted countryside. The air was not rent with the shouts of walkers after their dogs or children asking whether they are at the top yet. Barely a sheep groaned in the distance. This made it absolutely perfect for long walks along the fells, unspoilt views and secluded dips in tarns. Once I could sense the impending hypothermia looming, I jumped out

These are some of my photographs taken in response to the work of a few romantic poets and writers. I processed and developed them myself. ‘Bonny bird; wheeling over our heads in the middle of the moor. It wanted to get to its nest, for the clouds touched the swells, and it felt rain coming’ Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte ‘The assent is precipitous, but the path is cut into continual and short windings… It is a scene terrifically desolate’ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley ‘And

Since today is World Photography Day, I thought I would share a series of some of my most recent photographs with you lovely viewers. And, since I tend to consider London a worldly and world-class city, these photographs will be of London. More particularly, the wilder aspects of city life. It is also International Orangutan Day but, as I have not yet been lucky enough to capture this particular creature on camera yet, you will have to make do with wild things more along the

I was walking home when I came across this little guy on the side of the road. #wildlife #London #urbanwildlife #wander #citywildlife #rescue #wanderlust #butterfly #Wild #nature #adventure #staywild