The iron man

Crosby beach has been a location I’ve long wanted to visit, to see Antony Gormley’s Another Place. During our short break in Liverpool last November we headed there on our first morning - a very crisp winter’s day, with snow still lying on the hills beyond the bay. The 100 cast iron sculptures of Gormley’s own body are spread across the beach, looking out to sea and we were lucky enough to arrive when the time was still very low, so we could walk among them.

An hour later, as we walked back to the car, the tide was rising quickly, offering up an entirely different perspective on this amazing art installation.

Photos taken 19 November 2024

Storm clouds over Cumbria

I had a feeling I wouldn’t find too much time for photography during my flying visit to Cumbria at the weekend so I decided to travel light, using just my iPhone camera. Little did I know the weather would decide perhaps it was the autumn rather than summertime so what little free time I did have was mostly spent under leaden skies and heavy rain!

That wasn’t going to stop me though, so I grabbed a few snaps on my evening walks to the pub for dinner, including this rather forlorn looking tractor.

My journey home began at Grange-over-Sands and I was able to squeeze in a few minutes for a quick stroll along the promenade before my train left to capture the Cumbrian coastline’s big skies.

Grange may be a small station, but it certainly makes up for that with its lovely Victorian architecture.

A station with a sea view…

The train at platform 1. My first of six trains to get home and one of the few to actually run on time!

Photos taken 14-16 July 2023

A misty Welsh morning

My thrice yearly visits to Wales always offer some lovely photographic opportunities and it’s wonderful to see the area around Llanerchindda Farm in different seasons. During my recent visit we had one particularly misty morning so I took my camera along for my brisk walk to the Cynghordy Viaduct and back.

Photos taken 9 May 2023

St Audrie's Bay

As I pondered where to go with my camera on my second morning in Somerset I rediscovered a pin I’d previously saved in Google Maps marking St Audrie’s Bay. This is a private bay which is access by a steep path down the side of the cliff from a caravan park. Fortunately non-resident are allowed to park there so I headed down to the beach with my iPhone and two pinhole cameras.

This was the sight which greeted me - miles of sand and layered rock formations and with high tide several hours away there was no chance of be getting cut off here.

Continuing my mission to learn more about the abilities of my phone camera I snapped away at any details, small or large, which caught my eye.

My main reason for visiting St Audrie’s Bay was the waterfall which tumbles off the cliffs. A stream runs across the hills above and, judging by the incessant stream of water, there had been plenty of rain to feed it recently.

My other focus that morning was pinhole photography so I also took a few behind the scenes images to share in an Instagram story about my adventures. I’ll share the photos from my wooden pinhole cameras in a separate post.

Photos taken 3 February 2023.