2021 October

West Pennines Calendar 2022

Following on from the Lakeland charity calendar I produced last year, I’ve decided to create one for 2022 too. As our successive lockdowns have meant I’ve stayed closer to home in the last couple of years, I feel I’ve got to know almost every inch of my local moors, so this calendar features some of

Open Space – Autumn 2021

Open Space is the quarterly magazine produced by the Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest conservation body that campaigns to maintain everyone’s rights in England and Wales to enjoy public land including commons, greens and paths. Kate Ashbrook, general secretary of the charity organisation, was one of the keynote speakers launching the commemorative walk on the

Night Climbin’

Forget night clubbing’, night climbing is the thing to do as the dark evenings draw in! One September evening, I’d been taking photos of Wilton Quarry at sunset from a favourite vantage point that overlooks a distinctive promontory of rock called the Prow. As I’d had the best of the blue hour light, I was