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Bearded tit from Leighton Moss

PeakImages — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:53:21 +0000

Now back to a much more fun world – the first image from my weekend trip to Leighton Moss RSPB (as part of the OWPG AGM weekend) – that bearded tit I was on about! No, not some geezer with too much facial hair, but a rare bird that is very hard to [...]

OWPG Annual Dinner Weekend and Dovedale Dash

PeakImages — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:13:25 +0000

Ever since I’ve joined the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, I’ve had a dilemma. You see their AGM and annual dinner weekend (which is really worth me going to for a whole variety of reasons) clash with the Dovedale Dash (that I’ve either run or photographed for a number of years previously).

So [...]

Cycling and Curlews

PeakImages — Sat, 29 May 2010 14:53:05 +0000

Cycling really must be the best way to get around – covering the distance far more efficiently than walking, but slow enough that you can appreciate the countryside around you. The sights, sounds and smells (mostly!) that the insulated moving box (aka the car) takes away from your experience, all come to life [...]

Campbell & Enderby – NZ’s Peri-Antarctic Islands

PeakImages — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:03:38 +0000

All too soon we’ve left the lack ice and are heading back to New Zealand, at the end of the Antarctic trip.

The southern ocean is being unusually calm but it’s still enough to upset those suffering from sea-sickness.

We make two brief stops en-route back to New Zealand.

Campbell island was great [...]

Quitor Fortress, Aldea de Tulor, San Pedro de Atacama, Tocoano and the Flamingoes of Laguna Chaxa

PeakImages — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:30:24 +0000

Pukara de Quitor - the historical fortress of the Atacama people, Chile

The next morning we visit the Fortress of Quitos, in the neighbouring village less than 1km away from San Pedro – where the local peaceful Atacamanean people made their last stand against the invading Spanish in [...]