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Cracking winter conditions on St Sunday Crag in the Lake District

PeakImages — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:08 +0000

Ullswater Lake like a millpond, a white winter coat on everything above 500m, cracking views across many peaks and dales of the Lakes – I was accused of “dawdling” several times on Sunday, as I stopped to take yet another picture, but the conditions were superb, and rival those I found on [...]

A Devonport hide-away and Rangitoto Island – Auckland’s nearest and most recent volcano!

PeakImages — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:27:12 +0000

Secret Garden B&B, Devonport

Having fallen on my feet with an I-site that’s helpful and knowledgeable in Devonport, I ended up at the one and only affordable B&B in Devonport – the Secret Garden on Eton Terrace. Run by the friendly and knowledgeable Xenia and Tony, it was really nice to have [...]

Rakiura Track – Stewart Islands Great Walk

PeakImages — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:59:35 +0000

Questions about weather on Stewart Island are a little bit different to most places. It’s not so much a question of “what will the weather do?” so much as “Will there be a break in the rain today?” or if by rare chance it’s not actually raining yet, “When do you think the [...]

Spanish Sierra Nevada Workshops Group

PeakImages — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:35:27 +0000

As I’m starting to run photographic workshops in the Spanish Sierra Nevada, it seemed sensible to have a group page where folks who have been on one of my courses can upload their images and show them to others. So I’ve set up a group on Flickr here and added a few images [...]

Spanish High’s – Los Tres Miles

PeakImages — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:48:37 +0000

The highlight of the trip was 5 days walking “Los Tres Miles” with Mike from Spanish Highs. We set off from Lanjaron in the SE of the region, and walked across several of the 3000m peaks (they have so many that some don’t even have names!). The route roughly followed the main ridge [...]