"After a week of dodgy skies and mist, the final sunday in October looked perfect. Weather forecast was good and the tide would be in around 1.30. The sun, when it made its entrance, would be just about right. Any earlier in the day, it sits too much behind the village, thus rendering the sky almost white or at best, a very weak blue"

"Recently, I have trawled my kit around a large engineering factory, on a narrow gauge railway, at Kevin and Rachel's lovely landscape wedding, whilst demonstrating landscape photography, perched on a castle roof, whilst being 'bombed' by a Vulture, undertaking landscape commissions for magazines until I finally placed it back down and sat at the 'Mac' writing!"

"Shooting laser machines at work, sheet metal construction, welding and the design of product stands are just some of the unusual things I have been asked to capture."

"BBC weather contacted me regarding one of those 'snaps' and asked for permission to use it."

"If you don't have a copy and regularly go to the lakes I would suggest that you grab a copy. well worth the money."

" It crashed over a ledge and hit the ground with some force. Sadly, there was not a bit of soil to be seen or any cushioning tussocks of grass. It was all rock."

"Its lovely to receive such accolades especially when it is given by your peers!"

"I was naturally delighted to be asked and the piece is in this months magazine as well as 'Lake District Life'......"

"If you have never been I can highly recommend it. A beautiful part of Majorca offering a more tranquil location for you to explore."

"The winter though didn't really come out to play. Instead, it seemed to taunt us and hang around in dribs and drabs then seep into this year. April apart, it hasn't been a great one for shedding clothes and hitting the heights. It had its moments but....."

"The article appears in this months edition and I have had several nice emails about it already"

"Not only do they provide excellent accommodation across the lakes but please take a look at their site as they have a great network of available places across the UK"

"I have been asked and have accepted a position on the OWPG committee with immediate effect."

"Whatever happens, I am thrilled to bits. To be chosen by your peers is a tremendous accolade and I am so proud."

"As they were warmly congratulated by their friends, munching on Ginas famous brownies and sipping the obligatory Proseco, I slipped away for a few minutes to look over Crummock and Buttermere and take myself off the beaten track to view all before me from different viewpoints."

"Literally one of my favourite places, I braved the midges to capture an image that I am very proud of"

"Last week, I was very pleased to be asked to photograph for Constant Engineering near Oldham and capture their specialist work. The weather was glorious but I was inside. The hottest days of the year yet no shorts to air those hairy legs due to Health and Safety! It was sweltering."

"I am not one who complains about the heat or the sunshine. I love it. The factor 30 is slapped on to my bald 'noggin' and I don my shorts, thus exposing the hairy tree trunks that have developed considerably since the cycle training began in earnest last January."

I undertook my first wild camp last November and the experience is relayed on the Walks Britain Podcast. I hope you enjoy it!

Whilst it was a 'jolly' I was also taking photos and making notes for Monarch airlines and their inflight magazine 'PASSPORT'.