Monday 18 March 2024

Blue Monday

 18th March 24, Beadnell Bay, 9am

Another sunny day to enjoy a blue Monday





Saturday 16 March 2024

lifted spirits

 16th March 2024, Buston, 7am

I often talk about finding photographs in the landscape and how I enjoy the challenge of finding photographs on less than perfect days. 

It's still true but I'll hold my hand up that the recent spell of unremitting grey weather has been quite challenging for me! 

So I celebrate the return of the sun this morning and the beautiful light on the waves. 

My spirit is lifted.









Thursday 7 March 2024

springtime thoughts

 7th March 24, Shilbottle, 4pm

Wandering round the muddy fields in the drizzle it’s easy to just slip and slide and trudge home. 

Instead, I thought I’d look for a sign of spring. 

I remember my Mum snipping catkins to add to her spring flowers when she was walking me to nursery school. 

Many years ago, in a different country, but spring remains; bridging the seasons of my life and linking today’s winter mud to the promise of the warmth of summer.



Sunday 25 February 2024

Friday 23 February 2024

wandering pace

 23rd Feb 24, Buston, 8am

A beautiful, fresh morning for a run.

On the way back down the beach I had to slow down to a wander to better appreciate the day.




Friday 16 February 2024

pools and puddles

 16th Feb 24, Boulmer to Howick, 8am

I had to avoid the puddles on the path but was drawn down onto the beach for the reflections in the pools on the shore.



It would have been nice to run along the sand but a lot of sand has gone and I'd have been scrambling over rocks round the headland.




Tuesday 13 February 2024

stubborn ponds

 13th Feb 24, Bamburgh, 1pm

The sky was blue, the sea was flat, the only reminder of recent tortuous weather was the extensive flooding in the Bamburgh dunes. 

The pools have been stubbornly refusing to dry out all winter.