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Dover street station

2026-06-14T00:00:00Z

Visiting the abandoned parts of Green Park station as part of Hidden London

Dover street station opened in 1906 and was the original name for Green Park station. The tour was on the grittier end of the Hidden London series of tours, featuring mostly walkways and larger tunnel shafts. The standout ‘view’ is probably when the large tunnel you’re in curves upwards to the surface. Alas I didn’t have a good angle for this so didn’t get any good photos.

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EMF Camp 2022

2026-06-07T00:00:00Z

A weekend of robots and lasers and chicken

I’m working my way backwards through past EMF Camp photos. At the rate I upload them, I’ll get to 2016 sometime in 2036.

2022 was a weird Covid year - not yet out of it, but relaxed restictions and it had started to become the new normal. The organisers did a great job doing what they could to make people comfortable.

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Flying in the Lee valley

2026-06-06T00:00:00Z

Taking my drone for a spin on a very warm day

On a far too warm May afternoon I took my drone to the Lee valley to see what I could see. You can’t fly over the Olympic park, but get a decent view of it from just to the north.

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Grain Wing Battery

2026-05-30T00:00:00Z

Visiting the 19th Century gun battery, only accessible at low tide

The Grain Wing Battery sits near the Isle of Grain on the Hoo Peninsula. Built in 1895, it’s now just a shell of decaying concrete and rebar. Anyone who knows me will know I can’t resist some decay and concrete.

You can only get to it during low tide, and even then by walking through quite a bit of mud. I luckily arrived an hour before lwo tide so had plenty of time to explore. Reviews online suggested entering the site was tricky - but a rickety ladder had helpfully been tied to the first floor to aid visitors.

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EMF Camp 2024

2025-10-24T00:00:00Z

Visiting the the biennial festival for geeks, makers, and electronic fans

Back to EMF Camp for the biennial festival for hackers, makers, and technology enthusiasts. It features talks, workshops, and creative projects in a field equipped with high-speed internet and a temporary phone network.

I spent much of my time going to talks (which were fantastic), but those don’t make for good photos.

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Thin air

2024-02-11T00:00:00Z

Thin Air: an immersive installation

In Silvertown last spring you could visit Thin air at The Beams. Just 6 installations spread across the cavernous warehouse space, but three of such a grand scale that it made the trip absolutely worth it.

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UVA Synchronicity

2024-02-02T00:00:00Z

A visit to 180 Studios’ current show

180 Studios has often been a good place to go for immersive exhibitions.

I enjoyed their current UVA Synchronicity show, though it felt very small - it needed a few more pieces to really make the trip worthwhile. The standouts in this show were the installations featuring sound and motion. Sound on!

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Canary Wharf winter lights

2024-01-29T00:00:00Z

Visiting Canary Wharf’s annual light show

In the cold of January I visited Canary Wharf’s annual light show. It’s a mix of repeat installations and new work, and a mix of decent and not so decent. For a free event, worth a visit. And good to practice the tricky art of nighttime lighting installation photography.

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Bromley-by-Bow gas holders

2024-01-06T00:00:00Z

A tour of the abandoned gasworks in Bromley-by-Bow

Last summer I was fortunate to get to go on a walking tour of the Bromley-by-bow gas holders. They were built in the late 1800’s, and last used as recently as 2010.

There are plans to develop the site, but leaving the metalwork in place.

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Open House 2020

2020-12-29T00:00:00Z

Photos from my tour of Open House 2020.

Another annual event that was very different than those before. I only managed to go to two things this year - wanting to stay clear of crowds and busy spaces.

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Bruce Nauman at the Tate Modern

2020-12-13T00:00:00Z

Visiting my first exhibition in 10 months

After 10 months of not seeing anything, I rather enjoyed the Bruce Nauman show at the Tate Modern. It was also just nice to do something that wasn’t a walk in the cold and wet.

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Sunrise on Snowdon

2020-09-06T00:00:00Z

Crossing Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach from west to east.

For our second day in Wales we got up long before dawn to see how far up Snowdon we could get to shoot the sunrise from up high.

Setting off in pitch blackness from the Pen-Y-Pass carpark, we could see isolated dots every so often in the distance heading up the path - a handful of other groups also heading up for sunrise.

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The Glyders

2020-09-05T00:00:00Z

Crossing Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach from west to east.

In late November last year the weather was looking nice for the weekend, so Chris and I made a last minute dash to Snowdonia for some fresh air.

We picked a route over the Glyders from west to east. Setting off well before dawn we had some lovely views of sunrise.

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Lumiere Durham 2019

2020-08-13T00:00:00Z

Photos from the bi-annual light show in Durham

In November last year I travelled up to Durham to visit the bi-annual Lumiere light show. I’ve visited before when it came to London, but never to Durham where it started.

The weather wasn’t ideal for this years’s festival - so it was an interesting challenge of getting around and taking photos whilst keeping at least moderately dry.

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All around Yorkshire

2020-08-08T00:00:00Z

A few more shots from Yorkshire, where there’s no end of rolling hills, sheep, and dry stone walls.

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Whernside wild camp

2020-07-28T00:00:00Z

A wild camp at one of the original three peaks

Before there was the 3 peak challenge everyone knew about, there were the original 3 peaks (of Yorkshire). We weren’t up for doing the full attempt just yet, but did fancy a wild camp at the top of one of them.

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Scafell Pike via the Corridor route and Great End

2020-07-27T00:00:00Z

A much needed hike to the top of England

It’s been a crazy year. Everything turned upside down.

For reasons that are probably obvious, I’ve not been going out, not been hiking, and not been taking photos.

Last week for the first time in 4 months I took a trip away. It was really needed – thanks to Chris for inviting me. We went to Yorkshire for a week, hopping over to the Lake District for a day to hike Scafell Pike.

Having not hiked for some months, we of course chose one of the harder routes in to Scafell - via the corridor route. Not wanting to do a repeat journey back, we picked the Great End as a descent. See our journey on Strava.

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Aonach Mòr

2020-01-27T00:00:00Z

A pleasant walk around the Glenfinnan viaduct and postal museum.

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Ring of Steall

2020-01-26T00:00:00Z

Also known as 'The day that broke both of us'

Buoyed by our ascent of Ben Nevis, we decided on an even longer route for the next day - the Ring of Steall in the Mamores. We set off early, but in retrospect should have set off far earlier.

The initiall ascent was damp and never ending. Always forward, always up. No one in sight. Did we really want to do this?

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Ledge route and CMD Arete

2020-01-24T00:00:00Z

Back to Scotland for our Second trip of 2018. We’d decided on a longer stay to allow more days out - though in retrospect probably shouldn’t have chosen two very long days to start the trip.

Of the various climbs up Ben Nevis, the Ledge route seemed to be good and varied, and not too too technical. For good measure, we’d return via the CMD Arete.

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Wandering the West Highlands

2019-11-24T00:00:00Z

With no snow on the horizon and wet weather aplenty, we spent the next two days wandering the west highlands on short hikes. First to Applecross via the Bealach na ba pass, and then Slattadale.

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Morrison’s Gully

2019-11-15T00:00:00Z

We wanted to explore a new bit of Scotland for our fifth winter hiking trip. Skye is on our list, but also rather daunting. Instead we headed for Torridon - an altogether different landscape than our previous trips.

The winter season mostly collapsed the week before our arrival, so we were disappointed to find precious little snow on the mountains. With limited options we decided on Morrison’s Gully - with the thinking being this was the most likely place to find some snow.

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To the end of the world

2019-11-08T00:00:00Z

For our second day we choose an easier route - driving to Joux Plane at 1691m, walking to La Borgeoise, then north to Pointe d’Angolon.

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Refuge de Sales and on to Pointe de Sales

2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

With summer fast disappearing, Oj and I escaped to Samoens for a long weekend of hiking and charcuterie.

A pleasing hike up the Gorges des Sales to the Refuge de Sales, before doubling back up much higher to a great lookout over the valley.

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Mona Hatoum: Remains to be seen

2019-10-27T00:00:00Z

The White Cube Bermondsey presents a great exhibition of Mona Hatoum’s work. Comprised mostly of monotone geometric forms in a range of sizes, I was particularly taken with the magnetic ‘Dark Matter’ and gridlike ‘Remains to be Seen’.

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Olafur Eliasson: In real life

2019-09-17T00:00:00Z

A great retrospective of Eliasson’s work at the Tate Modern. It’s all very photogenic – almost like he’s been preparing for Instagram for much of his career.

I really love that so many of them are different every time you look at them. You experience it in that moment, and it’s a bit different the next.

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Glastonbury 2019

2019-09-07T00:00:00Z

Back to Somerset for our tenth visit to Worthy farm.

This was our tenth visit to Glastonbury Festival. It doesn’t feel like ten years - but then again it feels like we’ve always been coming here. It signals the start of Summer.

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Crossing Dartmoor

2019-06-08T00:00:00Z

Hiking the length of Dartmoor, South to North

Can you hike across the length of Dartmoor in a long weekend? This is what we googled at 6pm the day before setting off on a last minute adventure to the Devonshire national park.

Setting off from Ivybridge at 4:30pm, we arrived in Okehampton 48 hours later and with 62km travelled. Along the way we saw countless sheep, ponies and cows, and had a cracking bbq by the river.

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Last day in Lisbon

2019-06-07T00:00:00Z

On my last day I checked off a few remaining sites from my list - the São Jorge Castle and Carmo Convent.

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Sintra

2019-06-05T00:00:00Z

A day trip to visit a palace and a castle.

When I landed in Lisbon it seemed everyone wanted me to take a day trip to Sintra. It’s a municipality to the west of Lisbon filled with historic palaces and castles. You can’t visit all in day - so I picked what seemed the two most interesting to me - Pena Palace and the Castle of the Moors.

At Sintra it seemed everyone wanted you to take the bus or taxi to get to Pena. After queueing for 20 minutes with no movement I asked about walking there. I got many not s positive answers ― “a two hour hard hike”. Nonsense! It’s a beautiful 1hr easy hike. Absolutely recommended to walk to Pena.

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To Belém and Maat

2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

A day of historic buildings, industrial exploration, and modern sights.

For my third day in Lisbon I visited the South West - home of the Belém tower and Maat museum. The whole area was unexpectedly photogenic - I could have spent so much more time exploring. The day was a great mix of historic buildings, industrial sites, and modern architecture.

I didn’t have time to visit this museum, but the exterior was interesting.

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Expo ’98

2019-06-03T00:00:00Z

A visit to the Parque das Nações and home of Expo ’98

From a day of touring Lisbon’s oldest district to a day visiting a decidedly different area - the Parque das Nações site in North East Lisbon - home of the Expo ’98.

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Lisbon day 1

2019-05-30T00:00:00Z

After San Sebastián I decided to fly south to Lisbon to explore on my own for a few days. I visited in my early teens but don’t much remember that trip. I’ve wanted to visit again for ages - everyone’s photos look so vivid and interesting.

Lisbon did not disappoint.

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Otford to Eynsford

2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

A point to point walk in the Kent countryside.

Following another Saturday Walkers Club walk with Oj on the May bank holiday Monday.

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A brutalist walk

2019-05-26T00:00:00Z

Walking around the Southbank and Brunswick centres

I fancied taking some photos yesterday so decided to photograph two venues I’d not really shot before ― the National Theatre and Brunswick Centres.

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The People’s vote march

2019-05-25T00:00:00Z

We’re in to the last days of May, so now seems a good time to post some photos from the March 23 Put it to the people march. A great day with everyone in good spirits despite the dire state of our country and politics.

As usual I was really impressed by the signs and creativity on display.

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Wild camping on the South Downs

2019-05-24T00:00:00Z

Eastbourne to Lewes via the South Downs way.

In early April 2017 at about 2pm on a sunny Saturday afternoon I decided it was too nice a day, and too nice a forecast to stay at home. With some mildly frantic googling I settled on the South Downs and a wildcamp for an impromptu solo adventure.

2 hours later I was on a train with a rucksack, bivvy bag and almost half a plan. I caught the train in to Eastbourne with the intention of hiking the start of the South Downs way, stopping for for a pub dinner, before bivvying somewhere for the night.

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Getaria and on to Bilbao airport

2019-05-19T00:00:00Z

With a spare day and sun in the forecast, we caught the bus for the neighbouring town of Getaria. Fabled to have amazing seafood and picturesque streets.

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Eating all the pintxos

2019-05-18T00:00:00Z

What do people do when they visit San Sebastián? They eat.

We were no exception.

With thanks to Chris’s foursquare list and our AirBnB host’s home-made pintxo map, we visited more than 20 pintxos bars over 4 says. Lots of great micro-dishes.

I listened to a podcast last year that talked about how people only really remember the first bite of a dish. So you might go for an truly amazing meal - but if you only have one dish you’ll only really remember that first bite. One memory. But if you try several dishes, you’ll have a much richer memory. It ended by recommended sharing more dishes and getting starters over mains - you’ll try more and have more memories of the occasion. Eating pintxos is exactly like this - in an evening you’re having 10-20 different bites. So many more memories.

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To San Sebastián

2019-05-17T00:00:00Z

Day 1: dodgems, a cement museum, and rusting sculptures

With some time off from work, my mom and I visited San Sebastián for a few days. Day 1 included much walking and many pintxos.

What better way to start a holiday than with a visit to the local cement museum and factory. The museum was quick to go through with a couple cool models. More impressive was the real factory next door.

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Grant Museum of Zoology

2019-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Grant Museum of Zoology is a fascinating museum in central London I’d somehow never heard of. It’s full of curiosities and pieces of dead things in glass jars. A great place to spend a rainy winter afternoon.

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Mullach nan Coirean and most of Stob Bàn

2019-02-07T00:00:00Z

A loop through the West Mamores.

For our final day in Glencoe we decided to explore the Mamores. We would ascend Mullach nan Coirean from the parking lot in Glen Nevis, and follow the ridge south-east towards Stob Bàn. We’d then Descend the north ridge of Stob Bàn to get back to the car.

For once we had relatively little wind and comfortable temperatures. But we’d chosen a route with lots of fresh untrodden snow. The ascent was slow and arduous - foot after foot of soft powder.

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A weekend in Glencoe

2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Back to Scotland for our third winter trip.

For our third Scottish winter trip we decided to give Glencoe a visit. Keen to advance our skills, we hired a guide (Simon Verspeak) for two of our three days. We asked for help learning some basics of outdoor ropework and being safe on the mountains.

It was a wet, windy day. Simon took us to Geàrr Aonach. It was partially sheltered from the wind, but we couldn’t go too high before the ground was too unstable. We focused on gear placement in the morning and emergency techniques in the afternoon.

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Futuro House

2019-01-13T00:00:00Z

Exploring the 60s ski house of the future.

Futuro Houses were built between the late 60s and early 70s as a ski house that would be easy to construct and move. Very few survive today - but are lovingly kept up by their owners. In 2017 one was placed on the roof of Central St. Martins for people to explore.

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Haslemere cicular

2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

A day walk with some friends from April 2017.

A pleasant walk one April following the Haslemere circular walk.

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Sgòr Gaoith, not that you’d know it

2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

A successful day, but not much to see or show for it. I’d looked up a few options for routes around Aviemore that we could attempt - this seemed suitable given the conditions. We would set off from near Balachroick, following the valley towards Càrn Bàn Mòr, before diverting East towards Sgòr Gaoth. Returning via the humps of Meall Buidhe and Geal-Charn.

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Climbing Fiacaill ridge

2019-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pushing our winter skills a little bit further.

When Chris and I booked our first winter skills trip, flights were so cheap we booked a second trip for the next month in case we liked it. Naturally we loved it, and the next year did two trips again, and this year plan another two. A second trip so soon after the first helped us reinforce what we learnt on the course - rather than waiting another year before putting those skills in to practice.

We decided to hire a private guide for the first day - a great investment. We asked our instructor (Tim Oates) to help us progress our skills, learn some ropework, and ideally go some place photogenic. He suggested Fiacaill ridge - a grade II winter climb in the Cairngorms. Not too challenging, but plenty of interest and areas to test our skills.

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Light painting with drones

2019-01-04T00:00:00Z

This week my dad forwared me an article about Reuben Wu’s photographs using drones. His photos are stunning - check them out.

They reminded me of a project I’d helped on years ago with some friends - which we’d not told anyone about - so here it is.

Back in 2012/2013 my friend Tim had the idea of using drones to paint with light. A really simple idea, but we’d not seen anyone do it before. We were excited. Together with another friend Henry we spent a few evenings hacking on some drones to see what could be done.

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New Year’s

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shooting photos of people shooting photos of fireworks.

I’ve shot the London New Year’s fireworks quite a few times - they look great coming off of the Eye. These shots are actually from 2018 rather than this year - but today seemed a good time to post them.

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Walking in Gleann Eanaich

2018-12-19T00:00:00Z

Making the most of a sunny morning before flying home.

With an afternoon flight back home to get to, we looked in our OS maps for somewhere easily accessible where we could walk for the morning. Our last day in the Cairngorms turned out to be the best weather by far - no winds and glorious sun.

The maps indicated a path leading in to the valley of Gleann Eanaich from Whitewell - we figured we would walk as far as time allowed before turning back.

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Our first solo winter adventure

2018-12-17T00:00:00Z

Putting our new found skills in to practice.

When booking our winter skills course we decided to allow two extra days so that we could immediately put in to practice what we’d learned (assuming we liked it!). In theory we had what we needed to be safe - but stepping out on your own that first time is a fair amount more scary in practice.

The night before we reviewed the avalanche forecast and our OS maps and decided on a ‘short’ loop ascending Fiacaill a Choire Chais, and looping west over Stob Coire an t-Sneachda and Cairn Lochan and descending on the west ridge of Coire an Lochain. On paper this looks about 9km - but in reality it felt like so much more. The forecast was for winds - but very little avalanche risk.

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Learning some winter skills

2018-12-16T00:00:00Z

Doing a 2 day winter skills course at Glenmore Lodge

In February 2017 Chris and I ventured up to Scotland to try a new sort of adventure - winter mountaineering.

We signed up for a weekend winter skills course at Glenmore Lodge. I’d done a 5 day mountaineering course at Plas y Brenin the year before (photos still to come), and was interested in what I could do next - both in terms of skills and in pushing my boundaries.

Chris and I are both massively in to hiking and photography, so this seemed like a great way of extending those interests. It was also something of a gamble - would we really like being in bitterly cold and more risky conditions?

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Tettegouche state park

2018-12-10T00:00:00Z

Hiking up to High Falls as the world starts to freeze.

I spent a very enjoyable morning hiking in Tettegouche state park up to High Falls and back. The paths got progressively more icy, which was an interesting challenge - time I got some microspikes I think.

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Off to the North Shore

2018-12-09T00:00:00Z

A mini-trip within a bigger trip. With a free car and free weekend, I drove north from Minneapolis to visit the north shore of Lake Superior.

Another Atlas Obscura tip on the way to the North Shore. The only gas station by Frank Lloyd Wright, though I’m tipped off that there’s a model of one in a museum in New York.

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Pavek Museum of Broadcasting

2018-12-07T00:00:00Z

Exploring the museum dedicated to radio, television, telegraphy, and other broadcasting media.

The Pavek Museum (amazing website) holds an great collection of vintage broadcasting and media equipment. They’ve got examples of all sorts of things, including some rather odd inventions that never took off. I visited based on a tip from Atlas Obscura.

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To Minnesota for Thanksgiving

2018-12-06T00:00:00Z

With one day to spare I booked a ticket to visit my family in Minnesota for Thanksgiving. I normally visit at Christmas - but this year we won’t be going, so it made sense to visit for the next-nearest holiday.

As a non-American, Thanksgiving is a weird non-Christmas-yet-still-festive holiday. The decorations are up, it’s cold, and there’s turkey. But there aren’t so many jingles on the radio.

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Barbican photowalk with James

2018-11-30T00:00:00Z

James had a free morning, so we met up - cameras in hand - and walked in and about the Barbican. Once again we had some glorious late autumn sunshine.

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Richmond Park at dawn

2018-11-28T00:00:00Z

Up far too early to photograph the deer at dawn.

Every couple years I join my friends from the London Flickr Meetups group for a Richmond Park sunrise shoot. It’s a speculative journey - as often as not the weather doesn’t turn out and you have grey, flat light all morning; or you don’t spot any deer; or they’re too skittish to get close to.

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Walking the Rehberger way

2018-11-24T00:00:00Z

Following the 24-stop sculpture walk between the Vitra Design Museum and Foundation Beyeler.

A half hour outside Basel lies the Vitra Campus. It’s part factory, part museum, part showroom. Between there and Basel you can walk the Rehberger Way - a pleasant walk following the countryside and dotted with 24 sculptures.

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Museum Tinguely

2018-11-19T00:00:00Z

Exploring the museum dedicated to the swiss sculptor.

Jean Tinguely grew up in Basel, and as a result you can come across his sculptures all across the city, with a dedicated museum in the east of the city. It was my standout museum of the many I visited.

The museum is a perfect stop before a short walk to the river and a swim down the Rhine.

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A weekend in Basel

2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

Swimming in the Rhine and more museums than is healthy.

I’d flown via Basel to visit a local music festival in France (Les Eurockéennes), so it seemed a good place to stop off for a few days. Like most things Swiss, it runs very well - transport was easy, and there’s plenty to do.

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Enjoying the last warm days of autumn

2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The autumn colours and gorgeous light keeps going this year. I spent a lovely afternoon with my mom wandering around the manicured gardens and taking photos.

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Visiting the National Physical Laboratory

2018-11-07T00:00:00Z

Photos from an afternoon touring the NPL’s open day.

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is a large laboratory in Teddington, London where they do things with metrology, measurement, and standards. They hold an open day once a year inviting members of the public to come in and look around. The site is massive and there’s loads to see - I only got around half of it before running out of time.

Like some other tours I’ve been on, there were plenty of extremely knowledgeable staff on hand to explain the oddities we were seeing and demonstrate some of the experiments they’d set up.

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Autumn in Windsor Great park

2018-11-06T00:00:00Z

Photos from Windsor Great park, Virginia Waters, and The Savill Garden.

Autumn is upon us. It’s a little later this year, but no less beautiful. Last year I visited Westonbirt, this year to Windsor Great park.

Windsor has less maples than other places (or I neglected to find them), but plenty of nice areas to explore. The Savill Garden had a few, as well as a nice greenhouse with pumpkins and other fauna.

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La Sagrada Família

2018-11-05T00:00:00Z

Exploring Gaudí’s 135 year masterpiece.

Construction began on La Sagrada Família in 1882, with Antoni Gaudí taking over as lead architect a year later. When he died in 1926 it was only 25% complete. Work is still ongoing, with the church finally set to be finished by 2026.

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Gaudí and some more museums

2018-11-03T00:00:00Z

A visit to Casa Milà, a cable car ride, and some more museums.

And so back to Barcelona for another day of museum hopping. I’d bought a Barcelona Art Passport which gets you in to a number of attractions. I don’t recall the saving being massive, but find they’re really good at encouraging you to go to more places and places you wouldn’t otherwise consider.

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A day trip to Montserrat

2018-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just an hour outside Barcelona lies the mountain range of Montserrat.

A mountain range an hour outside of Barcelona that requires a train, cable-car and funicular to get to? Sign me up.

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To Barcelona

2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

A long weekend of museums, markets, and tapas.

With some free time and cheap flights available, I decided to visit Bacelona for a long weekend to practice my Spanish. I don’t visit Europe nearly as often as I should - it’s increadibly easy both to get to and stay in.

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Tunnel Visions: Array

2018-10-28T00:00:00Z

Photos from the sound and light installation in Beech street.

For one cold spring weekend this year, the Barbican put on a brilliant sound and light installation inside the Beech street tunnel.

Produced by 59 Productions, Array used 40 projectors and 40 speakers arranged on the sides of the tunnel to project detailed visualisations in time to Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Karawane. Hear more about how it was made.

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Lumiere London 2018

2018-10-26T00:00:00Z

Photos from the annual light show in London

Lumiere returned to London for the second time this January. I only managed to visit on the last day - there’s so much more to see that I’ll be sure to allow at least two nights next time.

The displays are a real challenge to photograph - there’s lots of people around and you’re shooting in really poor lighting (despite it being a lighting event). I took a monopod and remote release with me which helped me stabilise the shots and get some more unique angles.

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In the Peak District

2018-10-22T00:00:00Z

A few days of pleasant (if cold) walks between Christmas and New Years

Last December Chris invited me up to spend a few days with his family in the Peak District. It was that nothing time between Christmas and New Years where you don’t have work and there’s a lull after the buildup for the holidays.

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Autumn colours at Westonbirt Arboretum

2018-10-19T00:00:00Z

Photos from my day trip to the national arboretum in autumn 2017.

Each autumn I make a pilgrimage to an arboretum in England to photograph the autumn colours. I started doing this in 2010 when visiting Winkworth arboretum with the London Flickr meetup group.

For 2017 I decided to venture further out to Westonbirt Arboretum. It’s a longer drive, but nice to see a new park with a different variety of plants. Still, it’s more spread out so you have more to explore.

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Space Shifters at the Hayward Gallery

2018-10-15T00:00:00Z

Photos from the Hayward Gallery’s latest exhibition.

The Hayward Gallery continues to be one of my favourite galleries. The Space Shifters show does not disappoint.

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Wandering around the Barbican

2018-10-14T00:00:00Z

Where better to spend a sunny October day.

The Barbican is my default destination when I’m at a loose end. Lovely place to explore. I always seem to find new areas I’ve not discovered before.

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Open House 2018

2018-10-11T00:00:00Z

Photos from my tour of Open House 2018.

Another year, another Open House. This is the first year I’d not pre-booked most of my weekend (owing to being in Iceland when bookings opened), so I mostly played it by ear, planning an hour or two in advance.

This can be a blessing and a curse - you can see some gems you won’t have otherwise considered, but also quite a bit of meh. I got around 5 venues on Saturday and 7 on Sunday.

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