Tag: Yorkshire

Halifax

Halifax

Reading Time: 4 minutes Rather randomly, one of the children, when asked where they might like to go for a day out was adamant that we should go to Halifax. I’ve nothing against Halifax, I quite like it as it has some very interesting buildings, but it seemed an 

Skipton

Skipton

Reading Time: 2 minutes Skipton is another place that, although broadly on my doorstep, I have never actually explored. I have kept meaning to walk there as a part of my canal project, but this time we got the train. What struck me about the place is that it 

Settle and Ribblehead

Settle and Ribblehead

Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the main inspirations for my photography is mans interaction with the environment – landscapes, but landscapes showing the fight between permanence and ephemerality of man’s impact on the earth.  I love the way in which structures both scar the landscape, yet also decay, 

Saltaire and Shipley Glen

Saltaire and Shipley Glen

Reading Time: 2 minutes I have visited Saltaire a few times, but never until now known about the little tramway up to Shipley Glen – this dates from 1895 and operates narrow guage cable hauled trams. It is a lovely ride up through the woods. Up at the top 

Le Grand Depart

Le Grand Depart

Reading Time: 2 minutes …so Le Grand Depart on my doorstep was always going to be something I’d take a look at.

But a bit of a challenge it was, as I had the small toddler in tow…

Fell Edge Party

Fell Edge Party

Reading Time: 2 minutes Just got back from a little bash up at Fell Edge, up on the moors, courtesy of a couple of friends. Camping, barns, dinner and some bands, all in all pretty nice. As usual I took a few shots for the portfolio. It was dark 

Not A Thimble

Not A Thimble

Reading Time: 3 minutes If you move in such circles, you may have heard about the stupid fucking furore surrounding Thimbleberry Festival. This is a small underground festival, which as had it’s license pulled and the organiser up on criminal charges for alleged drug issues at the event. Here’s 

Knaresborough

Knaresborough

Reading Time: 3 minutes Following on from my recent water pictures in Kirkstall I have had a further play with the neutral density filters and slow shutters in Knaresborough. The first set of these are just off Riverside, under the castle. There’s not as much movement in the water 

Moor Music Festival 2009

Moor Music Festival 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s festival time again. I have been running the stewards for the annual Moor Music Festival up near Skipton and camping with the Northern Green Gathering crew. It’s been hard work, but lovely weather and a lot of fun. Here’s a taste of the crazy…

Ilkley to Bingley Trek

Ilkley to Bingley Trek

Reading Time: 3 minutes We took a walk over the top of Ilkley Moor the other day. I’ve been a few times up to the Cow and Calf, but never really explored much of the rest of the moor. I was researching celtic stoneworks and ended up with various 

Faerie Pixie Wedding

Faerie Pixie Wedding

Reading Time: 2 minutes A more personal set, but I wanted to just post a little more of the beautiful Lime Tree Farm, and a recent wedding we attended in the stone circle. And wo can resist (not even some of the veggie types it seemed) spit roasted spring 

Lime Tree Farm

Lime Tree Farm

Reading Time: 2 minutes In preparation for Northern Green Gathering this year we have been spending a weekend doing some work at Lime Tree Farm near Ripon. This is a truly lovely site, no longer a working farm, but an event space with a number of fields and a