Final Blog Post

I’ve decided that all blog posts that I make in future will be on just one single blog rather than on any one of the several different blogs that I’ve used over the last few years. Accordingly there will be no further entries on this blog. My new, and only, blog location from now will be on my website – www.virtuallygrey.co.uk – where there’s a link on the menu bar at the top of every page to my VirtuallyGreyPhotoBlog. All of my other blogs will remain accessible (until either Google or WordPress decide otherwise).

Photo Exhibition – Ashton under Hill

I was delighted to be asked recently if I would be interested to show a selection of my 'On Bredon Hill - 2016' photographs at the Ashton under Hill Open Gardens 40th Anniversary Event on the weekend of the 10th and 11th June this year. I enthusiastically accepted. Ashton under Hill lies at the foot of Bredon Hill on its eastern edge. I started out on several of my hikes throughout 2016 from the village.

Twenty four, or thereabouts, of my prints will be exhibited in St Barbara's Church throughout the weekend. Please see the Ashton under Hill Open Gardens website for more information: www.ashtonopengardens.co.uk. I aim to be in attendance throughout the official opening hours of the event from 1pm to 6pm each day.

This is the link to the photoblog of my 'On Bredon Hill - 2016' project.

Around the lake

The cottage where we stayed in Northumberland last week is close to a tree-lined lake. A walk around can't fail to find something to photograph, even if it isn't the lake.

The Boat House

Ivy on The Barn Door

Spillway

Looking Out

Northumberland Coast

Whilst in Northumberland we took a few bracing hikes along the coast ...

Beach Streaks and the Farne Islands

Bladderwrack

Dunstanburgh Spume

Dry Sand Streaks

Obligatory Lindisfarne Boat Photograph!

Abandonded Cars

Whilst staying in Northumberland I came across an almost derelict barn that, subsequently, I found out was used as a hangar for a local landowner's light aircraft. It now houses two abandoned cars - a Ford Capri Ghia and a Reliant three-wheeler. I spent an enjoyable couple of hours taking these photographs - a little different from my more usual landscapes. Additionally there were several animal skulls adorning the walls. I understand that this was used as a film location last summer.

Ford Capri Ghia and Reliant 3-Wheeler

Abandoned

Reliant 3-Wheeler

Not very Ghia-like!

Deer Skull

Barn Furniture

Annecy Swan

Looking back over work from earlier years occasionally turns up a forgotten delight. This night time photograph of a swan in the town of Annecy in France in 2010 brought back memories of an excellent photo trip.

"On Bredon Hill - 2016" - finished

I've now completed my photography project for 2016. My photo-blog of the project is linked here, with the final entry being a reflection on my 52 hikes. These are two of my favourite photographs.