Each month, I feature my best Instagram shot, as chosen by the likes and comments of my followers. To kick of the series, this month’s image was taken on my first trip to Nepal in 2014, with my now wife, Katie. We were working in the mountain village of Gokyo at 5,000 meters and had…
Northern Lights – Inverness March 2016
I remember when I first witnessed the Northern Lights, I was about ten years old and I was terrified. I don’t know why, but I remember standing on the cliff top, at home in North Yorkshire, looking out past the lights of Middlesbrough and watching these strange shapes move around the sky. They filled me…
MBUK Big Ride Guide – Rothiemurchus
A couple of months ago, I joined Max Darkins from Mountain Bike UK magazine along with Sally and Bruce from Mikes Bikes in Aviemore for a ride through Rothiemurchus in the Cairngorms of Scotland. It was that time of year when the leaves were turning and mud could be found in epic proportions, but the…
What’s in the Bag?
Last week I trekked with one of the HRA Doctors from Pheriche around to Ama Dablam base camp and then down to Pangboche for the night. The idea was to get some images of Ama Dablam from base camp before it gets busy for the season and with lots of snow on the ground. I…
Mother’s Necklace
At 6,812 meters Ama Dablam dominates the Himalayan skyline as you trek in to the Khumbu region of Nepal. The name Ama Dablam means “Mother’s Necklace” as the long ridges on each side of the main peak are said to be like the arms of a mother (Ama) protecting her child. Whilst the hanging glacier…
Dancing Green Lights
Shimmering indigo, green, crimson and blue, the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis to give them their real name, are one of nature’s most spectacular sights and a dream for many photographers. Last night I finally got to see this amazing dance of light and to make it even better it was visible in Whitley Bay,…
New GoPro Hero 3+ Black & Silver
GoPro have just announced an update to the awesome HERO 3 Black and Silver addition cameras, with some exciting updates across both models. This isn’t a quantum leap forward like it was between the Hero 2 and the Hero 3, which essentially resulted in an almost new product, but a tweak in design and features. If…
Dinorwic Slate Quarry
Early this week I was in North Wales. Mostly running in the mountains in preparation for the Montane Lakeland 50 which I’m running in July. But whilst I was there I took some time out to give my legs a rest and visited the Slate quarry’s. A strange deserted desolate place… If you want to…
Newcastle Snow
It snowed overnight here in Newcastle, so here are a couple of images as I cycled into the office.
Spitfire fly-past…
Recently whilst working in Wales, I was lucky enough to watch a Spitfire fly-past, one of the greatest fighting machines ever made and a thing of beauty, it was stunning to watch… During WWII my Grandfather worked on the design of this beautiful plane, so I felt immensely proud to watch it roll around the…
