One September Afternoon...

There are about 362 rainy days in Scotland a year. The 3 remaining days are summer. A sunny day in the end of September is a real treat and we couldn't miss it. We decided to tackle one of the best viewpoints on the east coast of Loch Lommond - Conic Hill. At 381 meters in height it can hardly be called a hill, but it's slopes give an hour of quite a steep climb. Becouse of it's position it gives fantastic views over Trossachs National Park and Loch Lommonds islands and therefore is one of the most popular hills in this part of Scotland.

Nature on our doorstep

Just a couple of photos from Sunday leisure time, that we had yesterday. And who would have thought that there are places, like the one recommended to us by our friends, just on the outskirts of Glasgow. This Nature Reserve is just between Milngavie and Strathblane - about 25min drive from our home. Just a glimpse at what you can expect if you'll bother to look.

A Trip Down South - Around England Road Trip - PART 3

After four days in Cornwall has passed we headed east along the coast and stopped in Axminster for a cream tea in River Cottage Canteen. After a refreshments a busy afternoon was waiting for us, as we had visits to Stonehenge and Avebury planned. When we arrived at Stonehenge site and got past the gates we walked around it. Even after 5000 years and not at it's best Stonehenge is very impressive.

Voyage, voyage - Around England Road Trip - PART 2

Here we are - sitting in our small tent amogs huge caravans in Seaview Holiday Park near Boswinger, Cornwall. Although we seem not to fit in this place it is very friendly and in a great spot. So we are off to see some more Cornwall. The first on our list is Eden Project - recultivated clay pit just north of St. Austell. It's amazing how place can change, when there is will and vision. And money, because it's not cheap - neither to create such a thing nor to visit it. But it's absolutely worth it.

15 Days of England - Road Trip pictures - PART 1

We all go on holidays from time to time, and holidays are a great opportunity for taking pictures. Many of the places we visit are very well known and photographed by many before us. So if we want our photographs to look just a bit different and just a bit more interesting we have to forget about all those cliches that you can see on the postcards. We have to get creative instead of just copying others' ideas. Sometimes all it takes is just a step back or a step forward, adding some great foreground interest or maybe just getting different point of view. Take a leaning tower of pisa as an example. Why just take a normal photo of the tower leaning? Why not try to make the tower straight so all other buildings appear to be leaning down? It's just a simple example what you can do, and how you should try to think out of the box.

For my holiday I wen't for a road trip across England. From Glasgow, along the west coast through Liverpool, Birmingham, Bath and all in between them to Cornwall, where we were supposed to have a little break and leisure time. And then back up again on the east coast of Britain. It didn't quite work out as we hoped it will (turns out we were over-ambitious), but it was a great holiday. And I set myself a task of documenting that trip with my camera. In 15 days we drove 1870 miles through 31 counties and visited a lot of Britains famous and lesser known places. One of the first stops along the way were the sands of Morecambe Bay.