Category: Visited Places


  • 19th March 2026, I visited the gorgeous and fascinating Saltwells Nature Reserve in Dudley. It is a beautiful place with fabulous walking trails around the woodlands with great wooden and metal sculptures to be discovered along the way, one of which is a dragon climbing a tree but also make sure you look up into…

  • 14th March 2026, I visited the fabulous Dudley Zoo and Castle. There is a fantastic array of animals to see, extra stuff for the kids like play areas and rides. The castle with cafes and lovely grounds also has a main tower with the top accessible for amazing views across Dudley and even the skyline…

  • 30th October 2017, I visited the gorgeous National Trust Knole House and Park. I thought I had lost this photo shoot but discovered it on an old back-up disc and I have reprocessed the original camera files with better modern software.

  • 28th February 2026, I visited the National Trust Charlescote Park and House in Warwickshire. I Only had a short amount of time to walk around the house and gardens but managed to get some nice photos. To find out more please visit their website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/warwickshire/charlecote-park

  • 28th February 2026, I visited the fantastic Midland Air Museum at Coventry Airport. The amount of outside planes to see was amazing! I even got to go inside the cockpit of the Avro Vulcan Bomber they have there. The interior displays were fascinating and awe inspiring, lots more planes to see as well as great…

  • 28th February 2026, Threshold Aero held a special photographers event at Wellsbourne Mountfield Airfield in Warwickshire. I went along with some friends to see the Avro Vulcan Bomber XM 655. It was a fantastic day! We were given access to the airfield itself to get up close and personal to this magnificent aircraft, preserved by…

  • 24th February 2026, I visited the city of Coventry for a photography day. It is a very photogenic place and very diverse in terms of architecture with a great mix of modern, brutal and classic architecture. A highlight of the visit was going into the new cathedral!

  • 24th February 2026, I went for a photography visit the city of Coventry and while there I went to the ruins of the old St Michael’s Cathedral and the adjacent new Cathedral.

  • 23rd February 2026, I went for a stroll around the beautiful Leasowes Park in Halesowen, Dudley. The park is fascinating and very photogenic, even in the dull weather, with nice pools, streams with mini waterfalls, woodland trails, open fields and the adjacent disused part of the Dudley Number Two Canal. There are great opportunities for…

  • 20th February 2026, I visited the amazing village of Ironbridge near Telford in Shropshire with a friend to capture some photography. Having started with a snack at a great cafe called The Agency we then went down to see Thomas Telford’s Iron Bridge, erected in 1779. It is the world’s first ever all metal bridge…