Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland is reputed to be the seat of the Kings of Northumbria. Situated at the south edge of the village on Red Barns beach it remains in excellent repair and is a huge visitor attraction.
As the sun sets behind Catbells and Causey Pike in the Lake District, two ducks paddle their way across Derwentwater to find their roosting place for the night.Catbells
Longstone Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located at Longstone Rock off the coast of Seahouses in Northumberland UK. It was originally called Outer Farne Lighthouse.
A section from one of the original steam trains that hauled coal waggons across the north east of England. This engine is now restored and can be seen at Stephensons Railway Musem in North Shields.
The Sage Gateshead is named after a local company who donated large sums of money to it’s total cost of £70 million. It has been dogged by building problems which dragged on for years and in 2011 had a deficit of over £300,000.
The campanile dominates the skyline rising up from St Mark’s square in Venice. Amazing views can be had from the top over Mestre on the mainland and out to Punta Sabbioni in the east. St Mark’s square forms a central point of the Venice islands for locals and tourists alike.
I came across this tree living happily on the side of the lake. The way the light was it created a great reflection and there was a lovely reflection from the land in the background too. It looked slightly surreal to me so I thought it would make a nice picture.lake, tree, reflection
As the sun sets behind Catbells and Causey Pike in the Lake District, two ducks paddle their way across Derwentwater to find their roosting place for the night.
A couple out walking on Harlech beach, with their daughter and dog, seem oblivious to the amazing sunbeams coming through the clouds to illuminate the beach and the sea.
Between Harlech village and the beach is Harlech golf club. One of their benches has this awesome view on a summers morning, as the sun rises over the Snowdonia mountains.
There’s never two identical sunsets, no matter how many times you watch the sun go down. On this occasion there was a huge rain cloud and some haze which all diffracted the light from the sun in various ways, creating these beautiful rays of varied colours.
Waves are well known for their soothing effect, not just the sound but the colour, the shape and the constancy of them. This image perfectly captures the gamut of pleasure waves have to offer.
On a hot, hazy day in summer you’d be forgiven for thinking that the world just disappears out at sea, as the haze slowly reduces visibility and creates a surreal landscape.
Walking along the cliff top I was watching the sunset and as I walked I saw that it was going to shine between two outcrops of rock and create a highlight on the water. I waited at the right spot to get the shot and this is it.
A lone woman walks along the pebble beach at Newgale in south Wales. The beach is very difficult to navigate due to the stones which stretch for about 100 metres to the sea and cover an area about 400 metres long.
A spider had managed to create a web in a gap in a thickly branched bush. I saw the web limned with light from the moon and thought it provided a great picture.
As the sun goes down over the Irish sea off the coast of Angelesey in North Wales, the lighthouse at South Stack comes on, warning shipping if nearby hazards. The quality of this light attracted me into taking the shot.
This monochrome image is a view from the lower level of the harbour wall at Whitby, North Yorkshire. The disused lighthouse can also be seen between the wood pillars.
Every day at dusk the lighthouse begins it’s show, warning sailors of the dangers they face should they come too close. Beautiful in sunset, there lurks beneath the beauty a savage land and unforgiving sea only too keen to reap careless souls.
This traditional street in Whitby, north Yorkshire, leads visitors to the old kipper smoke house which has been in constant operation for generations. The smell as you walk this street is mouth watering.
Whitby pier is not so much a blend of old and new, but more a celebration of old, having changed hardly at all since Nosferatu landed at the harbour. I’ve processed this image to reflect that ‘time gone by’ feel.
These wood stakes or posts were probably part of an old long gone jetty. They remain upright in the water and on a still day they are reflected as if in a mirror, so that you can barely tell which way is up. Taken at Derwent water, Keswick, in the English Lake District.