Helen enjoys keeping fit and healthy, loves being outside in the natural world and is a keen photographer
Recently, I spent the evening walking around London to see the Christmas lights. Here’s a photo tour for anyone who isn’t able to or doesn’t want to do the same, but would still like to…
I love the countryside. I love walking, running and cycling in it and I delight in taking photographs of it. As I live in England, I’m used to seeing beautiful green fields, occasionally containing animals….
Curbar Edge and Baslow Edge with all their gritstone magic are favourite locations of mine and nearly always get a visit when I go on a trip to the Peak District. When I go to…
I recently spent the day in London solely to travel around on the Underground to take photos. Not your traditional day out in London maybe, but one borne out of a railway enthusiast friend thinking…
On a holiday to Wales a few years ago we went for a day trip to Barmouth and during that day I knew I had to return. As I took in the beautiful wide sandy…
A common feature of my experiences in both the Peak district and the Lake district, or anywhere I go that features a hilly environment, is that I have the urge to climb up the hills…
We were off on another adventure out of the country, this time a family trip to Austria. After flying to Salzburg and then travelling 61km south, we settled in the mountains above Bischofshofen all ready…
On this site there are already two excellent posts featuring Kinder Scout written by the lovely Janine Moore, this article differs from these as it describes the ascent to the top of the Kinder Scout…
My previous articles have been a celebration of happy times, or of my appreciation of wonder and beauty. This article is slightly different in that respect. It does feature a very beautiful place, the village…
I recently spent a day in London with my camera and a desire to capture the details of two stations that I’ve frequently passed through. I have shared the results of half of this trip…
Increasingly as I’ve passed through King’s Cross or St. Pancras stations on a mission to get to my ultimate destination, I’ve been distracted by the number of interesting features and the stunning architecture at these…
Sometimes you go to a new place and as nice as it is, that will be the only time that you visit there. On occasions however one visit somewhere leads to continual return visits because…
