Hiking

Réserve Naturelle du Haut Béranger - Valjouffrey, Écrins

Réserve Naturelle du Haut Béranger - Valjouffrey, Écrins

Hike to the cirque at the end of the Valjouffrey valley in the Écrins

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View to L'Obiou and the Dévoluy at Le Gargas, Écrins

View to L'Obiou (2790 m.) and the Dévoluy.

View to the Valjouffrey across across Col de l'Éterpat

View to the Valjouffrey and the peaks and glaciers of the Écrins across across the Col de l'Éterpat (2050 m.)

More photos: Le Gargas, 2208 m.

valley of the Glenderaterra Beck

Daffodils near Threlkeld, Cumbria

One of the really satisfying days out hiking. Dawn start in London to hike deep in to the valley of the Glenderaterra Beck, between Skiddaw (931 m.) and Blencathra (868 m.).

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Ouse Valley viaduct

Bricks of the Ouse Valley viaduct

My spring bimble from Balcombe to Haywards Heath via the valley of the Sussex Ouse, with its famous railway viaduct on the London to Brighton mainline.

Read more: Ouse Valley, Sussex High Weald

Lunch picnic at a tumulus on the South Downs

Path on the Sussex South Downs

My day trip out from London for a hike in the South Downs National Park. Long, slow unrelenting climbs but lots of lovely textures and shapes to look out for, which (to my eye) suit b&w photography.

Read more: Bishopstone, South Downs National Park