n our Cornwall holiday this year we were only 15 minutes from the beach. If we weren’t walking along the coast to Watergate Beach, we were walking near some other beach.
Here is a selection of seaside shots captured on the iPhone.
Yachting on the Broads
went sailing on the Norfolk Broads again this year. This time we had a bigger boat; a 36 foot yacht.
It was a pretty adventurous two days. We managed to run aground a couple of times, my brother nearly fell in and lost his mobile phone. We managed to get tangled up in a racing dinghy’s marker buoy dragging it down one of the broads with the dinghies chasing after us as they tried to go around their buoy.
I expect we’ll be banned from returning next year.
Mach Loop
arranged to meet up with some fellow photographers from the Photography Forum in the hills of North Wales. The location is known as the “Mach Loop”, a series of hills and valleys where military pilots train in low level flyng.
We were there to take photos of military aircraft who use the hills and valleys for low level training.
It was a very long day, leaving at 4 in the morning and returning around 11pm that night.
I took a few scene setting shots on the iPhone.
New Year’s Day Walk
couple of days after New Year’s Day this year the family went up to Therfield Heath near Royston for a walk.
I took my selfie stick with me…
Sunset over Harkness
was putting up the Christmas lights and realised I needed quite a few spare bulbs.
I must have visited about 6 shops in the town centre. Most didn’t have bulbs, those that did, didn’t have the right type.
So I drove down the the garden centre at Harkness, between Hitchin and Letchworth.
As I approached the place I noticed there was a really nice sky developing.
I grabbed a quick shot from the garden centre car park.
y father, brother and sister, hired a sailing boat on the Norfolk Broads for a few days, so we went up to meet them for the day.
The weather wasn’t great but it remained dry until we ended our day of sailing at one of the pubs, whereupon it absolutely chucked it down.
I took most of my photos on my compact camera but I did take a few on the iPhone.
A Walk on Oughtonhead Common
e popped over to Hitchin to have a walk around Oughtonhead Common.
We usually walk down from the road and into the common and then up along the river and back.
Tess came too and I grabbed a few shots on the iPhone, as well as one of my other cameras.
Kimpton Church
adly, one of the members of my choir died recently.
The choir sang at his funeral service at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Kimpton village.
After the service I took a few moments to wander around the grounds of the church taking a few photos.
Around the Cinema
hese shots are all taken within a few yards of the Broadway Cinema in Letchworth town centre.
The Town Lodge is opposite. These two shots were taken with one of the iPhone HDR apps. Then there are two hots of the Broadway itself, one of the entrance and the other of one of the iconic windows.
The sign is opposite the cinema beside the Town Hall, it forms a saying as you walk around the small square it is beside.
Cycle Ride through the Farm
went out on a bike ride today. I started off in the town centre and took a few photos of the fountain in the Broadway, and one of my favourite Letchworth buildings, the Nexus Building. Then I headed out into the countryside.
I managed to find about the most waterlogged, boggy field system in the whole of Hertfordshire, but managed my way through it and came out by a farm on the A507 from Baldock to Cottered.
Naturally, I stopped off for a few shots on the phone around the farm yard.
The shots displayed here have been processed in the Painteresque App, apart from the last one which was done in Popsicolor.
Autumn in November
took some photos on a dog walk over at Norton Common. There is still a great deal of colour on the column.
Wrest Park
s long-standing members of English heritage, we have free entry to Wrest Park. It’s the nearest English Heritage property to use so we tend to go quite often.
Ashwell Show
e went to the annual Ashwell Show which is out in a village just north of us.
I took a few shots with the phone, most of which were in the tractor display.
Cycling around the Greenway
bought a new mountain bike recently and have started regular cycling.
These shots were taken on a ride around the 13 mile Greenway which goes right around the town of Letchworth.
Visit to Overstrand
e popped up to Overstrand on the north Norfolk Coast this week.
It’s one of our favourite destinations and we always enjoy walks along the beach to Cromer.
Standalone Farm
W/aux_dropcap]e used to go to Standalone Farm all the time while the girls were growing up; we had season tickets each year.
We popped up there recently when we had some family visitors.
A Walk around the Lakes
managed to turn up for work an hour early the other day, so I took the opportunity for a little walk around Stanborough Lakes which is opposite where I work.
I used to spend many happy hours at the lakes when I was a kid. We were boating, sailing or generally mucking about.
Bluebell Woods
itchwood near Codicote is one of our favourite places. We have been there every year since the children were born and usually go when the bluebells are out.
I usually take my DSLR but also take a few shots on the iPhone.
These are all taken with Hipstamatic.