The River Almond. Cramond, Edinburgh.

We set off for a walk at St Abb's Head on a bright sunny day in early June. The clifftops were lined with pink thrift, and the cliff...

A walk by Kielder Water, early June. Bull Crag Peninsula.

We took a couple of days' leave in Northumberland recently. One day, we decided to go to Alnmouth. When we arrived, the car park was...

We got the ferry from South Queensferry to the small island of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth. It's seabird nesting season, so there were...

Hazy days in Whitby, mid-April.

Exploring Culross in Fife on our wedding anniversary. I don't think my words can do justice to this place; there is so much history here....

Photographs from the Pentlands, a few weeks ago. Saw my first swallows of the year that day.

Ali (my wife) and I spent two days in Whitby, the first place we ever went on holiday together. It's somewhere we've both enjoyed...

We nearly always stop on our way over the moors to Whitby. The scenery around there is beautiful.

We went to a wedding at Pentney Abbey in Norfolk. In the morning before things began we walked in the fields nearby, reminding ourselves...

On our way down south we stopped off at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. It's one of our favourite places to visit when we're in the area....

We recently made a trip down south to visit some friends and family and have a mini-holiday. Our first stop en-route was the majestic...

Some photographs on and around the Royal Yacht Britannia. Leith docks, Edinburgh.

A walk in the Pentlands on one of the warmest days of the year so far. A circular walk through trees, over moorland, by reservoirs. We...

A walk down the old railway paths to Wardie Bay. Perfect light and colours everywhere.

The weather has been so nice recently that I've been suffering FOMO if I can't get outside. So yesterday, although I didn't really have...

A few phone pictures from a walk between Warriston and Western Harbour, Leith. The sun is welcome.

I'm a regular visitor to the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. I especially love visiting in the spring and summer when everything comes to...

In 2021 I filmed an interview with Edinburgh-based artist Molly Kent for the online gallery newcube. It was an absolute pleasure to meet,...

We arrived in Margate and everything was glowing in the golden evening sunlight. I'd been once before. The town features a fascinating...

Approaching Berwick Lighthouse, Berwick-upon-Tweed.

I didn't have long to spend outside today, maybe ten minutes on my lunch break, but it was a glorious ten minutes.

Around the Botanics yesterday.