Changing your viewpoint lets you see things in a different way. Here are a few photographs taken over the last few weeks on strolls around my part of London when I turned the camera skyward to take a different view.
Looking up
Spring
A few photographs taken whilst cycling around London in late March and April as the year turns from Winter to Spring and as the Covid19 lockdown eases in England.
On this day 29th March
Another from my collection of photographs taken on this day in years past and, another from my visit to the south coast of Ireland in March 2015. This is the coastal town of Cobh, just outside Cork. In the background is St Colman’s cathedral; construction began in 1869 but numerous revisions to the original designs meant that it was not consecrated until 1919.
The fishing nets in the foreground remind us that is a working maritime town. Apart from fishing it would once also have seen transatlantic liners pausing here before heading to America, the most famous (for all the wrong reasons) being the RMS Titanic.
It is fascinating if slightly grim to think that this small town and its cathedral (probably still covered in scaffolding at that time) would be the last sight of land for the passengers and crew of that ill fated vessel.
On this day 28th March
Today’s photograph was taken in 2015 on a visit to Kinsale on the south coast of Ireland. One of the things I loved about Ireland was the colourful buildings such as the blue and yellow ones up on the hillside above the harbour.
On this day 27th March
For those of you who have been following my photographic endeavours for a little while you may recognise that I tend to hunt out the more obscure parts of the places I visit. This is a view of Cork taken today in 2015. In the centre of town there are lots of marvellous buildings and, of course, a rather splendid river but I turned my camera to the edges of the city and photographed the skyline of a church spire and telephone wires.
Calendar 2022
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Each year since 2016 I have produced a calendar for sale via this website. It’s a great way to exhibit my work and every year I try to think of a new theme, something a little different to a traditional calendar.
You can view examples of photographs from earlier calendars in the galleries linked at the bottom of this page.
The theme of the calendar is “Mysterious London”.
It is an old, rambling town full of tiny corners, easily missed. I have lived here for a long time and I have explored and photographed some of its more obscure and mysterious landmarks that are often passed by and ignored.
This calendar includes some of these photographs.
They range from the quirky to the dramatic. Some of them might seem a little mundane but I have tried to seek out the mystery and sense of potential that lies within all of them.
Every place has a link with its past. When we look at something we see it today but, if we look closely, we can see the past and future spreading behind and in front of us.
I hope that you enjoy viewing the pictures as much as I enjoyed exploring and taking them.
This year’s calendar includes extra interactivity:
If you would like to find out more about each of the places photographed, what happened there and why I chose them, scan the QR code or go to the web address on each page.
St Anne’s Church, Limehouse, one of the churches designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, the 8th century architect 
A yew tree, reputedly 2000 years old, in the churchyard at Totteridge on the edge of London 
The gravestone of William Blake, the poet and artist, and his wife, Catherine, in Bunhill Fields, London 
Click on the links below to view examples of some of the works that were included in my calendars from earlier years.
2016
Bike parts
For my first calendar I took photographs of bike parts, primarily Campagnolo, the premier maker of high end cycle components.
2017
Flowers
In 2017 I chose a very different theme – flowers. Mainly close-ups and quite a few unusual views of sunflowers.
In 2018 there was a choice of calendars
Cycling in Islington
Street photographs of the London Borough of Islington.
English landscapes
Photographs taken around the English countryside.
2019
Riding to the end of the road – the Dorset coast
The 2019 calendar was dedicated to the first part of my cycling photography project, “Riding to the end of the Road”. The pictures were all taken where tracks and roads came to an end on the Dorset coast.
2020
Riding to the end of the road – from the city to the coast
And in 2020 I continued the “Riding to the end of the Road” this time with photographs taken on the ride from London to the Essex coast at Bradwell. These photographs were also the subject of my exhibition at the beginning of 2020.
2021
Like most people in 2020 (when I was putting together the next year’s calendar) I was locked down so my horizons were very limited. I raided my archive of old colour slides for the 2021 calendar..
On this day 26th March
On the 26th March 2018 I visited the cathedral city of Lincoln and stared up at its tower soaring into the Spring sky. The cathedral has stood for almost a thousand years and was once the tallest building in the world.
On this day 25th March
From my archive and another trip down memory lane for me (thank you for indulging me). This photograph was taken today in 2018 in Bridlington in the the East Riding of Yorkshire. We are on the harbourside looking southwards.
My visit to Yorkshire was part of an exploration into my family history – some of my ancestors came from that part of the world (hence when we were young, Yorkshire puddings every Sunday lunchtime – or was it called dinnertime??)
On this day 22nd March
Today’s photograph was taken in 2015 on a visit to the Shropshire town of Bridgnorth perched above the River Severn. It’s a lovely little town with a warren of side streets – but well signposted!
On the day I visited the town was playing host to a tractor festival so a plethora of ancient agricultural engineering was on display.
On this day 17th March
Today’s photograph was taken on this day two years ago. At that time I was recovering from a broken collarbone so my explorations were confined to train assisted rambles. This one involved a train ride to Leigh on Sea in Essex and than a hike across some fields to the castle. Building began in 1215 and it was refortified during the Hundred Years War. In Georgian times the towers were used by customs men to keep a look out for smugglers up the Thames estuary below.