Great Gable Wild Camp - Wild Camping Photography

Great Gable Wild Camp Last week saw the hottest temperatures of the year and while I don’t like the heat when walking, I decided to make the most of it and head off for a wild camp in the Lake District and wild camp up on Great Gable. Studying the forecasts I was completely unsure … Read more

Back in June I did a couple of days work in the Lake District for Ultimate Outdoors, under JD Sports. The same people who own Blacks Outdoors. The aim of the trip was to capture some Lake District locations, especially in panoramic format to use for their large in store displays and on web. The … Read more

Sharp Edge Sunrise. It’s been a while since I’ve done a wild camp, something I have missed. In defence I have tried every month since Feb but luck has been against me. However, a spare weekend saw me heading off up to the Lakes to wild camp up Blencathra after much debating where to go. … Read more

A couple of weeks ago I did a wild camp on the Old Man Of Coniston, a location I had wanted to wild camp at for so long. A few years ago I tried walking the Coniston Round with a bunch of friends but got battered back by winds on Swirl How and had to … Read more

A couple of weekends ago saw me on commission for Blacks with the main aim being to capture panoramics around the Wasdale and Wast Water area, so I decided a trip up Lingmell for sunset on the Saturday would be a good choice. Usually, for a mountain of this size I would choose to wild … Read more

Really last minute decision last Friday to go and do a wild camp up in the Lake District. The weather as we know had been very poor all week, but with the weather looking set to improve over the bank holiday weekend I couldn’t resist going as my plans for the weekend I had previously … Read more

With a long winter the flowers have bloomed a lot later this year, this is including the bluebells and as we head into June they’re still around where as most years they would be long gone by now. I’ve meant to photograph the bluebells for the past few years, but they always seemed to escape … Read more

I’ve been thinking the last few weeks of what month stands out for me photography wise this year…usually I quite like May for changeable weather and storms or winter for the snow but for me March just seemed to stand out this year especially as a month in terms of productivity. I had chosen the … Read more

Repost of Lake District Photography from April 2012 – Old version removed Just a few images I took while staying an extra couple of days in the Lake District after wild camping. Perfect weather and great conditions in a sense. There were unbroken reflections all around, which I love but a persistent haze was hard to work … Read more

Wild camping in the Lake District – Originally published April 2012: I’ve been so busy lately and kept meaning and meaning to get this post up for some time. In the not so distant past, you may remember we had a bit of an heat wave and lucky old me had a long weekend off … Read more