I had intended to get back to Lafcadio Hearn Gardens while we had peak blossom, but life got in the way a bit. When we had a long weekend with an excellent weather forecast though, it seemed like an excellent opportunity to jump on the bike and enjoy some pillion zen with a spin to […]

Other than a very expensive Pinterest machine, I got an iPad with the intention of reducing the friction of editing photos so I’d be more inclined to shoot with the 5d again. Except it took 4 months to actually pick the camera up, and only then after a fairly substantial nudge… but here we are, […]

It’s been… a while. It was only when I realised that June had come around again and this time last year we were on the road in France that I got the urge to take another look at the photos and get back to posting them, even if it’s just for my own amusement to […]

We left Île de Ré and headed south, with the intention of reaching the Pyrenees as quickly as possible so we decided to stop for just one night south of Bordeaux. Since we were flexible on location it seemed like a good opportunity to use the Chambres d’Hôtes de Charme website that we’d had luck with […]

3 weeks, 11 stops, 2 countries, 3000ish miles, 15 crème brûlée (between us, not each), and who knows just how many pastries (lots). We took the ferry from Cork to Roscoff  which is a lovely overnight journey, especially if you book a table in the nice restaurant as soon as you get on board, and […]

I was out at Bramley Lodge yesterday for a shoot and was entirely smitten by this little creature, apparently 11 weeks old but won’t actually grow much bigger because they are pygmy goats. EEEEH! There are two, but the other one was hiding behind a tree for a bit of shade while I followed this wee […]

Some things just keep you coming back year after year, like blossom, or autumn leaves. It’s torture, spotting that tantalising blue shimmer so often from the back of the bike where I can do nothing but take a mental snapshot as we whizz past, daydreaming of the time when I would get to spend as […]