Lakeland Explorer

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I love capturing the mood, colours, and details of the Lake District fells and dales in all weathers. Often the worst conditions for the walker deliver the best light for the photographer.

Photography is the best way I know to celebrate the landscapes around me and to share the places I have experienced with others. So, I hope you enjoy looking at my favourite images from the past few years. Please contact me if you are interested in using any of them for commercial purposes, or would like to purchase a print.

Long exposure of the River RoeburnHeavy cloud looms over the River Kent estuary, photographed from WhitbarrowBurnmoor Tarn with Scafell behind and Great Gable veiled in cloud in the backgroundScafell Pike; England's highest mountain, seen from the top of Lord's Rake on ScafellSilver Birch trees cling to the edge of Far Easedale Ghyll, with the early evening sun illuminating their new spring leavesA line of Silver Birches on Muncaster Fell in the Lake DistrictSnowy Helvellyn ridge from above Raven Crag on the western shore of ThirlmereEvening view across the Lancashire countryside from Fair Snape Fell in the Forest of BowlandA stand of silver birch trees on the limestone escarpment of Whitbarrow Scar in the Lake DistrictThe late afternoon sun highlights the leaves and boughs of a squat ash treeSunset at Horsey Beach in Norfolk.The dramatic sandstone pinnacles of An Teallach in Wester Ross, Scottish HighlandsLight breaks through storm clouds over Gruinard Bay in Wester Ross, Scottish HighlandsSnowdonian peak Y Garn and the hill tarn Llyn Bochlywd from the slopes of TryfanBowfell Links lit red by the rising sun after the first snow of the winter.Dawn lights up the dusting of early winter snow on the Langdale Pikes following storm Arwen.Snow covered St Sunday Crag viewed from across the valley of Grisedale, on Striding EdgeSnow covers the Kentmere fells of Froswick, Ill Bell, and Yoke, taken from Gavel CragCloud inversion in Dovedale obscures the lower slopes of High Hartsop Dodd, leaving only the felltop visibleLink Cove provides a stunning second storey to the Lake District valley of Deepdale, and is one of the wildest, least frequented parts of the region.The sun rises into a narrow band of clear sky over the Eastern Lake District fells, taken from Pike of BliscoAn early morning winter view of frozen Red Tarn and snow covered Striding Edge from the Helvellyn summitThe distinctive dolerite crags of High Cup Nick in the Pennines catch the angular rays of the early morning sunGreat Gable and Kirk Fell from HaystacksGreat and Little Langdale cast into light and shade by dramatic cloud coverThe Lake District's Kentmere fells, Froswick, Ill Bell, and Yoke from the upper reaches of the valley underneath Gavel CragA beautiful cascade and pool a little way up Randale Beck on the Western edge of Haweswater, on the western side of the English Lake District.The view east from Wind Scarth, showing the rolling Howgill hills in Cumbria under a moody early morning skyA tree shaped by the wind on the exposed hillside of Great Mell Fell in the English Lake DistrictAn extensive cloud inversion fills Riggindale in the English Lake District, leaving just the surrounding summits clear; here the southern face of Kidsty Pike, and the top of High Raise in the background.Cloud from an expansive inversion in Riggindale drifts up from the valley to the Lakeland mountain High Street.Buttermere and Crummock Water from Hay Stacks, as the Lake District fellsides begin to take on the reddish-brown hues of early autumn.Longsleddale in the south eastern corner of the Lake District, as the pre-dawn twilight colours the horizon.Whernside, tallest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, beneath a head of cloud, as the early morning sun begins to illuminate the valley.The sun rises behind Ingleborough, one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks.The imposing, snow covered face of Harter Fell dominates the view from the south-eastern shore of Haweswater in the English Lake District's Mardale valley, overlooking the larch and spruce plantation on The Rigg.Sail carries a layer of late winter snow, photographed from the Coledale mine trackDark skies bringing a heavy hailstorm sweep over Riggindale and Haweswater on the eastern side of the English Lake District; photographed from Short Stile on the way up to High Street.Harrison Stickle, the highest of the Langdale Pikes in the central Lake District, towers in the distance, while the undulating rock formations of its neighbours take centre stage.Rainsborrow Crag looms over upper Kentmere in the English Lake District, with the summit of Yoke above it. Kentmere was once home to slate quarrying, and two of the larger mines can be seen at the bottom of the crag in the middle of the frame.A moody evening sky over Rainsborrow Crag, Ill Bell, Froswick, distant High Street, and Lingmell End in the south east English Lake DistrictHallin Fell and the southern end of Ullswater, from Swarthbeck Gillin the English Lake District.A heavily rusted, half buried corrugated iron shed at Hopper Slate Quarry, Honister in the Lake DistrictMist shrouds the River Lune flood plain as the sun comes up on a winter morning. This beautiful part of the Lune Valley has long attracted artists, including the 19th Century landscape painter J.M.W.Turner.Caudale Head and Middle Dodd, still with light snow cover, perfectly reflected in the mirror-flat surface of Brothers Water, the English Lake DistrictA winter storm blows in fast over the snowy peaks of the Helvellyn ridge in the English Lake District. From left to right are Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn, and the infamous knife-edge ridge; Striding Edge.A derelict quarry building high up Dovedale in the Lake District. This cloudy sunrise, following a night bivvying in the old building, brought only a few hints of red on the horizon.