Air displays, do you love ’em or hate them?  Me?  I fall into the first category.  There is something about the skill of the pilots, the artistry of the patterns they weave in the sky and the engineering required to get something so ungainly (and sometimes ugly) into the air, that is fascinating and awe…

One of our favourite places in the UK is the English Lake District.  The landscape is breathtaking in its beauty and ruggedness, the walking  is excellent, if a little challenging in places and the opportunities for some decent landscape photography are plenty, especially if the weather is a little moody. And so it was that we…