Sweden Wood belongs to The Friends of the Lake District and is a shortish walk up from Ambleside. I saw bluebells and primroses on my visit but there are unexpected elements to the wood, as there is evidence of terracing and non-native tree-planting thought to date from Victorian times. It… Read More »Friends of the Lake District – Sweden Wood Tour
Virtual tours are an excellent way of exploring and interacting with the landscapes owned by the Friends of the Lake District. This can prepare you for visiting in person or replace the experience if it is not possible for you to visit. You can choose what order you wish to… Read More »Friends of the Lake District – Greenbank Wood Tour
This is one of many virtual tours of Cumbria Wildlife Trust nature reserves on which I have collaborated. An excellent way of exploring and interacting with a reserve. This can prepare you for visiting in person or replace the experience if it is not possible for you to visit. You… Read More »Cumbria Wildlife Trust – Brown Robin Tour
Friends of Ullswater Way first contacted me in May 2022 with a proposal to create a virtual aerial tour of the Ullswater Way. It has been a great project to be involved in and it was a delight to visit the lake and its surroundings on numerous occasions in glorious… Read More »Friends of Ullswater Way – Virtual Tour
Another popular and successful event at Allotment Soup, the community growing space at Mill Lane on Walney, owned and run by the good people at Art Gene. Friday evening was the opening event with chance to socialise, drink and eat from Russ’s amazing buffet, and hear Dan Fox talk about… Read More »Art Gene – Big Green Weekender
Virtual tours are an excellent way of exploring and interacting with the landscapes owned by the Friends of the Lake District. This can prepare you for visiting in person or replace the experience if it is not possible for you to visit. You can choose what order you wish to… Read More »Friends of the Lake District – High Borrowdale Tour
This was the third time South Cumbria Rivers Trust requested my services and this was the biggest project they had been involved in and one of the biggest of its kind in Europe. My remit, as previously, was to record the before, during and after, as the weir was removed… Read More »South Cumbria Rivers Trust – Bowston Weir Removal
The film above is the third and final version, updated with new aerial and internal footage and re-edited in 2022. Four years on from the second version below, it shows how Croppers has expanded and evolved again, maintaining their position as world leaders in so much of what they do.… Read More »James Cropper – British Master Papermakers
Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust approached me at the start of 2022 hoping I could provide some aerial shots to be added to two films that they had commissioned as part of their Together for Trees project. I was delighted to oblige, as it gave me the opportunity to visit Malham… Read More »Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust – Together for Trees Stories
This has been a major project covering a large tract of landscape, as the floodplain in this area near to Long Preston has been restored by Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust in conjunction with all the landowners in the valley. It is a significant area used by many wading birds in… Read More »Yorkshire Dale Millennium Trust – Long Preston Floodplain Tour
I have had the very great pleasure of working with South Cumbria Rivers Trust to document the development of three river restoration projects since July 2018. The first project I started recording is in a valley to the north of Kendal. Bannisdale Beck feeds into the River Mint which then… Read More »South Cumbria River Trust – Bannisdale
I was asked to work on this film project by Maddi Nicholson of Art Gene. It was produced as part of the funded cultural programme running alongside the High Street Heritage Action Zone project for which Barrow Borough Council received government funding from Historic England. This film stands apart from… Read More »Art Gene – Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness
