Path leading down Auchope Rig toward Cocklawfoot farm and the Bowmont Valley in the Scottish Borders region of the Cheviots, Scotland
Becoming a landscape photographer sprang naturally from a deep interest in hiking, camping and been outdoors generally. I’m attracted to wild places and in Northumberland in England that means the Cheviots. The hills of the Cheviots are a popular but still relatively unknown part of Britain (if you see what I mean!) and I try to get up there as often as I can to walk and to take photographs. This image was created during the last hour of the day looking down into the College valley.
THE NORTH CHEVIOT HILLS ON THE ENGLAND/SCOTLAND BORDER,AS SEEN AT SUNSET.THE RED HUES ON THE DRY GRASS LOOKED SUPERB AND GAVE THE EVENING A VERY NICE GLOW.
It was mighty cold up there (I dread to think what the wind chill factor was…), but it was worth persevering for the view!
It’s been quite a summer in the United Kingdom this year. The amount of rainfall in June broke records and flooding has occurred in many parts of the island. As a result I’ve not achieved as much photography as I would have liked (though this is a minor inconvenience compared to those poor souls who’ve had their properties and possessions lost in flooding). The images I have created recently seem to be mainly of brooding skies and dark landscapes, and this is a good example.
...somewhere in Northumberland!
I’ve worked a lot in the British Cheviot Hills this year, so I’ve really started to get to know the area (a combination of the fact that I think it’s a great place to explore and I also have a commission to shoot landscape images up there – it’s a dirty job but someone’s got to do it!). My favourite valley in the Cheviots is the Harthope Valley as there are some great crags and features on the hills that surround the valley. And I generally have the place to myself. Who said Britain is crowded!
I’ve been working on a project about the Northumberland Cheviots recently, with the goal of putting on an exhibition sometime next year. So, with this aim in mind, I spent one night this week in a mountain refuge hut overlooking the College Valley near the Scottish Border. And boy, was it cold! Snow blew in in the evening and all night a howling gale shook the hut. But it was worth it and I managed to come away with a few interesting images…
Lone tree on Cheviot hill, Canterbury.
THE RIVER COQUET,HIGH UP IN THE CHEVIOT HILLS. / NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK.
A view of the Cheviot Hills on the Scottish border, near to Jedburgh.
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A view of the Cheviots, Northumberland National Park.
It’s a steep climb to reach Housey Crags in the Northumbrian Cheviots, but the view is worth it!
I’m currently trying to finish a photographic guide book to the St Cuthbert’s Way, a walking trail from Melrose in Scotland to Lindisfarne off the Northumberland coast. After a year of creating images along the route I’m starting to notice flaws in a lot of the earlier photography and so am now frantically trying to improve the collection and make it more consistent. Has anyone else had this problem with a long term project, when the early work needs replacing and most of what gets used is produced in the final months and weeks? It constantly amazes me just how much I still seem to need to learn about photography, and how I suspect I’ll still be learning in ten or twenty years time!
Having survived my night in a wooden shed on the side of a hill, I was rewarded by the best sunrise I’ve seen in a long while!
Another shot from my Cheviot expedition this week. The white path across the foreground in the Pennine Way, in the distance is my room for the night, and behind is the slope of leading to Cheviot itself.
The Cheviots, Northumberland, England.
IN THE HIGHEST REACHES OF THE CHEVIOT HILLS,THE RIVER COQUET STARTS ITS FLOW AND HEADS OFF ON ITS WAY TO THE NORTH SEA. / THE TRANQUILITY UP HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE.YOU COULD JUST SIT FOR HOURS,LISTENING TO THE WATER RUNNING BY AND TAKING IN THE MAGNIFICENT SCENERY.NO WONDER IM ONE PROUD NORTHUMBRIAN :)
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A stream in the cheviots, meandering thorugh the valley.
It had been a hot summer day and as evening fell a dusky haze settled over the hills and twilight fields. / It had a close, thundery feel as the land darkened.
Near the village of Ingram, Northumberland.
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