My new idea is to use short simple overnight wild camping and bivying trips or microadventures  as an excuse to get out early and late with my camera and hopefully capture some great images. The first was to a location was one I had visited before, Twistleton Scar which offers a great viewpoint over Ingleborough and also the opportunity to capture some of the Ingleton waterfalls in the morning.

It did not turn out well, despite being July it tipped it down in gusty wind. I arrived late, found some semi flat ground and pitched my tent (having decided not to bivy as I lack a tarp) cross ways into the wind, whoops! Come morning the rain was worse and any hope of nice long exposure on the waterfalls gone. Needless to say I can only improve from here!

How Twistleton should look on a good day.

Not a good day!

I’ve recently returned from a few weeks in the Alps hiking and cycling up some of the classic climbs that resonate with cyclists for there history, and beauty. The landscapes were spectacular; the sheer scale and grander of the Verdon Gorge, the moonscape of the summit screes on the col d’Izoard, or the sinuous windings of the asphalt on the Col du Glandon.

I found the photographic conditions quite difficult, mornings saw the valleys in shadow protected from the suns rays by the mountains giving very contrasted images. Later the power of the sun was overwhelming washing out the sky. Below are some of the better images I took, hopefully the inspire you to get out on a bike and ride, its amazing where they can take you.