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Sandbanks Poole Harbour Dorset

I would be leaving Dorset once again in a few weeks, starting a new work contract in Hertfordshire.  In the meantime, my car needed servicing, and during the wait I would head down to Sandbanks in Poole with my compact camera.
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Wareham Forest Dorset

I was scratching for new places to visit around Purbeck in Dorset.  After my trip to Wareham I noticed on the map Wareham Forest nearby that looked interesting and worth exploring with my camera.
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Swanage Jurassic Coast Dorset

Driving from Bournemouth to Swanage early in the morning and I nearly turn around due to stormy weather.  But then remembered this is when the light can be at its best for landscape photography so continued.
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Kimmeridge to Swyre Head Purbeck

Another part of the Jurassic coast on the Isle of Purbeck I had not covered was the Kimmeridge Ledges.   The plan was to park up in Kimmeridge and make my way back via Swyre Head, hopefully catching a setting moon over the bay.
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River Frome Wareham Dorset

Another return to the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, this time a morning walk around the river Frome near Wareham.
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Dancing Ledge Purbeck Dorset

There were lots of gaps along the Jurassic coast on the Isle of Purbeck I had not covered.  Studying the National trust Dorset Landmarks, Spyway leading down to Dancing Ledge looked like a good place for some seascape photography and a coastal walk.
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Rockford Common New Forest Hampshire

Good thing with being back in east Dorset you are not far from the border of west Hampshire and the wilderness of the new Forest.
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West Hill Purbeck Corfe Castle Dorset

Since scouting the east hill of Corfe castle I was keen to return to Purbeck and shoot some landscape photos of the castle ruins from the West Hill.  Then walk the west side of the Purbeck Hills towards Povington Hill.
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Swyre Head Purbeck Dorset

First landscape photography walk of 2019 was going to be from Swyre Head the highest point on the Purbeck Hills to Houns Tout Cliff on the Jurassic coast.  On a cold and frosty January morning.
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Landscape Photo of the month 2018 Review

Another year over, having spent the majority living and working in east Sussex.  I did a lot of hiking and landscape photography over the south downs throughout 2018.  What follows is my best landscape photo shot from each month.
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White Nothe Ringstead Bay Dorset

Looking for new places to explore and photograph in Dorset I used National trust Dorset guide to get some ideas.   Ringstead bay looked promising part of the Jurassic coast with White Nothe having great views.
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Scouting Corfe Castle Purbeck Dorset

On the drive back from Old Harry on the Purbeck Isle, I wanted to stop at Corfe Castle and scout out the views of the castle ruins from the east hill approach on the Purbeck Ridge.
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