Working as a contractor in the southwest of England I look forward to the weekends having a break from sitting in an office all week. As a walker and photographer I keep my eye regular on BBC Weather for where I am intending to explore that weekend. This weekend it was around Condicote in the Gloucestershire Cotswold.
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Over Pinnacle Hill Malverns
Great Malvern to Colwall
A lovely Saturday morning walk in early March 2017 from Great Malvern in Worcestershire to Colwall in Herefordshire over Pinnacle Hill. Parking at the railway station in Great Malvern and walking through Great Malvern Common and the golf course.
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Pershore Walk River Avon Worcestershire
Pershore in Worcestershire is only 10 miles from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire where I am currently contracting. I found a nice studio to rent for 6 months in Pershore so Pershore was where I was based in a quiet cul de sac.
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Tewkesbury Battle Walk Circuit
I was working in Tewkesbury Gloucestershire while living 10 miles away in Pershore Worcestershire. On the weekends especially if it was cloudy and overcast I liked to visit the towns and cities of the west midlands and this week I chose to do the Battle walk through Tewkesbury starting at the Abbey.
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Forest of Dean Gloucestershire
Another cloudy weekend beckoned, with the sunlight diffused by clouds, forests and woodland can make good subject matter to photograph. Without diffused light there is too much contrast with the bright and dark areas. So this weekend decided to take my first trip to the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire.
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Painswick Cotswold Gloucestershire
This weekend decided to visit Painswick in Gloucestershire known as the queen of the Cotswolds. I was using the AA’s 50 walks around Gloucestershire as my guide. The AA guide described the area around Painswick including the Washpool Valley as having extensive views and a difficult walk due to the hills so good for exercise and photography hopefully.
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Around the River Avon Eckington
Another wet and cloudy weekend for late January with few breaks. Checking the BBC weather for around Pershore in Worcestershire there was a break of about 3 to 4 hours early Sunday morning around sunrise so decided to use this gap in the weather to do a local walk along the river Avon and Eckington starting at the old Eckington Bridge.
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Cleeve Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Ideally at the weekend when I am working in a new location on the Saturday like to explore a new town or city and the Sunday do a long walk in the countryside somewhere. This Saturday I wanted to explore Cheltenham town and then take a detour and do a recon on top of the nearby Cleeve Hill.
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Snowshill Cotswold Gloucestershire
Its a cold and frosty January morning but bright sunshine with some mist and fog to clear is the forecast and I am heading out to the Cotswold villages of Snowshill, Stanway and Stanton in Gloucestershire for my weekend photo walk.
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Wye Valley Coppet Hill Symonds Yat
After the epic walk along the Malvern Hills I was told another fantastic area to visit was the Wye valley in Herefordshire, places like Symonds Yat and Coppet Hill both with great views for miles around.
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Dovers Hill Photo Walk Gloucestershire
This walk starts in the village of Chipping Campden supposed to be one of the most beautiful in the Cotswold. What attracted me to do this photo walk was the reported spectacular views westward atop of Dovers Hill over the vale of Eversham on the Cotswold escarpment.
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Best Month Landscape Photography 2016
This post is a compilation of the best landscape photos for each month taken in 2016. I started walking and landscape photography in March 2016 so I will be taking the best photo from each month beginning March. Think of it like a calendar.
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