The highlight of today's 'Hadrian' was the exciting chase along the beautiful valley of the river Tyne made possible because the road and railway run in parallel for many miles. Sometimes they are... (more)

The happy coincidence of weather, opportunity and luck has eluded me recently. Fortunately today saw a change in not only the weather but in my photographic fortunes. A cool and almost windless mo... (more)

The sound and the fury! This wonderful sight seemed to look so much better in monochrome. No locomotive looks as much so 'at home' as does Scots Guardsman on the Settle & Carlisle route. This thun... (more)

The all-out assault on the Settle and Carlisle route's gradients produces some dramatic exhaust from Union of South Africa, cloaking the equally dramatic Yorkshire Dales landscape. This photograph... (more)

Photographs of the famed Settle and Carlisle route seldom feature Settle itself. Castleberg rock, a crag set 300ft above this ancient Yorkshire market town gives offers a wonderful panorama across... (more)

Photographs of the famed Settle and Carlisle route seldom feature Settle itself. Castleberg rock, a crag set 300ft above this ancient Yorkshire market town offers a wonderful panorama across the r... (more)