Author Archives: Don Bishop

My latest photographic charters were held at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway using the recently overhauled LNWR ‘Coal Tank’, numbered as No. 58926 and in plain BR Black livery as it appeared in the 1950′s. The engine has been … Continue reading →

After a number of years when engineering work had prevented the Settle to Carlisle line being used for steam excursions during the winter months, the completion of these works has allowed mainline steam to again be scheduled on Saturday’s throughout … Continue reading →

Just one and half hours from home lies the wonderful Jurassic Coast which stretches from Swanage in Dorset to Exmouth in Devon, it includes a whole host of wonderful locations to practice the art of landscape photography. I use this stretch of … Continue reading →

The “Brit’ on the goods” charter ran as planned on Tuesday 17th January, this was despite rather poor support for this event but thanks to Russ Hillier who managed to help the charter to run due to good support for his … Continue reading →

Another visit to the wonderful Northumberland coast in October this year as part of a 9 day tour of Northern England in the motorhome paid off quite handsomely with some nice images of Dunstanburgh from both the Embleton and Craster … Continue reading →

Two days of photo charters I ran on Yorkshire’s Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on 21st & 22nd September 2011 proved quiet successful light wise. Originally intended to be a day with Ivatt tank No. 41241 on two coaches and a … Continue reading →

A recent trip to North Wales, based in Criccieth, mainly for family reasons also gave me the opportunity to get some fresh shots of the Snowdonia National Park area. However the rather changeable weather continued, as it has done for … Continue reading →

Lilstock is a little known beach made up of rocks and boulders on the West Somerset coast just west of the Hinckley Point nuclear power station near Bridgwater. There were once old jetties here but nowadays very little remains except … Continue reading →

During what has been a particularly busy summer season of craft fairs and shows for us I have not been able to get out with my camera as much as I would like – where have we all heard that … Continue reading →

An image inspired by the stunning one that was entered into “Take A View – Landscape Photographer of the year” by Anthony Spencer last year. Having researched the location and contacted the farm and asked permission to visit outside of … Continue reading →