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– A visit to the volcanic Caribbean Island of Montserrat, via the nearby “hub” island of Antigua. On Montserrat, we stayed at the magically peaceful Gingerbread Hill, with elevated views over the Caribbean towards Redonda (a volcanic remnant) and Nevis in the further distance. Whilst on the island, we visited the volcanic “exclusion zone” and… Continue reading 7th – 21st April

Packing for Montserrat & working sporadically on the website.

 A weekend visit to Bristol.

– Motorcycling and exploring in Devon, Dorset and Somerset (mostly in Devon!). I stayed for two nights at the excellent Hope Cove near Salcombe and on the Saturday took in Kingsbridge, Torcross, Slapton Sands, Dartmouth, Kingswear, Brixham, Paignton, Torquay, Babbacombe and the excellent RSPB reserve at Labrador Bay where I was able to see the… Continue reading 24th – 26th March

A flying visit (in both senses) to the Hungarian capital of Budapest – in beautiful spring weather. A chance for a bit of “street photography”.

An overnight stay in Bristol, followed by a quick visit to Weymouth to check out the painting of Globe Cottage.

A visit to the monthly Bristol Underwater Photography Group meeting.

Agreement with Darren at Impact Digital Design in Frome to create the new JA Universe website.

An overnight stay in London, for some jazz at Ronnie Scotts

A visit to the excellent Ham Wall RSPB reserve on the Somerset Levels, near Glastonbury. Not much photography, but we were lucky to see two Bitterns!

Spring is in the air! A 75 mile circuit on the R1200 GS, around the edge of Salisbury Plain taking in Westbury White Horse, Erlestoke, Devizes, Avebury, Marlborough, Pewsey, Upavon, Larkhill and Tilshead.

A weekend at the coast staying in Bournemouth. A chance for some fresh air and photography, mainly concentrating on a few ideas concerned with depth of field.

A visit to the Garston Wood RSPB Reserve, and a quick check out of the Martin Down National Nature Reserve to look for the first emergence of adders (though it was warm enough, I didn’t see any – probably too late in the day). A chance for a bit of photography, but mostly I looked… Continue reading 18th February

A chilly visit to the Wareham Forest, especially in the Morden Bog National Nature Reserve area. A chance for a bit of photography.

An overnight stay in Bristol, close to the Park Street area. Interesting gig at the IMAX (Factory Floor & Not Waving) and a bit of time in the Park Street area.

A good conversation about possible contributions to former Sport Diver editor Mark Evan’s new magazine, Scuba Diver.

An overnight stay in the Greenwich area of London, close to the 02 Arena.

A stay at Pinewood Lodge in Bournemouth combined with an underwater photography day with Martin Edge. More photography on the Sunday at Studland.

Completing a new supplement of underwater and dive lifestyle images called “Shots”.

One of Jeremy’s Cover Shots makes the “cover shot montage” of what (out of the blue) turns out to be the very last Sport Diver Magazine.

A flying visit to Weymouth to sort out a few more items at Globe Cottage.

A visit Weymouth to sort out a few things at Globe Cottage for the new season. A chance to visit the nearby Radipole RSPB reserve.

A visit to the excellent Grenada for Christmas – plenty of diving with the friendly Dive Grenada team including the Underwater Sculpture Park and the Bianca C

Sport Diver Magazine feature our “Diving Dreams 2017 Calendar”.

A visit to the monthly Bristol Underwater Photography Group meeting

UWP Magazine feature our “Diving Dreams 2017 Calendar”.

BSOUP feature our “Diving Dreams 2017 Calendar” on their website

A night at Birmingham’s NEC.

Sport Diver use Jeremy’s images from Cod Hole in Australia.

An overnight stay at Wembley in London.

A weekend in London, based out of Hammersmith.

 A visit to Stratford On Avon and the Birmingham Dive Show.

Writing captions for our new “Diving Dreams 2017 Calendar”.

A visit to the monthly Bristol Underwater Photography Group meeting

A visit to the monthly Bristol Underwater Photography Group meeting.

 A weekend in London including a reptile handling session near Greenwich.

A stay in Kensington, London.

An excellent motorcycling weekend to Snowdonia based at Llandudno. Places visited included Chepstow, Lydney, Cinderford, Ross On Wye, Ledbury, Malvern, Worcester, Bewdley, the Wyre Forest, Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock, Ironbridge, Oswestry, Llangollen, Ruthin, Denbigh, Rhyl, Llandudno, Great Orme Head, Conwy, Llanfairfechan, Bangor, Beaumaris, LLanwrst, Bets-y Coed, Llanberis, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Bala, Welshpool, Bishops Castle, Craven Arms, Hereford… Continue reading 16th – 18th September

A visit to the monthly Bristol Underwater Photography Group meeting.

A visit to Penzance in search of Blue Sharks with Charles Hood. We found them but it was quite vomit inducing!

A fantastic trip to Hawaii, California and Mexico – initially staying at Kona, followed by a week on the Kona Aggressor liveaboard for some excellent dives. Later, we visited the Volcanoes National Park staying at the stunning Hale Hapu’u in the rainforest. After the Volcanoes, we returned to Kona prior to flying back to Los… Continue reading 24th July – 29th August

Our 2nd Nikon D7200 arrives.

Sport Diver publish Jeremy’s Bali feature.

A weekend at the British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone.

A weekend in London.

A visit to Penzance in Cornwall to seek the summer visiting Basking Sharks with Charles Hood. Despite a good day in which to search of these leviathans, we were unlucky, though we did get to swim with the seals off Land’s End. Whilst in Penzance, we stayed at the excellent Artist’s Residence and enjoyed the… Continue reading 24th  – 26th June

An overnighter in London.

An overnight stay at Westonbirt.

A visit to Cameras Underwater to collect a new Subal D7200 housing & port.

A weekend by motorcycle in the “town of books” Hay On Wye.

A couple of nights in the New Forest and a visit to the Isle of Wight.

A weekend in London including a Nikon D7200 course.

A night in Bristol.

An overnight stay in London.

A weekend in Manchester by motorcycle taking in the Cotswolds, Stroud, Cheltenham, Birmingham, Stoke On Trent, Leek, Buxton and Stockport.

A motorcycling weekend based out of Brighton visiting Bognor Regis, Middleton On Sea, Littlehampton, Worthing, Hove, Newhaven, Seaford, Beachy Head, Eastbourne, Pevensey, Bexhill, Hastings, Rye, Romney Marsh (inc Lydd & Dymchurch), Hythe, Tenterden, Goudhurst, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Forest Row, Ashdown Forest, Billingshurst, Petworth, Midhurst & Petersfield.

Purchased a new flashgun, a Nikon SB5000.

A visit to Pisa in Italy, with a great day trip to Florence.

A visit to Sidmouth in Devon.

Purchased a new Nikon D7200 camera.

 An overnight stay in London.

A weekend in London including a visit to the London International Dive Show. 

Amanda has an overnight stay for an operation on her knees.

A first time visit to the fantastically named Westward Ho!

Return from Bandos!

A Christmas visit to one of our favourites places – Bandos in the Maldives.

Sport Diver Magazine feature our “Diving Dreams 2016 Calendar”.

UWP Magazine feature our “Diving Dreams 2016 Calendar”.

BSOUP feature our “Diving Dreams 2016 Calendar” on their website.

A visit to the London for the Race of Champions.

An overnighter in Hammersmith, London.

A great motorcycle ride up and down the Pennines staying at Bakewell and Aysgarth Falls. Places visited include Burton on Trent, Ashbourne, Wirksworth, Snake Pass, Glossop, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Colne, Skipton, Malham Cove, Hawes, Leyburn, Grassington, Keighley, Saddleworth and Buxton.

A first time visit to Croyde in North Devon.

A visit to the Bath Spa.

A weekend at Brighton.

Working on “website stuff”.

Zac completes his PADI Junior Advanced Open Water with two dives at Vobster Quay

At visit to the Belgian Grand Prix and Spa Francorchamps, staying in the city of Liege.

A bumper image of Sport Diver from Jeremy’s perspective – a cover shot, a feature on taking underwater selfies, additional images of the SS Yongala wreck and a preview of Roots Dive Camp feature.

Completing my Blue Shark feature for Sport Diver magazine.

Reviewing “Shoot To Thrill” version 3 – looking good!

Reviewing a PDF version of our Roots Dive Camp feature.

Choosing images for our 2016 Diving Dreams Calendar.

Preparing a new UK diving supplement and brochure.

Beginning research for some 2016 travels, including Hawaii and Guadalupe in Mexico (for the Great White Shark encounters).

– A fantastic few days in Venice. A chance for plenty of Italian food, art galleries and photography.

Jeremy and Zac try an indoor skydive at Airkix in Basingstoke.

Sport Diver magazine previews Jeremy’s “Taking Underwater Selfies” feature.

A long weekend in St.Ives taking in the Tate Museum – a great town.

Back in Cornwall to look for Blue Sharks with Atlantic Divers, run out of Newquay. We lucked into good weather and got the sharks. A really good day.

Our annual pilgrimage to the British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone

Zac starts his PADI Junior Advanced Open Water course with Dives at Vobster Quay on the Saturday and the National Diving & Activity Centre at Chepstow.

Reviewing an updated proof of our new “Behind the Shot” supplement.

Sport Diver publish Jeremy’s Turks & Caicos Islands feature.

Based out of Penzance, we went out in search of Basking Sharks with locally based Shark expert Charles Hood. The “Baskers” hadn’t been seen in great number this year and we weren’t in luck on this occasion. We did, however, get a chance snorkel with a seal population just off Land’s End. On the “travel… Continue reading 19th – 21st June

A thoroughly enjoyable motorcycling trip around the coast of East Anglia. The trip started by a stopover in Guildford to get recall and an MOT on “the machine”. Once done, on the Friday afternoon, it was a ride from Guildford to Dunwich on the Suffolk Coast around the M25, under the Thames at Dartford and… Continue reading 12th – 14th June

Though started some time ago, we revisited some previous work – a supplement and brochure centred around our dive travels in Eastern Australia between 2007 and 2010. The new proof looks good.

A really good few days in the Finnish capital Helsinki. Lucky to experience mostly fine weather with visits to UNESCO World Heritage site Suomenlinna, the old Olympic Park and the Contemporary Art Museum among several other. An excellent small city and a chance for some photography.