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Was supposed to be in Brighton, to dive the piers, but aborted due to weather.

A solo overnighter in London, to see the composer Maria Schneider conduct an ensemble at Ronnie Scott’s. A rode the most direct routes to and from.

My much-anticipated solo motorcycle tour in Europe. The route started with a ride through the South Downs and into Kent including Battle, Rye and Romney Marsh, overnight in Folkestone. Then, an early Channel Tunnel to Calais and a long ride to Luxembourg taking into Lille, Valenciennes, the Ardenne in Belgium and Luxembourg. Next was a… Continue reading 11th – 28th June

A great night of psychedelia at the Shepherd’s Bush O2, with Steve Hillage. A good catch up with some old mates.

A bike service and health check at Alton, ready for my Alpine trip

A “Jeremy and Amanda planning weekend” at Sandbanks.

A special “20th Wedding Anniversary” stay at the iconic Burgh Island Hotel in South Devon. Great weather, great weekend.

An evening in Bristol, to see the excellent Kamasi Washington.

An overnighter in London to catch the Buddy Rich Big Band at Ronnie Scott’s. No detours this time with the riding.

Two consecutive nights at Ronnie Scott’s, seeing jazz greats Gilad Hekselman and Al Di Meola. A chance to plan my summer motorcycle trips to Europe. A different riding route home that took in north London before heading to Alton. After that, homeward bound.

Attending Zac;’s regional BSKC karting semi-final at Thruxton on the bike, then off to London.

In London, attending an excellent Dead Can Dance concert at the Hammersmith Apollo.

A visit to Plymouth on the two wheels, staying at a great apartment at the Barbican. A chance to unwind and write some features – Montserrat, Red Sea Overview and the Lembeh Strait. On the “home” day, a ride into Cornwall and the west and southern fringes of Dartmoor. I also called into Totnes to… Continue reading 18th – 22nd April

A visit to Rome in Italy, to include a visit to the Formula E race. Took in other things whilst in Rome, including a visit to the Vatican. A chance for some photography.

A business trip to Valencia in Spain.

Return from Portugal, and then the train to Bournemouth for a night with Amanda (using a voucher a friend had bought us).

An unexpected visit to the Algarve in Portugal after my brother was hospitalised there. I flew from Stansted to Faro and stayed in Portimao.

An overnighter in London with Amanda to see Nils Petter Molvaer perform “Nordub” with Sly & Robbie. We both enjoyed it.

A visit to Birmingham, for the Butterfly Recorders Annual Meeting. I travelled up on two wheels, up the Fosseway to Birmingham. Saturday was the event, which I enjoyed and found interesting followed by a late afternoon walk around central Birmingham. Sunday was a ride up into the Derbyshire Dales and across the Staffordshire Moors, reaching… Continue reading 29th – 31st March

A great weekend at the Bristol Jazz & Blues festival. I went there on two wheels, on what turned out to be a nice spring weekend. Saw some interesting music – Soft Machine, Matthew Bourne & Kit Downes and Huw Warren. The ride home was over the Clifton Suspension Bridge and over the Mendips.

A weekend in London, to celebrate our birthdays (including a significant one for Amanda) at Hutong on the Shard. The following night we enjoyed seeing Roy Harper perform at the Palladium.

A birthday visit to the Bath Spa. A nice interlude on a busy life!

A visit to the RSPB’s Greylake Reserve, on the Somerset Levels.

At the Ricoh Arena outside Coventry. On the Saturday, Jeremy presented images centred around “Diving Off The Grid”

Completing my “Go Diving” presentation.

 Scuba Diver Magazine publish Jeremy’s Ustica and Aggressor Fleet Family Week features

 A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) at Patchway, north Bristol.

Stayed in London, to see Lisa Fischer at Ronnie Scott’s. Stunning gig. The riding route out of London was via Whitehall, Westminster, Victoria, Belgravia, Sloane Square, Chelsea over the bridge & along to Richmond, then Twickenham.

 Met Amanda across London for a business event, held at the historic Tobacco Dock.

An overnighter in London to catch Jim Mullen at Ronnie Scott’s. Rode into London the most direct way (A303/M3).

Working on my “Go Diving” presentation.

An evening visit to Bournemouth (well, Boscombe), to see The Streets perform at the 02.

Working sporadically on my “Go Diving” presentation.

Working sporadically on my “Go Diving” presentation.

Scuba Diver Magazine publish two of Jeremy’s features – the Socorro Islands and Bouley Bay (Jersey).

A blustery walk up the Caen Hill Locks on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes. Late afternoon doing a bit of image sorting.

Completing an Aggressor Fleet feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.

An early New Year visit to London to catch versatile drummer Jeremy Stacey’s Steely Dan Big Band Project, the Royal Scammers.

New Year in Singapore, en route back from diving the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi. A great firework display but we were glad when it was over, knackered from our diving.

A long awaited return visit to the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, staying at the Kunkungan Bay Resort. Very enjoyable “muck diving” and some “bucket list” sightings including Blue Ringed Octopus and the Bobbitt Worm. Plenty of macro photography opportunities. We topped and tailed with stopovers in Singapore, including New Year’s Eve on the return… Continue reading 18th December – 2nd January 2019

 A visit to Munich in Germany, for a surprise birthday visit for a friend

Again in London, this time to see Mike Stern perform with his band at Ronnie Scott’s.

An overnighter in London to see Jazzmeia Horn perform at Ronnie Scott’s.

A solo visit to Bristol, to see harpist Mary Lattimore perform at Rough Trade.

A London visit with Amanda to see Gary Numan perform at the Albert Hall.

A visit to London to see Bill Frisell perform at the Cadogan Hall near Sloane Square, as part of the London Jazz Festival.

An evening in Bristol, to see Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita perform at St.Georges.

A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) at Patchway, north Bristol.

A night in London, to see King Crimson perform at the Palladium

Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s feature on diving Bournemouth Pier.

A trip to the South Downs with Amanda, to see Toyah play at Trading Boundaries.

Catching up on some writing at home.

A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) at Patchway, north Bristol.

Working with Darren at Impact Design on our new “Diving Dreams 2019” calendar.

Compiling our next “Diving Dreams” calendar.

Working on the Jersey Bouley Bay feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.

 An evening visit to Bristol to see Jose Gonzalez & String Theory – excellent show

Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s “A Boy’s Diving Story – Part Four”.

A biking weekend, taking in the Essex Coast, with a bit of Suffolk as well. Great weather all weekend; the first night was at Thurrock, and the second night just outside Aldeburgh. Not a flowing ride, but enjoyable – taking in many new places. On the ride back west, I took in Lavenham and some… Continue reading 14th – 16th September

An overnighter in London with Amanda, to see jazz guitarist Wayne Krantz perform at Ronnie Scott’s.

A visit to Penzance for one of Charles Hood’s Blue Shark trips. Sadly, the weather meant we didn’t go out.

 Writing and image sorting for my Ustica and Bouley Bay features for Scuba Diver Magazine.

A Bank Holiday trip to the Lake District, based at Wasdale Head. On the 25th, Jeremy and Zac would “do” Scafell Pike. It was the only nice day of weather that weekend.

A trip over to Jersey to dive Bouley Bay with locally based friend and underwater photographer Kirk Truscott.

Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s “A Boy’s Diving Story – Part Three”.

A long awaited trip to the Sicilian island of Ustica, via Palermo. Fabulous weather and a great experience in Ustica, with some of the best diving in the Mediterranean. Really enjoyed diving with the Blue Diving Ustica team – really friendly and welcoming. After Ustica, an overnight at the popular Mondello Beach, with a great… Continue reading 29th July – 11th August

Scuba Diver Magazine uses a Blue Shark image supplied by Jeremy to illustrate a story on a Blue Shark sighting at St.Ives in Cornwall.

Scuba Diver Magazine (Asia Pacific edition) publishes Jeremy’s Great Barrier Reef overview. Jeremy is also honoured to get the coveted “Cover Shot”.

Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s “A Boy’s Diving Story – Part Two”.

A long imagined “circuit of Ireland” motorcycle tour, starting and finishing in Rosslare. Prior to catching the ferry across from Fishguard in West Wales, I “completed” what I called the “Bristol Channel Coast” – the remaining section I hadn’t had time to do back in June – from The Mumbles to Fishguard. The circuit of… Continue reading 9th – 16th July

Our annual pilgrimage to the British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit.

 Writing and image sorting for my Bournemouth Pier feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.

A night in Northampton before Zac’s BSKC Karting final.

 A visit to Bournemouth to dive Bournemouth Pier. It turned out to a great couple of dives and the subject of a future feature for Scuba Diver Magazine – for the “Above 18 Metres” series.

 A London visit, to see David Byrne perform at the Hammersmith Apollo – excellent gig.

A (rather ambitious) weekend to “ride the Bristol Channel coast” from The Mumbles to Land’s End. On the 15th, it was a ride up to The Mumbles, near Swansea from where the ride would commence on the following morning. The aim of the day was to ride from the Mumbles to Clovelly in Devon taking… Continue reading 15th – 17th June

Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s features on Swanage Pier, the Great Barrier Reef and “A Boy’s Diving Story – Part 1”.

 A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) in Bristol, this time on two wheels.

Writing and image sorting for my Kimmeridge feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.

An overnighter in London, getting in a Ronnie Scott’s visit to see Nicola Conte and his band (enjoyed it). On the evening of the 27th, we would head to Euston station to board the “Caledonian” sleeper train to Fort William in Scotland (great journey, fantastic to wake up to the scenery of the western highlands).… Continue reading 26th May – 1st June

An overnighter and a day’s diving at the secluded Kimmeridge Bay (a marine reserve area) with dive buddy Micah Newman. The conditions were favourable and calm. It would be the subject of a future Scuba Diver Magazine feature for the “Above 18 Metres” series.

Writing and image sorting for my Swanage feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.

A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) at Patchway, North Bristol.

A diving weekend in Swanage. Excellent conditions under the pier and the subject of an upcoming “Above 18 Metres” feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.

A weekend in Bristol, with two shows in the avant garde realm. The first show, on the Friday was Evan Parker’s “Trance Map”, and on Saturday it was Moritz Von Oswald’s “avant-electronica” supported by Eric Cheneaux.

Scuba Diver Magazine (both the UK and Asia Pacific editions) publishes Jeremy’s feature on Bali – from Tulamben and Nusa Penida.

A stint of feature writing at home.

A rare chance to catch James Blood Ulmer at Ronnie Scotts – mixtures of free jazz and blues among other influences. I went on two wheels – again in wet conditions. Route was Salisbury Plain, across the Pewsey Downs to Marlborough, then Hungerford and the M4 into London. Home route was the most direct –… Continue reading 9th – 10th April

– Setting off for an Easter weekend in York. Amanda and Zac would travel up on the train, and I’d go a day early on the motorcycle. Had a long, somewhat dangerous ride in poor, wet conditions to reach Ely (with much relief). My route was along the northern fringe of Salisbury Plain, Berkshire and… Continue reading 29th March – 2nd April

A night out in Bristol, to see Calexico (great show).

Another London visit, this time to see Steve Gadd (legendary jazz drummer) perform with his band at Ronnie Scotts. This time, I was with an old friend Mark Hewitt, who grew up in the same Wiltshire village as me (Corsley). The biking route was via Alton (to Bahnstormer) to sort out a worrying problem with… Continue reading 26th – 27th March

A long week of gigs. Friday in Bristol with Amanda seeing Arun Ghosh as part of the Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival (very uplifting gig full of positive energy). On the Saturday, it was off on the bike in sub-zero temperatures and some snow across the South Downs to stay in Uckfield – the gig… Continue reading 16th – 19th March

A train trip and overnighter in Durham. The reason was to attend court for a speeding offence picked up the previous September whilst on my motorcycle explorations of the North East. I received a hefty fine, but avoided a ban. The upside was the train journey’s and the stay in Durham.

A Nikon “1 to 1” course in central London with Neil Freeman.

An overnighter in Birmingham to take our son Zac to see one of his favourite bands (at that time!), Imagine Dragons.

A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) at Patchway, North Bristol.

Another overnighter in London, this time to see the excellent Graviton led by Andrew McCormack at Ronnie Scotts. A good chance also to catch up with old friend, Steve Larder who I’d not seen in a while. Motorcycling route was A303/M3, then a slightly different route from there via Hampton, Kingston, Richmond, Hammersmith, Thames Bank,… Continue reading 7th – 8th February

An overnighter in London, to see the experimental Norwegian jazz trumpeter and his band at Ronnie Scotts.

A convoluted ride into London, via Salisbury Plain, Salisbury, Stockbridge and Winchester. Then a stint on the A272 to Petersfield, then Bordon, Farnham, Guildford and into London past Chelsea, the former Battersea Power Station and Wandsworth, Millbank, Westminster and Covent Garden. Evening spent at Ronnie Scotts seeing jazz guitarist Larry Carlton with underwater photographer friend… Continue reading 29th – 30th January