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.
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3rd – 5th March
A “birthday” weekend in London taking in music, a meal at the Hutong restaurant at the Shard and general sightseeing.
24th – 26th February
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.
18th February
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
12th February
A chilly visit to the Wareham Forest, especially in the Morden Bog National Nature Reserve area. A chance for a bit of photography.
10th – 11th February
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.
7th February
A good conversation about possible contributions to former Sport Diver editor Mark Evan’s new magazine, Scuba Diver.
29th – 30th January
An overnight stay in the Greenwich area of London, close to the 02 Arena.
20th – 22nd January
A stay at Pinewood Lodge in Bournemouth combined with an underwater photography day with Martin Edge. More photography on the Sunday at Studland.
30th January
Completing a new supplement of underwater and dive lifestyle images called “Shots”.
16th January
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.
15th January
A flying visit to Weymouth to sort out a few more items at Globe Cottage.
10th January
A visit to the monthly Bristol Underwater Photography Group meeting.
6th – 8th January
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.
17th December – 1st January 2017
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
15th December
Sport Diver Magazine feature our “Diving Dreams 2017 Calendar”.
13th December
A visit to the monthly Bristol Underwater Photography Group meeting
12th December
UWP Magazine feature our “Diving Dreams 2017 Calendar”.
11th December
BSOUP feature our “Diving Dreams 2017 Calendar” on their website
10th – 11th December
A night at Birmingham’s NEC.
10th December
Sport Diver use Jeremy’s images from Cod Hole in Australia.
1st – 2nd December
An overnight stay at Wembley in London.
25th – 27th November
A weekend in London, based out of Hammersmith.
2nd – 23rd October
A visit to Stratford On Avon and the Birmingham Dive Show.
9th October
Writing captions for our new “Diving Dreams 2017 Calendar”.
8th November
A visit to the monthly Bristol Underwater Photography Group meeting
11th October
A visit to the monthly Bristol Underwater Photography Group meeting.
23rd – 25th September
A weekend in London including a reptile handling session near Greenwich.
21st – 22nd September
A stay in Kensington, London.
16th – 18th September
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
13th September
A visit to the monthly Bristol Underwater Photography Group meeting.
9th – 11th September
A visit to Penzance in search of Blue Sharks with Charles Hood. We found them but it was quite vomit inducing!
24th July – 29th August
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
15th July
Our 2nd Nikon D7200 arrives.
15th July
Sport Diver publish Jeremy’s Bali feature.
8th – 10th July
A weekend at the British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone.
1st – 3rd July
A weekend in London.
24th – 26th June
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
22nd – 23rd June
An overnighter in London.
17th – 18th June
An overnight stay at Westonbirt.
13th June
A visit to Cameras Underwater to collect a new Subal D7200 housing & port.
10th – 12th June
A weekend by motorcycle in the “town of books” Hay On Wye.
3rd – 5th June
A couple of nights in the New Forest and a visit to the Isle of Wight.
26th – 28th May
A weekend in London including a Nikon D7200 course.
14th – 15th May
A night in Bristol.
22nd – 23rd April
An overnight stay in London.
8th – 10th April
A weekend in Manchester by motorcycle taking in the Cotswolds, Stroud, Cheltenham, Birmingham, Stoke On Trent, Leek, Buxton and Stockport.
1st – 3rd April
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.
30th March
Purchased a new flashgun, a Nikon SB5000.
24th – 28th March
A visit to Pisa in Italy, with a great day trip to Florence.
12th- 13th March
A visit to Sidmouth in Devon.
4th March
Purchased a new Nikon D7200 camera.
29th February – 1st March
An overnight stay in London.
12th – 14th February
A weekend in London including a visit to the London International Dive Show.
26th – 27th
Amanda has an overnight stay for an operation on her knees.
22nd – 24th January
A first time visit to the fantastically named Westward Ho!
2nd January
Return from Bandos!
19th December – 2nd January 2016
A Christmas visit to one of our favourites places – Bandos in the Maldives.
15th December
Sport Diver Magazine feature our “Diving Dreams 2016 Calendar”.
12th December
UWP Magazine feature our “Diving Dreams 2016 Calendar”.
11th December
BSOUP feature our “Diving Dreams 2016 Calendar” on their website.
21st – 22nd November
A visit to the London for the Race of Champions.
23rd – 24th October
An overnighter in Hammersmith, London.
25th – 27th September
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.
16th – 18th September
A first time visit to Croyde in North Devon.
11th September
A visit to the Bath Spa.
5th – 6th September
A weekend at Brighton.
31st August
Working on “website stuff”.
29th August
Zac completes his PADI Junior Advanced Open Water with two dives at Vobster Quay
20th – 23rd August
At visit to the Belgian Grand Prix and Spa Francorchamps, staying in the city of Liege.
20th August
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.
9th August
Completing my Blue Shark feature for Sport Diver magazine.
7th August
Reviewing “Shoot To Thrill” version 3 – looking good!
6th August
Reviewing a PDF version of our Roots Dive Camp feature.
1st – 31st August
Choosing images for our 2016 Diving Dreams Calendar.
1st – 31st August
Preparing a new UK diving supplement and brochure.
1st – 31st August
Beginning research for some 2016 travels, including Hawaii and Guadalupe in Mexico (for the Great White Shark encounters).
29th July – 2nd August
– A fantastic few days in Venice. A chance for plenty of Italian food, art galleries and photography.
20th July
Jeremy and Zac try an indoor skydive at Airkix in Basingstoke.
20th July
Sport Diver magazine previews Jeremy’s “Taking Underwater Selfies” feature.
9th – 12th July
A long weekend in St.Ives taking in the Tate Museum – a great town.
9th July
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.
3rd – 5th July
Our annual pilgrimage to the British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone
27th – 28th June
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.
29th June
Reviewing an updated proof of our new “Behind the Shot” supplement.
20th June
Sport Diver publish Jeremy’s Turks & Caicos Islands feature.
19th – 21st June
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
12th – 14th 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
2nd 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.
25th – 31st May
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.
22nd – 24th May
A good weekend based out of Swanage in Dorset. On the Saturday, we attended one of the excellent Reptile Rambles at the RSPB’s Arne reserve (seeing Smooth Snake, Adder, Sand Lizard, Slow Worm and Common Lizard). On the Sunday, Jeremy and Zac enjoyed a couple of dives under Swanage Pier – not great visibility but… Continue reading 22nd – 24th May
20th May
Sport Diver magazine preview Jeremy’s upcoming Turks & Caicos Islands feature.
19th May
Working on a PDF feature based on my “Underwater Selfie” feature for Sport Diver.
16th – 17th May
A nice overnight stay in Oxford, with a archery, crossbow and air rifle shooting day on the Sunday (not my usual thing, but it had been bought for me)
11th May
An overnight stay in London, taking in a gig at the iconic Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club (this time the incredible Pat Martino).
8th – 10th May
An excellent motorcycling weekend Wales. The biking in earnest started in the Wye Valley, staying in Tintern on the Friday night. Saturday took in Monmouth, the back road to Abergavenny followed by the back road to Brecon in rain and showers. After that, the weather improved for the stint to Llandovery. After that, some brilliant… Continue reading 8th – 10th May
3rd May
Jeremy and Zac trek the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s sponsorship flagship the Sarsens Trail (the Neolithic marathon) from Avebury to Bulford near Stonehenge. It was a tough 26 mile walk in rain, sun and thunder and lightning. Jeremy later lost both big toe nails thanks to this!
25th – 26th April
Overnight stay in Bristol, taking in a concert and a pleasant few hours around the city.
18th April
Writing a Roots Dive Camp feature for Sport Diver magazine.
28th March – 7th April
A visit to the excellent Roots Dive Camp, near El Quseir on the Red Sea Coast. As well as enjoyable diving at sites around El Queseir and Safaga, we also squeezed in a visit to Luxor. Plenty of photographic opportunities.
