13th January

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




1st – 2nd January

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.


18th December – 2nd January 2019

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







18th November

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


















24th – 27th August

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.





19th July

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.


15th July

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



9th – 16th July

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





22nd – 23rd June

 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.



15th – 17th June

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


15th June

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




26th May – 1st June

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


18th – 19th May

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.




4th – 6th May

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



20th – 22nd April

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.


15th April

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



9th – 10th April

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




26th – 27th March

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


16th – 19th 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


13th – 14th 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.





7th – 8th February

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



29th – 30th January

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


27th – 28th January

A second consecutive weekend at Globe Cottage in Weymouth on the motorcycle. This time, I went via Bahnstormer in Alton for a bit of work on the machine, then headed off via Selborne, Liss, Petersfield, South Harting, Havant, along the A27/M27 to the New Forest taking in Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst, Lymington and then Bournemouth, Sandbanks, Studland,… Continue reading 27th – 28th January


15th January

Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s feature on diving Studland Bay. Also, Amanda’s image of a blenny is used on the Grenada supplement.


12th – 14th January

A weekend at Globe Cottage in Weymouth on the motorcycle. A chance to catch up on various items, read, plan trips, write a bit of web content and so on. Took a different route home up the Piddle valley – Piddlehinton, Piddletrentide (great English names), Sturminster Newton and the back road to Shaftesbury.


12th – 14th January

A weekend at Globe Cottage in Weymouth. A chance to catch up on various items, read, plan trips, write a bit of web content and so on. Took a different route home up the Piddle valley – Piddlehinton, Piddletrentide (great English names), Sturminster Newton and the back road to Shaftesbury.




21st December – 2nd January 2018

A return to our beloved Bandos in the Maldives. Though suffering with the “fringes of colds”, we still managed to get plenty of dives done, with the highlight being a Guitar Shark on a “dusk dive” at the Stingray City site.



8th December

Jeremy’s Blue Sharks feature appears in Scuba Diver Magazine. Amanda’s Blenny image from Grenada also makes another appearance. Also, our 2018 Diving Dreams Calendar is given coverage.





24th – 26th November

A motorcycle ride to north Devon for a friend’s birthday. The route took in Bruton, Castle Cary, Somerton, Langport, Taunton, Milverton, Wiveliscombe, Bampton, Brendon Hills/Wheddon Cross, Dunster, Minehead, Porlock, Lynton/Lynmouth, Combe Martin, Ilfracombe, Combe Martin, Lynton/Lynmouth, Exford, Wheddon Cross, Taunton, Othery, Street, Somerton, Castle Cary, Bruton, Zeals and Mere.












29th October

A mixed day of organising, writing, sorting and shopping. The writing included web content, calendar captions and features. The shopping included purchasing a new long lens, predominantly to get into some wildlife photography.


17th – 24th October

A visit to the American Formula 1 Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. Flying into Houston and transferring to Austin by road, we had a couple of days to see a bit of Austin including the lively 6th Street, the “So Co” area, the Capitol Building, the Blanton Museum of Art, the Bullock Texas State History… Continue reading 17th – 24th October