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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

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

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

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.

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.

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

 A happy New Year and return from our Christmas trip to Bandos in the Maldives.

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.

A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group in Bristol.

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.

The British Society Of Underwater Photographers (BSOUP) publish details of our 2018 Diving Dreams Calendar.

Compiling & sending images to the Nautilus Project, based in Gibraltar.

Completing the Bali feature for Scuba Diver magazine.

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.

new Diving Dreams 2018 Calendars arrive from the printers.

An overnighter in London.

Scuba Diver Magazine features our Diving Dreams 2018 Calendar on their website.

A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group in Bristol.

Sporadic bouts of feature writing.

Jeremy’s Turks & Caicos feature appears in Scuba Diver Magazine. Amanda’s Blenny image from Grenada also appears.

Feature writing for Scuba Diver – Studland Bay & Bali.

An overnight stay in London.

A whistlestop trip to stay a night in Birmingham.

Feature writing and collating – Studland Bay & Bali.

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.

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

One of Amanda’s images is used in a Scuba Diver Magazine Grenada advertisement.

A visit to Langford Lakes, a nature reserve operated by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.

A flying visit to London, staying in the Covent Garden area, with an evening visit to Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club.

A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group in Bristol.

Some magazine writing, mainly completing the Blue Sharks feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.

A weekend in London, staying in the North Greenwich area (with views towards Canary Wharf), including visits to Greenwich “village” and central London. A chance for a few “grab shots”.

Working on a Turks & Caicos Islands dive feature for Scuba Diver UK magazine.

Collating & typing up notes on the Blue Shark trip, and motorcycling in the North East and Pennines.

quick overnighter to London, staying in the Covent Garden area.

Jeremy’s Bouley Bay image makes the cover of Jersey’s Trinity Tattler magazine. Other pictures were also published inside.

Writing three features for Scuba Diver Magazine – Studland in the UK, Blue Sharks in Cornwall and Bali.

Scuba Diver Magazine arrives, featuring two of Jeremy’s articles – Hawaii’s Kona Coast and Babbacombe in the UK. Also, Amanda’s Blenny image illustrates a Grenada feature.

– A motorcycle odyssey to the North East, southern Scotland and the Pennines on the new R1200 GS Adventure. Overnight stays at Oakham (next to Rutland Water), Staithes, Eyemouth, Hawes and Matlock. A huge number of places passed through, seen & visited – including Alton, Newbury, Basingstoke, Wantage, Witney, Chipping Norton, Banbury, Daventry, Lutterworth, Market… Continue reading 6th – 11th September

First service for the new BMW GS1200 Adventure Te at Bahnstormer in Alton & ready for a few days of motorcycling.

An afternoon ride on the new machine – a rough loop to get some mileage ahead of the first service. The journey took me via Frome, Shepton Mallet, Somerton, Langport, Taunton, Exeter, Honiton, Axminster, Chard, Crewkerne and back up the “303”.

A visit Penzance in Cornwall for another Blue Shark trip with Charles Hood. This time there was no seasickness & we enjoyed a good day. The “vibe” was different this time – less sharks (we think) than the previous year, but a very good encounter with a larger specimen later in the day. Everyone was… Continue reading 1st – 3rd September

Collecting my new BMW GS1200 Adventure Te from Bahnstormer in Alton. I then went on a “bonding” ride to get familiar with the new steed, taking in Alton, Hindhead, Haslemere, Godalming, Petworth and Chichester. Then onto the south coast road heading east across the top of Portsmouth and Southampton and into the New Forest across… Continue reading 1st September

A visit to the Blashford Lakes nature reserve between Fordingbridge and Ringwood. A place to return to, we decided.

Getting straight from the Bali trip and packing for the “Blue Sharks” trip to Penzance in Cornwall.

Assisting Scuba Diver Magazine with some images, including a Grenada supplement.

An excellent summer trip to Bali and Singapore. After journeying straight out to Bali, the serenity of the Scuba Seraya Dive Resort at Tulamben was just what we needed. We had a great stay here, with plenty of great diving and enjoyable photography with our guide Paing, who was excellent. The highlight was a Mimic… Continue reading 30th July – 18th August

After 11 years of riding my BMW R1200 GS Adventure, it’s time to replace it with a newer version of the same bike, which I’ve ordered from Bahnstormer in Alton.

Our 2nd Subal D7200 housing arrives. Our upgrade from the D200 is now complete!

3rd Nikon D7200 arrives.

Sporadically working on two features (Babbacombe in Devon and the Kona Coast of Hawaii!) for the Scuba Diver UK magazine, set up by former Sport Diver editor Mark Evans.

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

A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group in Bristol.

An overnight in Twickenham, London.

A visit to Cameras Underwater in Ottery St Mary (Devon), to sort out our second Subal D7200 housing.

A visit to Stonar School, for a pool session with the D7200.

The first of what I hope will be a regular pool session routine at Stonar School – I took along some plastic flowers and an eel!

Our Subal 40mm port arrives from Cameras Underwater.

A weekend in London staying at the bustling Camden Lock.

A weekend in Dorset, staying at a campsite near Corfe. The purpose of the weekend was to try some dives in Studland Bay. They were the shallowest dives ever! It also coincided with a heatwave, so it was crazily busy, and also quite weird to be kitting up and entering/exiting the water amongst throngs of… Continue reading 16th – 18th June

A visit to Alton Towers (staying in nearby Alton) and the Wedgewood Factory where Amanda had a go at some pottery. A bit of contrast this weekend! I took the camera but didn’t use it much.

Exploring some little known (to me) areas of the South Downs & Kent by motorcycle. Heading out over Salisbury Plain, the outward ride took in Stockbridge, Winchester, Petersfield, Haslemere, Petworth, Wisborough Green (a tea stop!), Billingshurst, Cowfold, Haywards Heath, Uckfield, Crowborough, Wadhurst, Ticehurst, Tenterden, Ashford and Canterbury (my base for the weekend). On the Saturday,… Continue reading 2nd – 4th June

A visit to the curious British “enclave” of Gibraltar. On the flight out, some sea fog meant that we were diverted to Malaga in Spain, so we lost a few hours, but at least we got there – other flights that weekend were cancelled. Once there, we had a nice stay, wandering through the town… Continue reading 26th – 29th May

A short try out of the new 40mm macro lens at Cotley Hill SSSI, with images of Marsh Fritillary and Brown Argus. Later, a quick rideout on the R1200 Adventure around the edges of Salisbury Plain.

A bit of sorting out of kit, cameras & notes – for the website, for features and for the next diving trip to Studland in June.

A weekend diving at the “cuttlefish hotspot” of Babbacombe Bay near Torquay in Devon. Though we missed the “peak” of the cuttlefish season (possibly by 2-3 weeks – it’s not an exact science!), we enjoyed good conditions. A nice weekend to start the season.

A stay (in a Shepherds Hit) at the excellent Elmley National Nature Reserve on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Though very cold for the time of year, we enjoyed a long walk to the Spit End Hide and over the course of the weekend, ticked off some great wildlife sightings – mostly birds. We… Continue reading 5th – 7th May

A “non motorway” motorcycle road to London, taking in the Salisbury Plain areas of Chitterne, Tilshead, Orcheston, Shrewton, Larkhill, Durrington, Bulford and Tidworth, then onto Ludgershall (a place I don’t remember ever visiting – done it now), Andover, Whitchurch, Overton, Basingstoke, Hook, Hartley Wintney (I remembered once getting very drunk with some friends in the… Continue reading 1st – 2nd May

A visit to the Thruxton Kart Circuit to watch Zac compete in the schools karting event. He won a race, which was great, though it was a pity that his team missed the national finals by 1 place overall.

Various preparation, battery/strobe charging and some packing for upcoming “things” – namely London by motorcycle, Elmley Nature Reserve and diving at Babbacombe.

A weekend in Brighton, staying at the music themed Pelirocco Hotel. The reason is a friend’s significant birthday! On the Saturday, a chance for some “street photography”.

– 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!