I took a walk on about the only dry morning of our holiday to the Isle of Harris. I found a lovely beach called little beach and timed my visit just as the sun was starting to hit the waves. It was a lovely, albeit cold, walk with some wonderful views.

A wee morning walk to the seashore the day after a storm saw the swell remain but mercifully no rain.

Having been to Kynance Cove a couple of years ago in truly horrible weather, it was nice to go back on our recent holiday and it be beautiful weather, again bringing its challenges to photography.

Lynsey very kindly let me off the leash for half an hour whilst she had a cream tea, and this is one of the images I captured.

Being on the west coast of Cornwall for last year’s holiday meant that sunsets were the most picturesque part of the day. Being on a family holiday made it difficult to disappear for any length of time around dinner and bed time. Luckily, Lyns saw me getting edgy when it looked like we were going to get our only sunset of the holiday and she very kindly offered to do James’ dinner and bed to allow me to go out.

I headed to Crantock Bay and ran up the dunes looking for a good spot and this is what I found. Can you spot the surfer who looked so at peace bobbing up and down on the waves?

An early morning rise saw me at Prussia Cove in time for sunrise. I had recently purchased a ten stop filter and this was my first opportunity, and actually last as well, to try it out. After scrambling over slippy rocks to get out from the bay, the tide was going out so no risk of getting cut off, this is what I ended with.

Lynsey was working and Nana and Grandad had offered to have James for the morning so I grabbed my camera and Jess, our cocker spaniel, and headed out to the Yorkshire Dales.

After a lovely walk from Malham Tarn down to Gordale Scar I found a lovely, albeit regularly photographed, spot. With Jess looking on in disgust, I waded in up to my shins and this my favourite picture from the ones I took.

For Lyns’ Christmas present a couple of years ago, I bought her an experience at The Yorkshire Wildlife Park to feed a giraffe as it is her favourite animal.

This is the cheeky chap that barged all the other giraffes out of the way to get at the nettles in Lyns’ hand.

Another beautiful animal captured whilst on holiday in Dartmoor. I had been out for a run early in the day and had seen a herd of ponies in the distance. After getting back, I headed out with my camera and this beautiful animal came out of the mist to see me.

We had a family holiday in Dartmoor last year and I went out for an early walk with my camera. I stumbled upon a herd of Highland Cows grazing away. I have always wanted to get a picture of one of these powerful animals.

Hopefully, someday, I can get a picture of one in Scotland

Lyns’ little sister had spent all day trying to dodge having her picture taken or pulling funny faces whenever I raised my camera towards her, a rather common reaction for members of my family.

It took most of the day, but when she was not looking I got this beautiful picture of her relaxed and watching what was going on.

On our holiday in Cornwall last year we visited Tintagel Castle. It was a wet and blustery day as we walked round the castle trying not to get blown off the huge cliffs.

After we had climbed down from the castle, we headed to the relative safety of the beach underneath. James had huge amounts of fun running in and out of the spray from the falls. He was in his element as it was the first time he had been this close to a waterfall.