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Lake District Winter Break | Crompton House, Windermere || Personal

stuartjames — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:42:49 +0000

Having a few days clear in our diaries before I had two pre-Christmas weddings me and Beki decided to grab a few days away together.
We’d already planned to go up to the Lakes for a few days to see our friends Ed and Sue at Crompton House, but before we headed north we decided to go to Bridgnorth for a couple of days. I found us a great little pub with characterful accomodation online and when we got there we were very happy to see it was at least as good as it had looked!
Beki wasn’t feeling too well unfortunately when we were walking around Ironbridge but some fresh air, and good food later on where we were staying helped her feel better :o)

On our walk we managed to grab a sweet shot of the unqiue bridge at Ironbridge, not the famous one – the one further along the road by Jackfield:

After a great day and night in Ironbridge we packed the bags back in the car and headed for the Lakes.
When we got there it was strange to see Windermere so incredibly quiet. It seems the bad-news that was spread following the floods in Cockermouth has really hit everyone hard, and if things continue as slow as they were when we were up there it could be a hard few months for everyone…

We had a great time however and made the most of our time up there. It’s greta to get back up to the lakes and see friends, and we were also able to meet up with two of our awesome photography friends, Laura and Pete Lawson of Lawson Photography based in Bolton. They came up and met us for lunch and did a little photo shoot in the last 10 minutes of light by Windermere lake. We cannot wait to see the photos that they’ve done for us and we will definitely be sharing them as soon as we see them :o)

For now however here are a few shots from whilst we were up there:

It was rather wet and misty atop of Orrest Head!

I love this view of Coniston is stunning!

sj.p

A short winters break in Great Yarmouth || Personal

stuartjames — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:02:56 +0000

Me and Beki have just got back from a couple of days away in Great Yarmouth – maybe not the perfect time of year to go but it was just so nice to have a break away together after how manic it’s been!!

We had a great time and although the area isn’t one we’ll rush back to, prefering our beloved Lake District!!!, it was great to see a different part of the UK.

We also had a chance to have a play with the Canon 5DmarkII whilst we were away and a little bit of off-camera-flash too. Beki really enjoyed having a play and I think she’ll be coming with me next year on the weddings as much as possible…

Here are our holiday snaps – hope you enjoy!

sj.p

Lake District Holiday | Crompton House, Windermere || Personal

stuartjames — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:14:47 +0000

I always like to make the most of any free time I can get so when me and Beki had four free days this week we jumped at the chance to get up to visit my friends in Bowness-on-Windermere and stay in their B&B with them for a few days.
Whilst we were up there we went out for a few walks including a great walk from Coniston. There was one problem when we were on the walk – it was typical Lakeland weather and we started to get soaked. This would normally not have been a problem as I usually have a waterproof with me when I walk – however, Beki didn’t so being a gent I passed it over to her and as you can see on the 9th image I think she appreciated it :o)

Hope you enjoy looking through our holiday snaps!!

I really do love the lakes and nothing makes me happier than being able to spend time up there! It is definitely somewhere I’d like to live in years to come…

sj.p