Scout Scar Surprise
It seemed a little incongruous, ethereal even, to be walking out of Kendal early in the...
A Pint for the Fells
“Fancy a pint?” The landlord, without waiting for an answer fills the glass. It helps you know – someone shouts, above the cackle of wet and weary walkers that now fill the pub – to repair the paths on the fells. I didn’t know, but I did notice a sign on the pump in front of me, ‘Fix the Fells, 10p donation from every pint of Old Man’.
Eclipsed over Langdale
Lake District, Cumbria. — For a year I photographed the sun travelling along the horizon from the same viewpoint. I watched it set at different places on the Lake District mountains. Its zenith, at the height of summer, is the Langdale Pikes. These mountains are the focus of my article.
Cossack, Snooker and Bridge
“I say,” came the unexpected remark as we sat around the poolside in Malta. “I say, you there. Seen any Ruskies around here, have you?” Granted, it was not the kind of question you would expect in the middle of the day, relaxing after lunch. Lifting the hat of my...
Sex in the Afternoon
Paul Hunter’s revelation about spending a sexy afternoon with girlfriend Lindsey Fell became the stuff of legend, and turned the 2001 Benson & Hedges Masters snooker final into an iconic news story.