I enjoy landscape photography and use many of my photos to illustrate my articles and some of my books. I have thousands of images available on the Alamy Photographic Agency website. Click on the logo below to see my work.
I’m a BBC WeatherWatcher, uploading photos most days. My BBC WeatherWatcher name is Snapper Simon, and hundreds of my images have been used on regional weather forecasts (usually my local region BBC Midlands Today), but also on national forecasts as part of the BBC’s One o’clock, Six o’clock, or Ten o’clock news broadcasts.
My Photos Used In National Press and Online Articles
06/06/25 – I Travelled Every Mile of Britain’s Coastline
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/i-travelled-every-mile-of-the-uk-coastline/
27/04/25 – What I Learned About Wales On This Untamed Trail by Kate Humble
https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/wales-travel/kate-humble-what-i-learnt-about-wales-on-this-untamed-trail-7lw3mwgxp
13/04/25 – Freezing the Lake District in Wordsworth’s Time Means We Miss Damage Done To It
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/13/freezing-the-lake-district-in-wordsworths-time-means-we-miss-damage-done-to-it
02/04/25 – Rayu:Hits Greatest Radio – First Minister Refuses To Offer Financial Help To Replace Kirkcudbright Bridge
https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/dumfries/news/first-minister-refuses-financial-help-replace-kirkcudbright-bridge/
02/03/25 – The Telegraph – The UK’s Ten Best Coastal Walks
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activity-and-adventure/the-uks-10-best-coastal-walks/?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first
30/12/24 – The Times -20 of the best winter walks for 2025 to start the New Year off Right
https://www.thetimes.com/article/a-good-walk-dorstone-merbach-hill-and-arthurs-stone-herefordshire-6fr9mp5qm
20/12/24 – LBC – Lake Windermere Tributary Stagnant From Sewage
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/lake-windermere-pollution-feargal-sharkey/
18/12/24 – RTE – 6 Places To Consider For Your Holidays in 2025
https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/travel/2024/1218/1487154-6-places-to-consider-for-your-holidays-in-2025/
20/11/24 – The Sun – Little-Known Seaside Town is the Ultimate Staycation Spot
https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/31833006/little-known-seaside-town-top-staycation-spot/
15/11/24 – Ramblers – Ten Places Down on the Farm
https://www.ramblers.org.uk/ten-places-down-farm
29/07/24 – The Times – This Town Tripled Council Tax on Second Homes: Here’s What Happened
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/pembroke-taxed-second-homes-an-extra-20-per-cent-heres-what-happened-85xwcdmpr
11/06/24 – The Times – 11 of the best Cycling Routes in the UK
https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/best-cycling-routes-in-the-uk-discover-the-country-on-two-wheels-djht7bfkw
03/03/24 – The Guardian Review – 12 of the Best UK Breaks To Celebrate Spring
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/mar/03/12-of-the-best-uk-breaks-to-celebrate-spring
26/02/24 – Wordsworth Editions – Time Held Me Green and Dying
https://wordsworth-editions.com/time-held-me-green-and-dying/
21/02/24 – The Telegraph – UK’s First Estate Agency Degree Costs £9,250 A Year
https://news.yahoo.com/uk-first-estate-agency-degree-172237798.html
23/01/24 – The Guardian – Huge Loss of Invertebrates Detected In Stream Feeding Into Windermere
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/23/invertebrates-decline-stream-cunsey-beck-lake-windermere
06/01/24 – The Guardian – 10 of the Best UK Winter Walks With Stunning Views
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/jan/06/10-of-the-best-uk-winter-walks-with-stunning-views
29/12/23 – The Times – A Good Walk: Dorstone, Merbach Hill and Arthur’s Stone
https://www.thetimes.com/article/a-good-walk-dorstone-merbach-hill-and-arthurs-stone-herefordshire-6fr9mp5qm
22/12/23 – The Times – 20 of the UK’s Most Rejuvenating Breaks
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/20-of-the-uks-most-rejuvenating-breaks-q0gtmtmf5
25/09/23 – The Sun – I Hunted Down Sinister Preacher Who Mutilated Corpses In Seaside Town
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24093303/sinster-vicar-mutilated-dead-bodies-cop-true-crime/
15/08/23 – The Guardian – A car-free jaunt to the Lake District to hike a stretch of the Coast-to-Coast Trail
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/aug/15/a-car-free-lake-district-coast-to-coast-trail-cumbria
22/06/23 – Reaction.life – The Tories Land of Lost Content
https://reaction.life/the-torys-land-of-lost-content/
02/06/23 – The Guardian – “The air tasted of salty joy, fat seals basking nearby”: readers’ favourite coastal walks in the UK and Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/jun/02/readers-favourite-coastal-walks-uk-europe
30/05/23 – The Guardian – River Wye Health Status Downgraded by Natural England after Wildlife Review
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/30/river-wye-has-health-status-downgraded-by-natural-england-after-wildlife-assessment
06/05/23 – The Guardian – From Kiss Me Quick to Seaside Serenity: Eight UK resorts close to peaceful beaches
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/may/06/eight-uk-seaside-resorts-close-to-peaceful-beaches
11/02/23 – The Guardian – Country Diary Series – A Remote Church in a Long-Lost Borough
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/11/country-diary-a-remote-church-in-a-long-lost-borough
16/02/23 – Lad Bible – Tourist Moans England’s Third Highest Mountain is “Too Hilly” In Bizarre TripAdvisor Post.
https://www.ladbible.com/community/tripadvisor-helvellyn-mountain-tripadvisor-review-810797-20230216
16/12/22 – Church Times – Carol Service for Hunting Group Cancelled
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/16-december/news/uk/carol-service-for-hunting-group-cancelled-over-personal-safety-concerns
15/10/22 – The Guardian – From Romantics to 21st Century Radicals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/09/chicken-farms-may-explain-decline-of-the-river-wye-tests-suggest
09/10/22 – Conde Nast Traveller – The 8 Top Beaches in North Wales
https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/best-beaches-in-north-wales
09/10/22 – The Guardian – Chicken Farms May Explain Decline of the River Wye
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/09/chicken-farms-may-explain-decline-of-the-river-wye-tests-suggest
24/09/22 – Condé Nast Traveler website – Five Secret, Pretty Places to Visit in Pembrokeshire
https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/places-to-visit-in-pembrokeshire
30/08/22 – Daily Record – Membership surges at Scots nudist colony after months in lockdown despite the midges
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/membership-surge-scots-nudist-colony-22599755
18/04/22 – The Times – The Forgotten Bank Holiday – and what to do last minute
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-forgotten-bank-holiday-and-how-we-re-spending-it-60v5qzf2j
20/03/22 – The Observer – Canoe the Severn, foodie Ludlow, walk the famous hills… 10 brilliant things to do in Shropshire
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/mar/20/10-brilliant-things-to-do-in-shropshire-canoe-severn-foodie-ludlow-walk-shropshire-hills
17/03/22 – The Guardian – “We strolled to a pink-sanded beach.”
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/mar/17/readers-favourite-coastal-walks-beach-paths-europe-hikes
01/03/22 – The Sunday Times – Happy St David’s Day!
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dydd-gwyl-dewi-hapus-happy-st-davids-day-gfpsmm7lx
15/07/21 – The Guardian – 10 Favourite British Islands
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/jul/15/10-favourite-uk-british-islands-scotland-england-readers-travel-tips
17/05/21 – The Guardian – Country Diary
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/17/country-diary-racecourse-now-bracken-clad-common-1971
07/02/21 – Shap Abbey – Country Life
27/01/21 – Facebook Apologises for flagging Plymouth Hoe as offensive term – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/27/facebook-apologises-flagging-plymouth-hoe-offensive-term
21/01/21 – Country Life – Heath Chapel
25/09/20 – A Local’s Guide to Plymouth – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/sep/25/top-10-locals-guide-to-plymouth-mayflower-400-anniversary
04/02/20 – Five of the UK’s Best Multi-Trip Rail Adventures
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/feb/04/5-best-uk-rail-rover-ticket-adventures-multi-trip-ticket
31/01/20 – Let’s Move to the North Pembrokeshire Coast – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/jan/31/lets-move-to-the-north-pembrokeshire-coast-a-place-to-escape-the-universes-ills
21/08/19 – 10 of the UK’s Best Open-Top Bus Rides – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/aug/21/10-best-open-top-bus-rides-uk-sightseeing-seafronts
05/07/2019 – Time Out – Best Things To Do In Ludlow
https://www.timeout.com/ludlow/things-to-do/best-things-to-do-in-ludlow
21/03/19 – Shropshire Hills Tourism Expo 2019
https://newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk/2019/03/shropshire-hills-tourism-expo-2019/
10/08/16 – Shropshire’s Spooky Castles – The Sun
https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/1587981/from-creepy-castles-to-spooky-hotels-inside-britains-most-haunted-county/
26/05/2017 – Motability Website
https://news.motability.co.uk/places/fun-family-things-to-do-this-easter/
25/05/2017 – BBC Travel website
https://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20170524-stirling-castle-the-last-stronghold-of-scotland
22/04/15 – An Election Piece about Bill cash, Owner of Upton Cressett Hall
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/general-election-2015-is-william-cash-the-man-to-woo-warwickshire-north-for-ukip-10196581.html
19/07/14 – A Review of Paul Evan’s book about Wenlock Edge in The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/18/herbaceous-paul-evans-sharp-observations-nature-writing
18/07/14 – An article about the joy of isolated railway stations:
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/stop-the-train-i-want-to-get-off-the-magic-of-britains-railway-request-stations-9246846.html
