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New track from my band Sound of Flak โItโs all so horrible you know, the nightmare of childhood. And it only gets worse. One day youโll wake up, and youโll be past it. Your beautiful skin will wrinkle and shrivel…
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Today proved to be a bit of a mare. I decide to go to Three Shires Head for the first time and forgot to take a road map. I headed off to the Cat and Fiddle with the knowledge that…
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I wasn’t aware the tunnel at Monsal Dale had been reopened. Well I’m way out of date as it was back in 2011 when the passage through Headstone Tunnel was reopened. The tunnel is at the edge of what I…
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Craig Feetham wrote an article for Sheffield’s My Kind of Town magazine and illustrated it with a photo of our band, Glass Music from about 1979, which he mentioned in the piece.
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Dave Horton and I went for a circular walk that took us up Win Hill, over to Hope Cross, down to Alport Farm, and then up to Alport Castles. The final leg was a descent to Westend and round the…
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Will Cheung tied the knot with Joanna Raines today and he’d invited me to be his best man. We’ve been good friends since he employed me as his technical writer on Practical Photography back in 1991. Over the years we’ve…
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Will’s stag night was a fairly quiet affair…just the way we both like it…and so it turned out so did his old school friends. We met at Charters on the river Nene. Had a few beers and then crossed over…
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I visited Doddington Hall today to look at the sculpture exhibition that was arranged around the grounds. It comprised 350 pieces from 70 artists and was curated by David Waghorne. Very interesting and good for photography.
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I took a week’s holiday and spent it on the Isle of Skye. It’s the first time I’ve been to the island and I was expecting typical bad (but hopefully atmospheric) weather. It turned out to be a really unusual…
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First outing of my new Christmas present – a pair of green waders. I used them to get across the river at Black Clough. Seen here using a Lee Filters Big Stopper to photograph very blurry water

Iโm Lucas Brey, a travel blogger sharing practical guides, hidden gems, and honest tips from the road. Follow along for smart itineraries, great food finds, and stories worth bookmarking.