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Today I went out into the woods to photograph snow. As I walked around this huge tree branch came crashing down from a great height. It landed just 20 yards or so in front of me. I’m pretty sure that…
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I’m currently testing the Fujifilm GF670 for ePHOTOzine, the review will go live in a week or so. It’s quite fascinating that Fujifilm, who’ve reduced their film range, would bring out a medium-format film camera.ย Medium format is more or…
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I went to a Steampunk gathering at Lincoln this weekend.ย I’d heard a bit about steampunk and knew it was a visually interesting dress style, but wasn’t expecting to see quite such incredibleย characters and costumes. After talking to a…
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Have you upgraded to WordPress 3.0 and got the following message when trying to automatically update to 3.01? Fatal error: Allowed memory size of xxxxxxxx bytes exhausted (tried to allocate xxxxxxxxx bytes) I used to get that error on older…
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I recently took some photos to help young fashion designer Harriet Brookes produce a portfolio for her degree. She was awarded a First Class Honours. Here’s Harriet at her exhibition at Manchester Uni with my pics are on the wall…
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We have added two tracks to the Sound of Flak MySpace page to give a flavour of what’s to come on the forthcoming 11 track album titled The Unbalance. Enjoy Sound of Flak
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After what appears to be ages David Burleson and I have created our first CD’s worth of material under the name Flak. We’ve been pulling it together over a one year period in Friday night sessions. And now have it…
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I’ve always been the one in the house that’s had to deal with spiders, bees and other bugs. More recently with the introduction of a cat I’m now also in control of frog, bird, mouse, vole and, would you believe…
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It’s been a while, but I’m now feeling good about climbing hills and venturing off the beaten tracks. Last week I took the day off and walked from the Strines Reservoir Car Park over to Derwent edge and did a…
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I’ve neglected my blog here so though I’d update with a recent photography excursion – yesterday in fact. I ventured out to Manchester Victoria Baths – a fascinating restoration project taken on by locals when the baths closed in 1993.…

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.