Hounds a leaping

I ventured out west today to catch a couple of the hound racing trails near Kirkland in Cumbria today for… Read more Hounds a leaping

Gasification plant firm set to appeal

Following last week’s special planning committee meeting, where an application for a proposed gasification plant was rejected, I got an… Read more Gasification plant firm set to appeal

ON Saturday I attended my first hound racing meeting, in the Cockermouth area, in around eight years. I was convinced… Read more My next photo project: welcome to the world of hound trailing

There was an unexpected turn of events at Carlisle’s Civic Centre on Friday when plans for a proposed gasification plant… Read more Surprise move to reject the proposed gasification plant at Rockcliffe

Last week when former rugby league legend Billy Boston was the first former rugby league player to be knighted, which… Read more Where rugby league was almost like a religion

This week we lost the genius that was Brian Wilson. While I was surprised by certain radio presenters claiming to… Read more RIP Brian Wilson

Bizarrely I got message from my mate Neil, who works for Northern Rail, and he suggested that we should take… Read more A rail adventure from Carlisle to Settle on an iconic rail line

While I was first living in Carlisle I followed the saga of the Central Plaza Hotel which was apparently named… Read more Investor secured for former Central Plaza site in Carlisle

While I was working in Barrow in Furness at the North West Evening Mail I got the chance to photograph… Read more The crazy world of John Otway complete with headbutts