For posterity, I have created a couple of archive pages which date from my early (pre-2020) photographic phase, mostly in the form of ad-hoc holiday snaps, collages or pictorial mementos of walking trips.

These archive pictures may not be of the best quality technically, but they hopefully serve to remind me that enthusiasm, and a love of our chosen subject matter, is generally more important than fancy techniques and camera specs (not that I’m against combining the two, if the opportunity arises!). Besides, it can be fun to reminisce every once in a while…

In terms of personal nostalgia, delving into the archives - literally dusting off the old family albums - has enabled me to mentally re-visit the origins of my love of landscape. Some of this vintage imagery, and associated philosophy, has been poured into my illustrated series of ‘wilderness’ blogs: Camera on the Crags (Scotland), The Ballad of Bellever Tor (Dartmoor), Shadow in the Tin (Isle of Skye) and The Curious Case of Rose and Laurie (Isle of Arran).

Along the way, I’ve re-acquainted myself with some cherished mountain landscapes which I rarely inhabit these days, yet will surely live long in the memory… :-)