Go for a walk in New Zealand and you'll come across countless waterfalls in various states of flow. On this occasion, this one was mild and sensible leaving the river to be crossable - but on another occasion, while staying at a remote hut, we wandered out in the middle of the storm to find the tiny stream we'd driven across was now deeper than our car leaving us stranded for two days(!). Fun times always make for good stories.

One of the many deserted beaches of New Zealand. Considering how much rubbish seems to regularly wash ashore on many of the beaches I've visited in the northern hemisphere, I don't have many memories of a lot of rubbish on these ones. Have I blocked them out?

3 hours standing in the snow and this gem appeared.

Watching the people attempting the jump even took guts. With wet, slushy, snow many of them were struggling to make enough speed to land on the down-slope and thus landing with a sickening thud onto the flat section after the big ramp. Turning away as pressing the camera trigger seemed to be the best solution!

Shot on a Canon 400D with a 15-50mm lens.

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Those words define Thailand.

The beach of Ton Sai - home to a large accumulation of traveling rock climbers at sunset. The view is consistently this almost every night.....

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Does this make anyone else smile?

Taken while resting in a hut on the Annapurna circuit.

Trekking along the Annapurna Circuit, you're always reminded of the scale of the mountains above. With an ascent to 6,000 metres, the circuit also gives you a push!

Taking on a challenge, myself and Naomi completed the full circuit in 9 days taking no sleeping bags, and only a single 30 litre and a 10-litre pack between us.

Work hours to live by :)

southern Laos near the 4,000 islands. The perfect way to spend a day, floating around in a kayak.......

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It's not always happy scenes while traveling. Going to see countries histories and sadness is also just as important. Here, a photo from the capital of Cambodia in one of the jail cells.

The photo in the background shows the room how it was found with bodies still in place.......

One of the most humbling place I've ever visited.

Just another typical sunset in Australia.

Note: there is no such thing as 'just' another sunset in Australia. Don't think I could ever tire of the beautiful light.

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Melbourne city by night.

There's always something fascinating about time lapse photos, isn't there?

Staring out from near Taipan Wall in Arapiles, Austalia. Love the mood of the night sky.

This little guy, a Kookaburra, became a regular friend while camping near a climbing area in the Grampian Mountains west of Australia.

Regularly, while making a sandwich for lunch, he'd swoop in and attempt to grab the sandwich off the plate in front of you (only being successful once). You can only laugh at these sort of situations.

The beak is designed for stabbing items when feeding.

Man's best friend.

We found this guy lost in the forests of the Blue Mountains and adopted him till we found him a good home. He became very friendly with pulling everyone's down jackets into a pile and making himself at home on top of them. Still though, it's hard to say no to a friendly dog.

In the end, a happy ending. He was micro-chipped so a local vet was able to contact the owner.

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A short trip to the amazing forest of Fontainebleau, only an hour south of Paris, let to some stand-out photos. One of my favourites on a lazy rest-day walk after some rain.

Shot on an iPhone 4S with the Snapseed app from Google.

There's nothing like braving the Irish seas for a wetsuit-less swim in late September on a mild Irish day.

Shot on an iPhone 4S.

France days - a guidebook to the local area and a coffee. Simple life!

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A wild December in Ireland, but it leads to beautiful days on occasion!

Here, on a beach near the quiet village of Waterville, the sun fights through a stormy sky.

Shot on an iPhone 6S.

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Naomi loosening out with some yoga moves below the mighty peak of Picu Uriellu, situated in the Picos du Europa national park in Northern Spain. 

A long-standing peak for aspiring climbers, it's one I'll have to go back for......

Shot on an iPhone 6S.

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The Fair Head meet 2016. The annual gathering, put together by the local community (in particular Paul Swail), brought in an astounding 400-odd people this year, helped in part by the arrival of Alex Honnold for a 'interesting' talk about ethics and bolts in climbing (I'll link to the post on that...).

Just over the horizon sits Fair Head itself, if in the area, I highly recommend the short walk from the farm.

Shot on an iPhone 6S.

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The history in these walls always intrigues me. In this day of instant expectations, I can only imagine how much time it took to build such a structure...

Shot on an iPhone 6S.

This is a 3cm tall bolt that I've hung from countless times over the years (the orange at the bottom of the photo is the rope tied off). Again, from a distance, it holds its mysteries easily, but up close the wear and tear of being only 20 metres from the Atlantic Ocean make it apparent!

Shot on an iPhone 6S with an Olloclip 15x macro attachment.

It's the typical shot but holds as always lots of intrigue:

- Who is going, or coming, to where?

- Age of the individuals?

- A group or single people?

- Local or foreign?

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the picturesque village of Cudillero.

Shot on an iPhone 6S.

As always, it's pretty easy to pull off unique shots when your wife is a yoga teacher! Here, Naomi embracing the beautiful light on Asturias's most northern-most point as the sun slowly dips into the sea.

Shot on an iPhone 6S.

The village of Chulilla above the mega national park and gorge. A climbing mecca, it's also hugely popular in Eastern Spain as a hiking and hill running destination.....

Shot on an iPhone 6S with Olloclip wide-angle attachment.

The excitement of waking up in a campervan on a cold morning! Where next on the adventure?