Blog

On a weekly basis I am out taking photographs when I can and my blog is primarily about where I have been and the images I have taken, and other adventures including climbing, hiking, wild swimming, travel, my whistle playing and my passion for cooking and growing vegetables year round.

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Jan 25, 20231 min read

The Beauty of Happy Valley

Sally Wainwright's Happy Valley, its third and final series being aired now, is centred on Hebden Bridge and the Calder Valley. Below are...

VIDEO/IMAGES: Magical Light and Rising Mist

Mick Ryan

Oct 30, 20221 min read

VIDEO/IMAGES: Magical Light and Rising Mist

It was foggy and damp most of the day yesterday. As I worked in the afternoon, I couldn't even see Old Town mill, but what was above the fog

A Big Day in the North - Snow Images from 19th Feb 2022

Mick Ryan

Feb 20, 20222 min read

A Big Day in the North - Snow Images from 19th Feb 2022

I'm finding this winter difficult, my usual joie de vivre, and optimistic glass half-full mentality, has taken a battering. I'm not the...

Mick Ryan

Nov 28, 20211 min read

New Work: Sunday and Monday Snow

A few from today. It snowed heavily most of the morning. Then cleared up a little, and I managed to get out for a short while around...

Mick Ryan

Nov 28, 20212 min read

First Snow Swim and Desert Island Discs

The hamlet of Mankinholes below Stoodley Pike, on my way to swim in Gaddings dam. Like many I find the first snow of the season exciting....

Mick Ryan

Nov 24, 20211 min read

Hebden Bridge At Night.... in Winter

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Long reads

My Pennine Stories are considered, long form essays on a variety of subjects including local history, photography, the environment and lifestyle topics.