On Saturday there was just a tiny window of weather opportunity to head out with Archie and Alan to harvest the last batch of the North Sea for this year - to make Whitby sea salt. Alan was the skipper of ‘Sea Salt’, a traditional wooden coble rescued and renovated by Archie and

Whitby Harbour, October 2025

Good morning, good people! It began as an exhibition about faith, memory and belonging. Now it lives on the page. Near the Cross is a limited edition zine born from the exhibition Nationhood: Memory and Hope. Each image holds a story of presence, prayer and place. Only 100

V O L C A N O N I G H T Teams of up to 10 adults and children bring shovels, wood, paper, eco-firelighters and matches and are allocated a spot on the beach. When the whistle blows they have 10 minutes to build a large sandcastle. The next 10-15 minutes are to build and

F L O W S Over the past year I have had the opportunity to collaborate with several researchers and academics from various universities and to talk about my work with the fishermen from Morecambe Bay. First up to share her findings publicly is Enaiê Mairê Azambuja, a research

Thank you to Nigel Thompson of @morecambe_bay for the write up in @CumbriaCrack https://t.co/i4GoZYI9pF

And for damson gin.....

Back in the 1930s and 1940s more than 300 tons of damsons were sent down to the jam factories of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The income from the damsons was often used to pay the annual rent of a farm. Now the growers just pick to sell on the roadside or for private orders.

T H E D A M S O N R O U T E Aug / Sept 2025 One of my very favourite road trips is along the Lyth Valley following the damson signs to the farms in the low fells. And this year the harvest has been huge with so many stalls along the route. * Westmorland damsons are particular

📸 The 50x50 Fundraising Print Sale is live 📸 We're showcasing the 50 photographs that make this project so special. Editions of 50 prints at £50 each - every sale supports the AmberSide Trust. 👉 https://t.co/RTWMIUTJPv

📸 The 50x50 Fundraising Print Sale is live 📸 We're showcasing the 50 photographs that make this project so special. Editions of 50 prints at £50 each - every sale supports the AmberSide Trust. 👉 https://t.co/RTWMIUTJPv

Our Fundraising Print Sale is Live! 50 photographers | Editions of 50 | £50 each All profits support the AmberSide Trust: our community projects, our UNESCO-recognised collection and keeping documentary photography alive in the North East and beyond. 👉  https://t.co/nF3i7YwyLh

Stiffkey saltmarsh 5.24am #norfolk

S P E L T #ancientgrains

R Y E D A L E   S H O W Today it was the 157th Ryedale Show. . . Preparing the Persherons and Clydesdales Showing a Hebridean lamb The fleece section #yorkshire

C R A B S A N D L O B S T E R S We were out at sea by 3.30am. Henry is a single-handed fisherman who works off the beach in Cromer, today he was working 6 fleets of 20 pots at the most a couple of miles from the shore. Meanwhile I tried to be creative but mostly sat in the

S E A L A V E N D E R Stiffkey saltmarsh, Norfolk

Making new work in Grimsby...

T H E B A Y Last light. #morecambebay

And thank you to Harry, the farmer for the hazel walking sticks at the beginning of the loop!