My desert island photos (2025 edition)

Back in 2020 I published My Desert Island photos, a post inspired by the the institution that is BBC’s Desert Island Disks. In the time between that post and now I have taken many photos that I would happily include in an updated list of my eight favourites. To make my job just that little…

72 hours in Ucluelet, British Columbia

When most people get to the junction of the Pacific Rim and Tofino-Ucluelet highways, they turn right to Tofino, one of the best known tourist destinations in British Columbia, famous for its white sandy beaches, glitzy resorts and beautiful rainforests. My girlfriend and I instead turned left to Ucluelet, a fishing village often thought of…

Victoria, Vancouver Island: 12 months in

I moved to Victoria, BC (well Colwood to be exact) for work at the start of the year. Here are some impressions so far, told mainly through some of the many pictures I’ve taken since I’ve been here. Hiking trails Vancouver Island is famous for its abundance of stunningly beautiful hiking and mountain biking trails….