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This weekend we headed down to Becky Falls in Dartmoor to meet up with fellow 617 member Thomas Moors, who was over on a visit from South Carolina. We had a very nice couple of hours exploring the woodlands.

My peaceful Somerset hometown of Ilminster hides a wartime secret, in 1941 it stood fortified along the Taunton Stop Line, part of Britain’s desperate defense against invasion. Concrete pillboxes and anti-tank obstacles still survive in local hedgerows, silent witnesses to our darkest hour. This the617.club summer challenge project documents these forgotten fortifications through B&W photography, capturing how ordinary landscapes became potential battlegrounds.

The 617 Club inspired me to try B&W on our recent trip to Stourhead. The X-T50 allows you to see the converted image in the viewfinder so you get a much better idea of how the final image will appear. Here is a small selection highlighting some of the famous

I am always amazed these days at the quality from even quite modest mobile phones. Having drowned my last phone (a moto G60S) it was playing up big time. As a photographer I prefer shooting with a “real” camera, but often use my phone as I always have it with

I have added a new places visited map you can see the latest updated map here It has been created with the Leaflet plugin for wordpress and can be zoomed to see more detail.