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You Don’t Have to Go Far to See Something

by Ian Stephens | October 23, 2026 | Books, Nature & Everyday Adventures | 0 Comments

You Don't Have to Go Far to See Something For someone who loves being outdoors as much as I do, being stuck at home for five days wasn't quite what I'd have chosen! Poor Rolo has been unwell and put on no-walk duty, while Jenny was away. That meant I was effectively...

Exploring Nature in Winter… Are You ‘Bark’ing Mad?

by Ian Stephens | October 15, 2026 | Health Chat, Nature & Everyday Adventures | 0 Comments

Exploring Nature in Winter... Are You 'Bark'ing Mad? As we head towards winter, it's easy to think that the best of nature is behind us for another year. The flowers are fading, the leaves are falling and the days are getting shorter. Before we know it, we can find...

Just Do It. Nature Won’t Always Wait

by Ian Stephens | October 11, 2026 | Health Chat, Nature & Everyday Adventures | 0 Comments

Just Do It. Nature Won't Always Wait Sometimes, the simplest things can teach us the most wonderful lessons. My latest 'almost photo' was a red campion flower, covered in tiny droplets of dew. It was a lovely sight, with the water catching the light and turning an...

End of summer doesn’t mean the end of seeing things

by Ian Stephens | October 4, 2026 | Books, Health Chat, Nature & Everyday Adventures | 0 Comments

End of summer doesn't mean the end of seeing things There is sometimes a feeling that once summer starts to disappear, so does much of the wildlife and colour that comes with it. The butterflies become less frequent, the flowers start to fade, the days get shorter and...

Three Walks, Three Photos and Why We Keep Exploring

by Ian Stephens | September 26, 2026 | Books, Nature & Everyday Adventures | 0 Comments

Three Walks, Three Photos and Why We Keep Exploring There is something rather nice about going for a walk without really knowing what you are going to find Sometimes you have a particular destination in mind Sometimes you have a route you know well And sometimes you...

Hello Autumn

by Ian Stephens | September 22, 2026 | Books, My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures | 0 Comments

Hello Autumn Tomorrow morning, at around 1.05am, the astronomical autumn begins (at the time of writing this) The autumn equinox. A point in the year when day and night are roughly equal, and from here onwards the nights gradually begin to take the upper hand....

From Daily Photographs to Three Books

by Ian Stephens | August 23, 2026 | Books, My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures | 0 Comments

From Daily Photographs to Three Books When I started my Daily Photo Challenge, I certainly wasn't thinking about writing books The original idea was simple enough - take one photograph every day, get outside, keep looking, and see where it took me What started as a...

The Story Of My Challenge

by Ian Stephens | August 6, 2026 | Books, My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures | 0 Comments

How did one photograph become three books? It all began with a daily nature challenge in 2022 and an unexpected comment from my cousin the following year. This is the story behind 1,500 consecutive days, thousands of photographs and a journey I never saw coming.

30 Days Wild Might Be Over… But Don’t Stop Looking

by Ian Stephens | July 12, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

For June, alongside my Daily Nature Photo Challenge, I set myself a mini challenge for #30DaysWild. The idea was simple. Spend a month paying a little extra attention to the smaller things that are easy to miss. Not rare wildlife or perfect photographs, just everyday...

#30DaysWild – A Wet and Windy Reminder

by Ian Stephens | June 11, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

I must admit, when I woke up this morning and saw the weather, I wasn't expecting much. In fact, I had every intention of working, but the rain soon decided it had other ideas! One of my few jobs of the day did produce a nice surprise though. I spotted a mullein moth...

Cow Parsley and the Joy of Looking Closer

by Ian Stephens | May 21, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

Over the next few days our temperatures are set to rise, and with that comes one of my favourite seasonal spectacles along local footpaths and hedgerows. Cow parsley season. For many people it is simply the white blur that appears everywhere in late spring...

A Visit to a Wildflower Wonderland

by Ian Stephens | May 5, 2026 | Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

This isn’t a first visit for me, not even close. Naturescape Wildflower Farm is somewhere I come back to regularly, and over time I’ve got to know the team there really well. In fact, one of the first things they usually ask me now is, “What day are you on?” a nod to...

Early May and Everything Starts Moving

by Ian Stephens | May 1, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

Some days just build as they go on. This morning started simply enough, a look over the ceanothus and straight away there was plenty happening. Bees already hard at work, moving steadily from flower to flower, one in particular absolutely loaded with pollen and not...

Would you like to turn over a new leaf?

by Ian Stephens | April 10, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

This morning’s walk got me thinking. Everywhere you look right now, things are bursting into life.Buds opening, leaves unfolding, that fresh spring green starting to take over. But how often do we actually stop and look at them properly? So today, I did exactly that....

Ten Days of Wings

by Ian Stephens | April 3, 2026 | Books, My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

As I’ve started pulling together photos for my Year 3 book, I came across a run from last July that I’d completely forgotten about. What started as just another day with the camera quickly turned into something else… ten straight days of moths, butterflies and...

The Photos That Nearly Made It

by Ian Stephens | March 27, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

Peak District moments that didn’t quite make the final cut After sharing my recent Peak District blog, I thought I’d do something a little different. Because as much as I carefully chose the final photos, there were plenty more that could easily have made it. In fact,...

A Week in the Peak District: Dovedale Walks, Lud’s Church and Spring Wildlife

by Ian Stephens | March 21, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

A Week in the Peak District: Dovedale Walks, Lud’s Church and Spring Wildlife A week exploring the Peak District with gentle walks, Dovedale scenery, Lud’s Church, and plenty of wildlife moments along the way. From peaceful river reflections to powerful waterfalls,...

March Is Waking Up

by Ian Stephens | March 7, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

If you are waiting for spring to properly arrive before heading outside, you might already be missing it. March rarely makes a big announcement. It just quietly gets on with things. Buds begin to open, flowers appear where yesterday there were none, and suddenly the...

This Is How My Books Are Made

by Ian Stephens | February 13, 2026 | Books, My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

People often assume these are simply collections of nature photographs. They’re not. They’re the result of a decision I very nearly didn’t make. In November 2021, a friend asked if I would take on a daily nature photo challenge for 365 days. My first reaction was,...

Don’t Wait for the Sunshine

by Ian Stephens | February 11, 2026 | Mindful Health Chat Forum, My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

Everyone’s talking about the weather. Too grey, too wet and too gloomy! It’s almost as if we’re collectively waiting for permission from the sky before we allow ourselves to enjoy being outside, but here’s the thing. If you wait for perfect conditions, you’ll miss...

Winter colour in the flowerbeds

by Ian Stephens | January 27, 2026 | Mindful Health Chat Forum, My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

This really is a fantastic time of year. It might still feel like winter has its feet firmly under the table, but if you slow down and actually look at the borders, there’s a lot going on. New growth is quietly popping up everywhere now, often when you...

Late January – Winter Details Worth Slowing Down For

by Ian Stephens | January 16, 2026 | Mindful Health Chat Forum, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles | 0 Comments

The wander for today was a short one nothing dramatic, no big views or epic miles, just a gentle stroll while visiting my Sister, Brother In Law and Niece. And yet, as so often happens, it proved that you don’t need to go far at all to find something worth stopping...

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