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Spotlight on Local Businesses – By Erin – Darwen
'By Erin' and 'Erin's Place' are a gorgeous gift shop and craft studio based on Bridge Street in Darwen. Offering lots of lovely items to buy in the shop and the chance to flex your creative muscles in the studio! Nikki's journey to starting the business began back in...
A Socially Distanced Day at the Beach – Lytham St Annes – 30/07/2020
In the space between lockdowns within Blackburn with Darwen we were lucky enough to have a window of good weather so we took the opportunity to hit the beach for the day! We headed for Lytham St Annes knowing that the beach tends to be very spacious so social...
Branding Shoot – Revidge, Blackburn – 09/07/2020
Cllr Jackie Floyd and I met some years ago now through our enthusiasm for socialism and our membership to the Labour party. Meeting up at a soft play centre to talk tactics and put the world to rights while my little boy played, she inspired me more than I think she...
Family Shoot – Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen – 07/03/2020
This fun family shoot with the McGurk family was my last before the Covid -19 lockdown, not that we knew it at the time! We met at one of my firm favourite locations, Sunnyhurst Woods in Darwen, on a (reasonably) bright and breezy March afternoon. Little Sophie and...
Family Shoot – Entwistle Reservoir, Darwen – 24/08/2019
There are so many fantastic locations just a stone's throw away from Blackburn with Darwen. The main problem clients tend to have is choosing where to go, and it's definitely one of the better problems to have! For this shoot I met Claire, Jonny, Arlo, and Aura at...
Shiant Isles – June 2019
Visiting the Shiant Isles was definitely one of the highlights of our trip, it was an unexpected one too. We had originally booked the 'Round Island Odyssey' tour with Isle of Harris Sea Tours, circling around the coast of Harris and landing on the isle of Taransay....
Isle of Harris Distillery – June 2019
One thing I can definitely recommend if you make a trip to Harris and Lewis is make sure you book anything you want to do and do it well in advance, well before you arrive on the island if possible! We had planned to book onto the Harris Distillery tour and were very...
Isle of Lewis – June 2019
On our first full day on the isles we decided to explore the west coast of Lewis, starting with the Callanish (known in Gaelic as Calanais) standing stones. There are three sites, the main site (Na Dromannan Stone Circle) has the Calanais Visitor's Centre next to it,...
Isle of Harris – June 2019
This time last year Iain and I were setting off on our honeymoon to the Isle of Harris. We drove up to Inverness and stayed overnight before getting the ferry from Ullapool to Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis, a long journey but well worth the effort. From there we...