Welcome to JillBatchelor.com

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I have wanted to be able to have my own website for a long while and finally took the plunge in 2008. With many thousands of photographs going back several years I wanted to share them with a wider audience and hence the website was born. You will find lots of images in my gallery and I write about my photography days out in my journal.

I have tried hard to strike a balance between creating a useful resource for photographers, nature lovers and those who simply enjoy looking at beautiful images. In my quest to improve my photography skills I’ve learnt a few tricks along the way and include a few of these in my journal entries.

I hope you enjoy your visits and return to see what I get up to. 
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                Jill

                                                                                                          
Mellbreak
Read more...After the winter wonderland on Saturday this was perhaps a more authentic winter walking experience.  Brooding skies, knee-deep snowdrifts and a strong wind blowing spindrift into our faces made for an exhilarating walk up Mellbreak.  Many thanks to Roger (and Harry and Bethan) for guiding us along paths that were seldom obvious, but always fun to follow. 
 
Early morning walk to Scale Hill
Read more...An early morning walk with my camera to see what kind of sunrise there would be. Sadly it was a very overcast morning so no sign of the sun at all but it was still a very enjoyable walk and the views from the small in stature Scale Hill make it well worth a visit.
 
Rannerdale and Buttermere
Read more...It is always hard to believe when you look out of the window on the morning after a stunning day to see that overnight it has turned cloudy and windy, but that was just what happened. We drove to Buttermere where we walked up the lower slopes of Rannerdale Knotts in increasing wind before walking down to the lakeside of Buttermere.  
 
Loweswater local walk
Read more...We were very lucky to be able to combine dropping off our youngest son at Lancaster University and a visit to our good friends Ann and Roger, who live in Loweswater in the Lake District.  Although the snowy weather conditions were not great for travelling north, they did give us our first ever chance to see the area in beautiful wintry conditions.
 
Scotney Castle
Read more...Continuing our search for autumn colour we went to Scotney Castle, near Lamberhurst in West Kent.  The site is owned by the National Trust and actually contains the ruins of a medieval, moated manor house and the Tudor-style country house built to replace the castle as a residence in the 19th century.
 
Royal Military Canal, Walk 10
Read more...1st December was a special day for more than one reason.  Not only was it Nigel’s birthday, but we finally made our target of completing all 10 Royal Military Canal walks in 2009.  The final walk was about 9 miles and was largely based around the final section of canal and the Cinque Port of Winchelsea.
 
Box Hill, Surrey
Read more...Today we went a bit further afield for a walk, driving about 80 miles to Surrey for a walk around Box Hill.  It’s somewhere I’ve wanted to go for a while, as it’s probably the most well-known point on the North Downs, and is a good viewpoint across the Weald as far as the South Downs.
 
 

Recent Albums

Mellbreak

Mellbreak

Early morning walk to Scale Hill and Crummock Water

Early morning walk to Scale Hill and Crummock Water