Aphid performing live at the Brickyard in support of Plugin Maybe, bringing their unmistakable energy to the stage for a memorable night of heavy, uncompromising music.

Leftfield on the main stage at Solfest 2025 — no fuss, no slowing down, just a wall of sound and a field full of people completely in it. One of those sets where the lights, the noise and the crowd all clicked at once.

What a night at The Brickyard. TBK took to the stage in support of Nirvana Tribute on 9 May 2026 — thank you to everyone who came out.

Plugin Maybe at The Brickyard, Carlisle

I photographed Plugin Maybe, a Muse tribute band, when they played The Brickyard in Carlisle on 23 May 2026. Bringing the sound and energy of Muse to the stage, they put on a great show and made for some fantastic live photography.

I had the pleasure of photographing corto.alto at Dumfries Drum Day on 27 September 2025. Their energetic blend of jazz, hip-hop and electronic sounds made for a great performance to photograph.

The carved writing is a quotation from Isaac Watson’s “Compleat Angler” said to be carved by an eccentric local scholar and traveller William Mounsey in 1855.

The carved faces may pre-date the verse by a couple of hundred years and seem to be rather mysterious.

The abandoned monastery of Panagia tou Sinti is situated on the banks of the Xeros River in Pentalia, and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Panagia) of Sinti.

The church has an octagonal dome with four windows and belongs to the first half of the 16th century. Its central nave is in good condition, and it is considered to be one of the most important buildings of the Venetian period.

The Monastery remained in operation until 1927 and thereafter was abandoned. In 1994, the Monastery of Kykkos undertook the maintenance of the Monastery, completing it in 1997 when it earned the Europa Nostra Award for the use of good restoration techniques and preservation of its original character.