Sharing Memories

Exploring the British Isles

My Photos

Since 2007, I have taken over 15,500 photos, around 9,000 of which are now available for you to browse.
The albums currently include "junk" images, which I will be removing over the coming weeks. I wasn't always thorough when grouping my photos into folders, so I'm finding some pictures from nearby locations in wrong folders, but I'm fixing these as I find them.
I still also need to set the 175 album covers, which are currently randomly generated.


My older photos? Well there was a time when we printed photos from film, and those photos are long gone. I did have a lot saved to disc, which I copied to an external hard drive, which had an unfortunate accident and everything was lost. I now backup all my photos so that is unlikely to happen again.

So why upload them? Well it give me an easy way to bring back my memories of exploring the British Isles and gives others a chance to see some places they may never get the chance to visit, or even encourage them to visit somewhere new.

I'll am using the Piwigo gallery that I've previously used for Scotland & Wales, with a few tweaks, which replaces the jAlbum (that cost £40/yr) that I used to use, and still had for my England galleries. Editing and uploading has always been a challenge, until now.
Using Linux Mint, instead of Windows11, I have found suitable software: XnView Multi Platform, to rename, resize and watermark, before uploading my photos direct to my Piwigo gallery or via DigiKam.

© All images are copyright and must not be reproduced in any way. Online images are 1024x, approx 0.8MP, however the originals are 10MP-20MP, which are available for licence, or as prints or posters, upon request. Uploaded images have been renumbered with a BE prefix.

Beth Nicole's photos around the British Isles

Scotland
2007-2023

Next adventure: October 2025 - Melrose, Edinburgh & The Peebles
Subject to weather

Benmore Botanic Gardens, Cairngorms, Callander, Dunoon, Edinburgh, Eilean Donan Castle & Loch Duich, Elgin, Folk Museum, Fort Augustus (Loch Ness), Fort William, Inveraray, Inverness, Largs, Loch Lomond, Luss, Moffat, Oban, Portree (Skye), Rothesay, Strathpeffer, Tighnabruaich, Urquart Castle

Beth Nicole's photos around the British Isles

Wales
2009-2025

Next adventure: no plans yet

North: Bala, Betws-y-Coed, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Caernarfon, Conwy, Criccieth, Denbigh, Holywell, Llanberis, Llandudno, Llangollen, Porthmadog, Portmeirion, Rhos-on-Sea, Rhuddlan, Rhyl, St Asaph, Towyn

Mid: Aberystwth, Devil's Bridge, Elan Valley, Llandrindod Wells

South: Bridgend, Broadhaven, Cardiff, Margam Country Park (Port Talbot), Narbeth, Parc Slip (Bridgend), Pembroke, Porthcawl, St David's, Tenby

Beth Nicole's photos around the British Isles

England
2008-2025

Next adventures: July 2025 - Boscastle, Tintagel & St Ives
September 2025 - Revisit: Bridlington, Whitby, North Yorks Moors Railway, York, Scarborough, Filey
March 2026 - Revisit: Eastbourne, Brighton, Rye, Hastings, Battle, Carr Taylor Vineyard
All plans subject to favourable weather

Merseyside: Bidston Hill, Birkenhead Park, Calderstones Park, Croxteth Park, Festival Gardens, Flaybrick Cemetery, Halewood, Kirkby, Knowsley Village, New Brighton, New Ferry, Newsham Park, Liverpool City Centre & Pier Head, Port Sunlight, Prescot, Rainhill, Sankey Valley Trail, Sefton Park, Taylor Park, Thatto Heath & St Helens, West Kirby

North: Beverley, Blackpool, Bridlington, Cartmel, Chester, Dunham Press Cider Farm, Durham, Filey, Goathland, Heysham, Kendal, Lancaster, Manchester, Orrell, Overton & Carnforth Canal, Pickering, Ripon, Runcorn Canal, Scarborough, St Annes to Fairhaven, Sunderland, Ulverston, Whitby, Widnes, York

Central: Berrington Hall, Cromer, Great Yarmouth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Norwich, Sheringham, Shrewsbury

South: Arlington Court, Arundel, Barnstaple, Bath, Battle, Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Buckfast Abbey, Bude, Carr Taylor Vineyard, Cheddar Gorge, Christchurch, Dawlish, Dorchester, Eastbourne, Eden Project, Exeter, Exmouth, Falmouth Cruise, Hastings, Ilfracombe, Land's End*, Lewes, London, Lynmouth, Mevagissey, Minehead, Mousehole*, Newhaven, Newquay*, Padstow, Pevensey, Poole, Portsmouth, Prideaux Abbey, Quince Honey Farm, Rye, Salisbury, Seaton, Sidmouth, Swanage, Teignmouth, Torquay, Truro, Weald & Downland Living Museum, Wells, West Bay, Weston, Weymouth, Woolacombe
*new July 2025

Isle of Wight: Adgestone Vineyard, Alum Bay & The Needles, Arreton, Brading Roman Villa, Carrisbrooke Castle, Cowes, Godshill & Model Village, Newport, Osbourne House, Ryde, Shanklin, Ventnor, Yarmouth

stayed
Where I've stayed, since 2003
visited
Where I've visited, since 1992 - UK & Europe
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Where I've visited - Scotland
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Where I've visited - Wales

My Cameras

Beth Nicole's photos around the British Isles

Canon SX740

Compact bridge camera - £362 22-03-2021 Currys
Used from: 23-03-2021 to current
8,811 pictures - BE06237-BE14053 * BE14741-BE14823
20.3MP JPEG 5184 x 3888
Zoom: 40x optical , 4.3 - 172 mm
Lens: f/3.3-6.9 - ISO: 100-3200
Shutter: 1/3200-15 sec - Sensor: 1/2.3" CMOS
*Not all photographs were renumbered before uploading.
Full renumbering subsequently done for 8,504 of 8,811 photos,
the remainder being junk and deleted from my camera.

Beth Nicole's photos around the British Isles

Samsung WB100

Bridge camera - approx £150
Used: 15-07-2013 to 15-10-2020
Approx 2,700 pictures - BE04053-BE06236
16.2MP JPEG 4608x3456
Zoom: 26x optical, 4 - 104 mm
Lens: f/3.1-5.9 - ISO: 80-3200
Shutter: 1/2000-16 sec - Sensor: 1/2.3" CCD

Beth Nicole's photos around the British Isles

Samsung S1050

Compact camera - approx £150
Used: 24-05-2007 to 07-07-2013
Approx 4,000 pictures - BE00193-BE04052
10.1MP JPEG 3648x2736
Zoom: 5x optical, 7.8 - 39 mm
Lens: f/2.8-4.4 - ISO: 80-1600
Shutter: 1/2000-15 sec - Sensor: 1/1.8" CCD

© Beth Nicole Gordon 2007-2025 Benico Enterprises
All Rights Reserved - originals and licencing available upon request
(full photo index) Build date: 18-Jun-2025
Updated: 10-JuL-2025