Stew Rogers

Filming on “Climbing Britain” took us to Glasgow School of Art this week, a building I’ve always wanted to take a closer look at. Fortunately the schedule wasn’t too hectic and I could grab 5mins to make a few pictures with a point and shoot. I’m pretty aware I’m missing some one time opportunities to record these visits to some great places, but happy when I can grab some on the go.

The changing of the season is always a sign of the need to take a break away from the normal activities, so we packed up for a week of car camping, road biking and a touch of climbing in the French Pyrenees. The shift of spring to summer is still way behind in the mountains with a lot of the high cols still blocked.

It was great to just carry one small camera on the bike and make some pictures that appeal to you at the time, looking back it looks like I’ve got a thing for windows going on at the moment…

I’m pretty fortunate/privileged to be able to ski with some great folks, this time friends Tom, Will and Charlotte Bankes. Between the trio they have been clearing up on the international boardercross/skiercross scene, holding between them British and French Championship titles in both disciplines. I’m not sure of the breakdown, too busy trying to keep up to ask. Great late season conditions two weeks into April and still able to ski to the backdoor, can’t be bad!

A recent portrait, Giles Cornah, actor, talented climber, all round nice guy and will do anything for a beer

www.gilescornah.com

Andy Turner and Ruth Taylor turned up during the early part of the winter with a car stuffed full of Mountain Equipments finest down jackets to photograph. The only slight hitch in the plan was that the Alps were looking decidedly “Scottish” with a spell of mild weather following them down through France.

To cool things down, a bit of lateral  thinking was called for, dusk shooting at a local training boulder, at least we got some new ideas out there…..