I make lists. I make lots of lists. Even when people tell me not to, I still make lists.

One of them is a list of the places I want to go to take the photographs I want to take. Ever since I travelled to Kenya in January 2013, I’ve been adding (and crossing off) various destinations, and now I thought I’d share it with the world.

In fact, I’ll make this my online photographic bucket list…!

UK

Bosworth - re-enactment of Battle of Bosworth Field

Chester - city walls

Cornwall - coastline

Durham - Durham Cathedral

Farne - puffins and seals

Hampshire - Highclere Castle 

Lake District - Derwent Water, Ullswater

Lindisfarne Island

London - Notting Hill Carnival, Big Ben, Chinatown, Tower Bridge, Houses of Parliament, Albert Dock

Northern Ireland - Giant's Causeway, Antrim

Northumberland - Bamburgh Castle 

Oxford - Open Doors Weekend (2nd weekend in September)

Prettiest streets - Mermaid Street, Rye, East Sussex; Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset; Broad Street, Ludlow, Shropshire; Ravensdowne, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland; Church Hill, Kersey, Suffolk; High Street, Stockbridge, Hampshire; Lower Castle Road, St Mawes, Cornwall; The Circus, Bath; Steep Hill, Lincoln; The Hill, Burford, Oxfordshire

Scotland - Culzean Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Osprey Centre, fly-fishing, stag-hunting, fireball ceremony at Stonehaven on New Year's Eve, Loch Garten?

Wiltshire - Stonehenge

Wales - Skomer Island for puffins and bluebells in spring (May best month), Snowdonia

Warwick - Warwick Castle

Yorkshire - Swaledale (Hotel Burgoyne in Reeth) set in splendid scenery. Bempton cliffs for puffins. abbeys (Rievaulx, Byland), fountains, Buttertubs Pass, Hardraw Force, Bolton Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner. 

Europe

Belgium - Bruges

Croatia - Dubrovnik, Plitvice Lakes, Krka Monastery

France - Mont-Saint-Michel, Carcassonne, Provence, Paris with Pierre for 14 July fireworks by Eiffel Tower, Chalons-sur-Saoune balloon festival

Finland - bears baited with salmon

Germany - Neuschwanstein

Greece - Smuggler's Cove/Navagio Beach on Zakynthos, Santorini

Iceland - Ice Cave, Vatnajökull National Park, Strokkur geyser and black sand beach, killer whales (February/March)

Italy - Colosseum, Vatican City & St Peter’s in Rome; Pompeii; Florence; Capri, Gulf of Naples, Siena Palio (around 2 July and 16 August)

Malta - The Popeye Village

Montenegro - Durmitor National Park

Netherlands - tulip fields

Norway - Pulpit Rock

Russia - St Petersburg Amber Room

Slovenia - Bled

Spain - Tarifa for whale watching, Pamplona for running of the bulls, Alcazar de Segovia, Parachuting, bullfight in Madrid/Ronda (Feria Goyesca), Tomatina festival in Bunol, Valencia (August), Las Fallas fire festival in Valencia (March)

Sweden - Kungsleden

Turkey - Goreme National Park, hot-air ballooning over cliff villages in Capadoccia, Istanbul

Africa

Cape Verde Islands 

Egypt - pyramids, Abu Simbel

Ethiopia - Dallol

Kenya - flamingos at Lake Bogoria or Lake Nakuru, black rhino at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

Madagascar - chameleons, baby lemurs (September), mating fossas (autumn), baobab trees

Morocco - Marrakech, Fes (photography trip with Steve Davey)

Namibia - Africat cheetahs sanctuary, marooned shipwrecks in Namib desert, self-drive with a tent-roofed AWD round Etosha water holes to see lion kill and black rhino, Desert Rhino Camp to see black rhino

South Africa - surfing dolphins on the Wild Coast, cage diving with great white sharks near Cape Town, Amatola mountains, Kruger NP, Zimanga Game Reserve (designed for photographers), Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park and Pilanesberg Game Reserve (for black rhino)

Zambia - Kaingo Camp for hides (bee-eaters in October), Voyager houseboat cruises to see carmine bee-eaters, Luangwa Valley to see hippos (South Luangwa NP)

Zimbabwe - Hwange NP, Mana Pools for walking safaris

Asia

Bhutan - Taktsang (Tiger's Nest) Monastery

Borneo - Sepilok

Burma - sunrise at Bagan temples in central Burma (with balloons)

Cambodia - Angkor temples including Ta Prohm

China - Yangshuo peaks, Guangxi countryside, Longji rice terraces, Zhangye Danxia Geopark in Gansu, Great Wall of China (+ Ming/Eastern Qing tombs, Chuandixia village, Chendge summer palace)

Georgia

India - snow leopard, throwing of coloured powder during Holi festival in spring, Asiatic lions at Gir NP in Gujarat

Japan - temples and gardens and cherry blossoms of Kyoto in season, Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji), Festival of Lanterns in August, snow monkeys at Jigokudani Yaenkoen or Shibu Onsen

Jordan - Petra

Kazakhstan - Ustyurt Plateau (like Monument Valley)

Laos - Bolaven Plateau

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves

Maldives - dolphins, snorkelling on coral reefs (sharks, turtles, clown fish, manta rays)

Nepal - Kathmandu, Himalayas

Sri Lanka - leopards in Yala (January), temples and Escala Perahera Festival in Kandy (August), stilt fishermen, Sigirya Hill fort

Thailand - Krabi island and Kopipi, Ratchaprapha lake

Vietnam - Ha Long Bay, Son Doong cave (with Oxalis)

Yemen - Socotra Island

Oceania

Australia - Ayers Rock, Great Barrier Reef, NYE fireworks over Sydney Harbour Bridge

Bora Bora, French Polynesia

Easter Island - moai

New Zealand - Queenstown, Milford or Doubtful Sound for mountain scenery

Papua New Guinea - Huli Wigmen etc

North America

Arizona - Monument Valley, Antelope Canyon, Lake Powell, lightning strikes in summer, red rocks of Sedona, Colorado River, The Wave in Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness

Boston - view from Mass Ave bridge at night, whale watching

California - Joshua Tree National Park, whale watching from San Diego

Canada - spirit bears at Great Bear Rainforest in BC, Horseshoe Falls, Ontario; Banff National Park for grizzly bears, elk, wolves, bighorn sheep, mountain goats and cougars; Lake Louise (preferably at dawn to avoid the crowds); Churchill, Manitoba on Lake Hudson in Canada for polar bear viewing from tundra buggies (mid-November); Baffin Island or other bear trips with Andy Skillen; British Columbia for ghost bears

Chicago

Colorado - Mesa Verde

Cuba - old cars

Death Valley, California - Racetrack Playa 'sailing stones', Eureka Sand Dunes, Titus Canyon, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Badwater Basin salt plates in a jeep from Farabee's in Furnace Creek (see bookmark)

Everglades - Wakodahatchee Wetlands & Shark Valley for birds, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve for gators, dwarf cypresses and birds

Hawaii - Na Poli Coast, Kauai

Mexico - Mayan pyramid at Chichen Itza

Montana - Triple D game farm ($150-500 for 1.5hrs with tiger, bear, snow leopard, wolf, cougar etc)

Nevada - Hopi Point for Grand Canyon sunset

New England - leaves in the fall

New Orleans - Mardi Gras

New York - Statue of Liberty, Bronx Zoo, The Hamptons (stay at Ashley Heather's summer home)

Oregon - Crater Lake

Rodeo

Utah - Zion, Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley, Lake Powell, Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park

Washington DC

South & Central America

Argentina - killer whales catching sea lions on the beach, Aconcagua

Belize - Victoria House, Ambergris Caye for snorkelling

Bolivia - Bolivian Highlands and Lake Titicaca, Cordillera Real Mountains for portraits of people, La Paz markets, train from Salta to La Paz at night, Salar de Uyuni

Brazil - buggy rides on beach near Jericoacoara, Rio carnival, football at Maracana

Chile - Pumas in winter (with Natural World Safaris, Naturetrek or Andy Skillen)

Colombia - birds

Costa Rica - baby turtles in Tortuguero National Park (September to October), mating dance of red-capped mannequin bird

Ecuador - multicoloured marine iguanas on Española

Guyana - Kaieteur Falls, Iwokrama Rainforest, North Rupununi for jaguar, giant anteater, harpy eagles

Peru - Ciudad Morales, Machu Picchu

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