​Van de Rekes Photography

The Poppy Fields We were visiting our son and daughter-in-law and their two children for childminding duties in June. For a couple of...

Minehead beach We paid a short visit to Minehead in Sommerset at the end of May/beginning of June. Minehead is a coastal town lying at...

Bluebell Carpet A short blog this month - At the end of April we took a short walk from our house to catch the last of the bluebells this...

Wakehurst Mansion This months blog features Wakehurst which is situated only 6 miles from our home here in West Sussex near the village...

View of the Reservoir close to Townhouse Farm Drawing on the South Downs National Park and West Sussex Outstanding Circular Walks...

Haywards Heath - South Road For this months blog I have made a few shots of our now home town of Haywards Heath in West Sussex. We have...

Houses of Parliament from across the Thames Again in December I find myself struggling to get the motivation to be out and about with the...

Burford's busy High Street On our way back from Bourton-on-the-Water (last months blog post) we stopped off for an hour in Burford....

River Windrush In October we spent a couple of days in Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire to celebrate my wife’s birthday. We have...

Cardinal (male) September seemed to come and go and time with the camera proved to be a challenge. I am not happy to share anything that...

Claydon My wife booked a cottage for a family Christmas in 2020 but lockdown put pay to that! Having rescheduled it to August 2021 we...

Alfriston High Street This month we went “out out” to quote the comedian Micky Flanagan. With Covid restrictions easing we booked a night...

Cuckfield Just t a brief post this month. I haven’t had my drone, a Mavic Pro, out for over a year due to the Pandemic so I decided to...

The edge of the forrest and beyond looking to the West I thought that once I had retired I would have more time to get out and about with...

Beachy Head Lighthouse I have been meaning to revisit Beachy Head for a long time and finally made it there this month. I really want to...

White Petite Double Chrysanthemum Another lockdown project with many Covid restrictions still in place here in the UK. I shot three...

Abbots Leigh With lockdown continuing here in the UK throughout February my options were a bit limited. However I took my Sony A6500 out...

Shadow Stars Just the one photograph this month. The above image is the result of serval attempts and much post-processing to get...

Merry Christmas Well as suspected, pretty much locked down again this month so just the one shot to wish you and yours a safe and healthy...

This month was again quite busy so I am lazily revisiting my archive to bring you three images of smoke trails that I shot a few years...