​Van de Rekes Photography

October was an unusual month for me as I retired from work after 36 years with my final employer and after a total of 47 years of...

Douglas C-47 (Dakota) in RAF livery and Invasion markings This months blog comes from Headcorn Airfield in Kent where the Battle of...

This way Closer to home this month with no international travel likely this side of my retirement from the day job at the end of October....

Grand Palais in the evening sun With lockdown restrictions easing and travel within Europe to some destinations possible, at least for...

Radial Well I have to admit I am struggling for motivation to get out with the camera so I am left literally clutching a straws for this...

Carnation Well here we are in second full month of our lockdown here in the UK. I am typing this ahead of our Prime Minister's address...

Another Galaxy - or a Caithness crystal paper weight! A quiet month as lockdown continues and we wait to see how the Coronovirous spreads...

My work usually takes me overseas on a fairly regular basis so inevitably this tends to be more of a travel blog than anything else....

London St. Pancras Running a bit late in February so an admission that these shots were all taken on 1 March on a return trip to Paris....

Balcombe Viaduct Welcome to 2020. This months blog features the Balcombe Viaduct also known as the Ouse Valley Viaduct and is part of the...

Page Park in the Staple Hill area of Bristol was donated to the people of Staple Hill by Arthur William Page, the same year he was...

View from the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel November found me back in Hong Kong for a couple of nights so time as always was limited....

The Seine looking towards the Eiffel Tower This has been another busy month for travel, Paris, New Delhi, Mumbai and then back to Paris....

The River Wye from Symonds Yat Rock I managed to grab a couple of weeks leave this month during which we spent 4 nights in the Forrest of...

Herstmonceux Castle I wasn’t sure I was going to get a suitable subject for this months blog but something always seems to crop up. I was...

Moscow Skyline July was another busy month, with return trips to Bangalore, Moscow and Paris keeping me busy. I had intended to make...

Parade Pipers The subject of this months blog is a little closer to home. At this time of the year appropriately dressed Dickens...

Ukraine Hotel and the CBD behind May found me back in Moscow for three days towards the middle of the month. I was last here in 2012 for...

Hong Kong waterfront taken from Kowloon April has been a particularly busy month for travel. I flew back from Dubai on 1 April and then...

Abras crossing the Dubai Creek I left home around 5:00 pm on Sunday evening and headed to London Heathrow Terminal 5. The weather was...