Rights of Way
In 2019 I started a project exploring the different rights of way that criss-cross the UK. In March 2020 I became ill with Coronavirus and the world shrank to be enclosed by four-close-walls. As I regained my strength and breathing became easier, the daily lockdown walks I took from my house became longer. The world opened up again in ever-widening walks from home.
These images cover a landscape of ancient droveways, the construction of new cycle paths, urban alleyways and riverine rights of navigation. They run at odds to the restrictions of private ownership and the anger-fuelled conflicts that ignite when public rights come into conflict with individual greed and self-interest.
Grahame, my Dad, has always said that "you can never own a view" and these pictures are an effort to share these views of a landscape, along with the people, plants and animals which inhabit it.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/409571fb-373a-4247-a860-4c4d36e89848_rw_1920.jpg?h=8a8eb00b09d92d32370d5b10b70d3eb6)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/5b54118d-efc5-4eab-8760-fea5ff0e0811_rw_1920.jpg?h=e40217def138e612f9d2300779d678cd)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/a0384d16-441e-4420-89f6-4b6cdd8be8ff_rw_1920.jpg?h=06c87345d1e8bebdd9ee33873230c6a9)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/43dae25d-6e3e-49c7-a3f9-c6a1b9eeb73d_rw_1920.jpg?h=b607d00687bc41e3486365c25be946b9)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/e274452d-b1b7-45e7-90c8-bf3cdd72c369_rw_1920.jpg?h=cf01c4b17f03025fef08becaf27370d8)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/9f3e574a-83c7-4b1e-8d6b-468de9ba7a0c_rw_1920.jpg?h=e494c8a7bb44656fc1fcf43997c6ff60)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/ce6bdc3d-2dea-4fdf-a242-f10aa8d1fda0_rw_1920.jpg?h=44b803f3971b46a4276069f93be91b91)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/a63f52e9-dbef-4ff6-b3cb-994c9ad932b6_rw_1920.jpg?h=4e5db9b2547e326aaa031a1f9943b048)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/618d695a-49ae-4702-a01b-f545eff2fa49_rw_1920.jpg?h=51bd9c9da879d747781373f38287f738)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/82330790-c37e-4af3-bf39-686161b8cf9e_rw_1920.jpg?h=ab502e4b537cbca2741c2dd5f6ca53fd)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/ab8b242e-c5a8-409a-bbee-7a009784de4f_rw_1920.jpg?h=fbd6c1886a969a4d61fe01edc18cf729)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/4ef09d56-44a3-4e3c-b63d-3518f806af04_rw_1920.jpg?h=39aba3137ab90f26b382fc3e7655f8a1)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/db650356-f61a-471d-a5b1-6147a4ede47e_rw_1920.jpg?h=7c7b2df7adc3f00edef3a62da39e9839)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/d4fea8f5-7795-4b9b-9f36-ed9d9c2b22ef_rw_1920.jpg?h=03cddb665594f6c72cf132a50ef6adac)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/7f2ba597-0405-4419-91f2-091e52f74bc4_rw_1920.jpg?h=5d966ede401e7eb3b3c3b458039e122b)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/3d47be6a-a98b-4894-b759-7ef7fba1f2e0_rw_1920.jpg?h=03067d8afa9be569a564ba08d5fdb956)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/b66cd76a-eb1b-4529-a5dd-033992d4bf4e_rw_1920.jpg?h=659f795d370a3cc25d60fa867568781a)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/17e2f119-5c92-4719-bb40-b6933bab264d_rw_1920.jpg?h=449c9452a77627d958a1f84e1421b28e)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/feda9238-b02e-4c1c-90eb-0187c2c174d6_rw_1920.jpg?h=373bdfcb44af0c5f5887aa6d6341a086)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/f59e071f-de83-48d4-b809-44d5cf2273ef_rw_1920.jpg?h=0b3c5f08e0656511c9d953858290e1a3)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87fa88eccc1aac389c570fb30d3605b9/e2bc0510-3552-4b62-910f-aed912df1593_rw_1920.jpg?h=90dca92fae89852335591843e5980a47)