Mike G Captures

Long Down.

The Long Down, near Cam in Gloucestershire, showing off it's springtime winter.

At the start of the video you can see the Cotswolds, that this is a part of, the middle shows the Malvern hills, and the end the hills of the Forest of Dean and the Black Mountains in South Wales.

I can't find any reference of Cruise ever having had security provided by any British police service, let alone the SEG.

Please don't just spout "facts" without providing references.

With Moss I assume you're talking about her wedding (it's the only reference I can find of her having police support), this was a mix of private security and local police enforcing a local council approved road closure.

There is a big difference between "having security" and having security provided by the SEG, the SEG almost exclusively work with the royals and politicians, hence the recent uproar at Swift being offered security by them.

Please read my comment that you've replied to again. Clearly you didn't read all of it before frothing at the mouth to reply.

So who should pay for it?

Not being a follower of celebrities I was unaware that Swift had been given protection by the SEG, but it seems to have caused some controversy.

However I can find no mention of either Cruise or Moss having been given protection by the SEG. Do you have sources that show they have?

Wow, thank you, person from the internet and the other side of the world, for letting me know which newspaper I should avoid.

Just to put your mind at rest, I've never read a tabloid paper in my life, I prefer to take my news from less salicious and pernicious sources.

Well, one side of the story has been quite publicly aired, fortunately the rest of the family held onto their dignity.

And of course people from the US telling the UK how its policies work looks entirely sane.

He made the choice to stop being a working royal and to leave the UK, once that happens the UK has no obligation to pay for his security. It's not the family that pays for their security, it's UK taxpayers.

Well now, I'm not sure whether you realise this or not but the UK famously has some of the most trusted media outlets in the world.

Note that I'm not saying that all UK media outlets are to be trusted, but that some are incredibly well respected.

Something that your country should aspire to.

How have they put his family in danger? He chose to leave the family, to leave the UK and to publicly slate his family. All his choices.

If you choose not to work for the family business, don't expect to get the perks of working for the family business. Simple.

Blackthorn.

Hot spring days are not normal in the UK, so I've been making the most of the current warm spell and getting out every day with the camera if I can.

#photography #landscape #river #spring #UK

Missed.

This winter was strange here, rarely very cold, very little snow and lots of misty days. It almost felt like autumn had just hung on until spring decided to turn up. I missed winter.

#photography #landscape #woodland #mist #winter

Coo Beastie.

#photography #wildlife #highlandcow

Senses.

One of my favourite parts of spring is walking through woodland and coming across wild garlic. Not only is it visually beautiful but the scent fills the air in an assault on the noise.

It makes great garlic butter too!

#photography #flowers #wildflowers #ransomes #wildgarlic #woodland

Up.

Some days you just need to lay back and watch the clouds roll past.

#photography #woodland #sky #bluesky #clouds

Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

Spring.

Is there a more perfect place to be than an English woodland on a beautiful spring day?

#photography #landscape #woodland #bluebells #spring

Severn.

Just after dawn in the Severn vale, where the UK's longest river meanders it's way between the Cotswolds and the hills of the Forest of Dean on the other, and before anyone else woke up I was shooting this tranquil scene from my drone.

#photography #landscape #sunrise #drone #river #church

Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻

Hopes.

11 months ago we had the most incredible aurora show, as seen in a previous post. Last night the aurora alerts went red again. Unfortunately this time there was only the faintest of glows visible through the camera.

#photography #astrophotography #landscape #aurora #northernlights

Dawn.

Closer to home, in fact just outside my village. Returning home from photographing the sunrise I noticed this scene as I drove home. Stop the car, jump out, grab the shot, back in the car and home for a bacon sandwich. Heaven!

#landscape #sunrise #photography

Eyes everywhere.

Another Florida photo, this time out in the wild at the wonderful Circle B Bar reserve in Lakeland.

Whenever I'm out in nature my eyes are darting all over the place, even so I needed a little bit of luck. My first ever wild raccoon.

#wildlife #raccoon #photography

Heat.

It was a particularly hot day when I visited Wild Florida back in 2023 and this Cape buffalo was making the most of its nice deep pool to keep cool. I love Wild Florida, the air boat trips are great and the safari drive was a wonderful new addition when I went

#wildlife #photography #Florida

Food.

Puffins have long been one of my favourite birds, part Pierrot clown, part transformer (they look nothing like this in winter) and part rainbow.

They have an amazing bill adaptation - their bills open parallel to each other so that they can hold lots of fish.

#photograph #wildlife #bird

Thank you, and don't panic I wasn't quite as close to the edge as I make out. 😉

For any kids reading this, don't play on cliff edges!

For any adults reading this, don't believe everything you read, and also don't play on cliff edges!

Height.

Sitting on the edge of the highest chalk cliff in the UK, Beachy Head, over 500 feet above the shoreline below, is one hell of a way to cure a hangover!

Taken on a boy's weekend away many years ago.

#landscape #photograph #sunrise

Jarman's Boat.

Dungeness is a photographers paradise, and no part more so than Prospect Cottage and garden, former home of the director, filmmaker and gay rights activist Derek Jarman.

#photograph #landscape #blackandwhite