Ian Redfern
@redfern-ian.bsky.social
Keen photographer & avid walker. Retired finance professional. Football, rugby and cricket enthusiast.
Chair; Adam Redfern Memorial Fund.
📍Derbyshire
Chair; Adam Redfern Memorial Fund.
📍Derbyshire
Not long until daylight hours become longer again.
In the meantime, an early but colourful sunset sky captured over the village of Wilson, on the Leics/Derbys border, this afternoon.
In the meantime, an early but colourful sunset sky captured over the village of Wilson, on the Leics/Derbys border, this afternoon.
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Not long until daylight hours become longer again.
In the meantime, an early but colourful sunset sky captured over the village of Wilson, on the Leics/Derbys border, this afternoon.
In the meantime, an early but colourful sunset sky captured over the village of Wilson, on the Leics/Derbys border, this afternoon.
Just a splash of colour to end this afternoon's walk. Daylight hours very short now; a case of making the most of them.
2140 miles walked so far in 2025. Another 4 weeks to go, so will hopefully reach 2300, before starting over again on 1 Jan! 🥾
2140 miles walked so far in 2025. Another 4 weeks to go, so will hopefully reach 2300, before starting over again on 1 Jan! 🥾
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Just a splash of colour to end this afternoon's walk. Daylight hours very short now; a case of making the most of them.
2140 miles walked so far in 2025. Another 4 weeks to go, so will hopefully reach 2300, before starting over again on 1 Jan! 🥾
2140 miles walked so far in 2025. Another 4 weeks to go, so will hopefully reach 2300, before starting over again on 1 Jan! 🥾
It's been around 8 mths since I posted on social media; I became frustrated with algorithms pushing far-right propaganda down my throat.
Time to give it another go, both here & on Threads; but certainly not on the cesspit that X has become!
Here's tonight's colourful sunset sky over Trent Lock.
Time to give it another go, both here & on Threads; but certainly not on the cesspit that X has become!
Here's tonight's colourful sunset sky over Trent Lock.
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's been around 8 mths since I posted on social media; I became frustrated with algorithms pushing far-right propaganda down my throat.
Time to give it another go, both here & on Threads; but certainly not on the cesspit that X has become!
Here's tonight's colourful sunset sky over Trent Lock.
Time to give it another go, both here & on Threads; but certainly not on the cesspit that X has become!
Here's tonight's colourful sunset sky over Trent Lock.
St Mary's Church, Attenborough, Nottingham, bathed in glorious spring sunshine & reflecting in the waters of its neighbouring nature reserve.
March 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
St Mary's Church, Attenborough, Nottingham, bathed in glorious spring sunshine & reflecting in the waters of its neighbouring nature reserve.
Trent Lock at 6.30pm this evening. A pleasure to see the longer daylight hours & only 4 days now until the clocks go forward!
#sunset #photography #nature
#sunset #photography #nature
March 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Trent Lock at 6.30pm this evening. A pleasure to see the longer daylight hours & only 4 days now until the clocks go forward!
#sunset #photography #nature
#sunset #photography #nature
A walk across Hengistbury Head in Dorset rarely disappoints, but when it's as quiet as this and the sun is out, the views in all directions are just glorious.
March 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A walk across Hengistbury Head in Dorset rarely disappoints, but when it's as quiet as this and the sun is out, the views in all directions are just glorious.
Christchurch Harbour sunset. Were it not for the chilly wind, it could almost be a summer's day. Not a cloud in the sky.
#nature #photography #sunset
#nature #photography #sunset
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Christchurch Harbour sunset. Were it not for the chilly wind, it could almost be a summer's day. Not a cloud in the sky.
#nature #photography #sunset
#nature #photography #sunset
That's my 60-day walking challenge, promoting cardiac risks in young adults & the importance of CPR training, duly completed.
The final tally:-
🧮 766.3 km
🧮 476.2 miles
👣 1,094,700 steps
Ready for a rest!
The final tally:-
🧮 766.3 km
🧮 476.2 miles
👣 1,094,700 steps
Ready for a rest!
March 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
That's my 60-day walking challenge, promoting cardiac risks in young adults & the importance of CPR training, duly completed.
The final tally:-
🧮 766.3 km
🧮 476.2 miles
👣 1,094,700 steps
Ready for a rest!
The final tally:-
🧮 766.3 km
🧮 476.2 miles
👣 1,094,700 steps
Ready for a rest!
Just 7️⃣ days left in my 60-day challenge now 🥾. Recent locations include an evening walk through Leicester city centre and familiar routes alongside the local canals, here is SE Derbyshire.
I am currently at 6️⃣6️⃣0️⃣km, so hoping to get well beyond 700km by this time next week.
I am currently at 6️⃣6️⃣0️⃣km, so hoping to get well beyond 700km by this time next week.
February 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just 7️⃣ days left in my 60-day challenge now 🥾. Recent locations include an evening walk through Leicester city centre and familiar routes alongside the local canals, here is SE Derbyshire.
I am currently at 6️⃣6️⃣0️⃣km, so hoping to get well beyond 700km by this time next week.
I am currently at 6️⃣6️⃣0️⃣km, so hoping to get well beyond 700km by this time next week.
Now 47 days into my pledge to walk a minimum of 6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣km in 6️⃣0️⃣ days to highlight cardiac risks in young adults & the charity established in my late son's memory.
Already up to 5️⃣9️⃣0️⃣km after my latest walk; 16km around the Chatsworth Estate.
Check out @redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
Already up to 5️⃣9️⃣0️⃣km after my latest walk; 16km around the Chatsworth Estate.
Check out @redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
February 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Now 47 days into my pledge to walk a minimum of 6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣km in 6️⃣0️⃣ days to highlight cardiac risks in young adults & the charity established in my late son's memory.
Already up to 5️⃣9️⃣0️⃣km after my latest walk; 16km around the Chatsworth Estate.
Check out @redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
Already up to 5️⃣9️⃣0️⃣km after my latest walk; 16km around the Chatsworth Estate.
Check out @redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
Now 38 days into my pledge to walk a minimum of 6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣km in 6️⃣0️⃣ days to highlight cardiac risks in young adults & the charity established in my late son's memory.
Already up to 4️⃣8️⃣1️⃣km, including a couple of days on the Yorkshire coast last week.
Check out @redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
Already up to 4️⃣8️⃣1️⃣km, including a couple of days on the Yorkshire coast last week.
Check out @redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
February 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Now 38 days into my pledge to walk a minimum of 6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣km in 6️⃣0️⃣ days to highlight cardiac risks in young adults & the charity established in my late son's memory.
Already up to 4️⃣8️⃣1️⃣km, including a couple of days on the Yorkshire coast last week.
Check out @redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
Already up to 4️⃣8️⃣1️⃣km, including a couple of days on the Yorkshire coast last week.
Check out @redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
Some highlights from January, where I have walked 378km towards my challenge of completing 600km in 60 days to promote my late son's Memorial Fund.
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out
@redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out
@redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
January 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Some highlights from January, where I have walked 378km towards my challenge of completing 600km in 60 days to promote my late son's Memorial Fund.
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out
@redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out
@redfern_fund on Instagram if you're interested
Missed the worst of Storm Eowyn here in Derbyshire, although this afternoon's walk was still accompanied by a cutting wind.
Nice to see a splash of sunset colour over the Erewash Canal.
#landscape #nature #sunset
Nice to see a splash of sunset colour over the Erewash Canal.
#landscape #nature #sunset
January 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Missed the worst of Storm Eowyn here in Derbyshire, although this afternoon's walk was still accompanied by a cutting wind.
Nice to see a splash of sunset colour over the Erewash Canal.
#landscape #nature #sunset
Nice to see a splash of sunset colour over the Erewash Canal.
#landscape #nature #sunset
After a few days of gunmetal grey skies, we finally saw a welcome splash of colour this afternoon.
Image is one of reflections over Sawley Cut.
Image is one of reflections over Sawley Cut.
January 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
After a few days of gunmetal grey skies, we finally saw a welcome splash of colour this afternoon.
Image is one of reflections over Sawley Cut.
Image is one of reflections over Sawley Cut.
Perfect symmetry.
This afternoon's waterside sunset. Clear skies indicating a chilly night to come.
Location: Trent Lock, Derbyshire.
#nature #photography #sunset #stormhour
This afternoon's waterside sunset. Clear skies indicating a chilly night to come.
Location: Trent Lock, Derbyshire.
#nature #photography #sunset #stormhour
January 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Perfect symmetry.
This afternoon's waterside sunset. Clear skies indicating a chilly night to come.
Location: Trent Lock, Derbyshire.
#nature #photography #sunset #stormhour
This afternoon's waterside sunset. Clear skies indicating a chilly night to come.
Location: Trent Lock, Derbyshire.
#nature #photography #sunset #stormhour
Two days of warmer, characterless weather and I'm already missing the clear skies and beautiful sunsets that accompanied last week's cold snap.
#nature #photography #sunset
#nature #photography #sunset
January 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Two days of warmer, characterless weather and I'm already missing the clear skies and beautiful sunsets that accompanied last week's cold snap.
#nature #photography #sunset
#nature #photography #sunset
Back to grey skies here, albeit warmer, so one from Friday afternoon - the tranquillity of sunset over an icy Erewash Canal.
#Derbyshire #nature #photography #sunset
#Derbyshire #nature #photography #sunset
January 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Back to grey skies here, albeit warmer, so one from Friday afternoon - the tranquillity of sunset over an icy Erewash Canal.
#Derbyshire #nature #photography #sunset
#Derbyshire #nature #photography #sunset
This afternoon's sunset over a flooded and very icy West Park, Long Eaton.
Evidently, it's warming up from tomorrow, but it's going to take a while before the water subsides!
#nature #photography
#sunset ##stormhour
Evidently, it's warming up from tomorrow, but it's going to take a while before the water subsides!
#nature #photography
#sunset ##stormhour
January 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This afternoon's sunset over a flooded and very icy West Park, Long Eaton.
Evidently, it's warming up from tomorrow, but it's going to take a while before the water subsides!
#nature #photography
#sunset ##stormhour
Evidently, it's warming up from tomorrow, but it's going to take a while before the water subsides!
#nature #photography
#sunset ##stormhour
An absolutely glorious post sunset afterglow over Trent Lock in Derbyshire this evening.
Another very cold night to come, too.
#nature #photography #sunset-#stormhour
Another very cold night to come, too.
#nature #photography #sunset-#stormhour
January 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
An absolutely glorious post sunset afterglow over Trent Lock in Derbyshire this evening.
Another very cold night to come, too.
#nature #photography #sunset-#stormhour
Another very cold night to come, too.
#nature #photography #sunset-#stormhour
Good morning. A scene from the beginning of yesterday's walk in the Derbyshire Dales.
A fast-flowing River Derwent at Cromford, set against a backdrop of frost-covered fields, with the remains of recent snowfall still evident in more shaded areas.
#photography #nature #landscape
A fast-flowing River Derwent at Cromford, set against a backdrop of frost-covered fields, with the remains of recent snowfall still evident in more shaded areas.
#photography #nature #landscape
January 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Good morning. A scene from the beginning of yesterday's walk in the Derbyshire Dales.
A fast-flowing River Derwent at Cromford, set against a backdrop of frost-covered fields, with the remains of recent snowfall still evident in more shaded areas.
#photography #nature #landscape
A fast-flowing River Derwent at Cromford, set against a backdrop of frost-covered fields, with the remains of recent snowfall still evident in more shaded areas.
#photography #nature #landscape
Matlock Bath during a 13km walk in the Derbyshire Dales today. This is part of a 600km in 60 days challenge I'm undertaking to promote my late son's Memorial Fund.
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out @redfern_fund on Instagram.
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out @redfern_fund on Instagram.
January 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Matlock Bath during a 13km walk in the Derbyshire Dales today. This is part of a 600km in 60 days challenge I'm undertaking to promote my late son's Memorial Fund.
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out @redfern_fund on Instagram.
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out @redfern_fund on Instagram.
Finally able to get out for a welcome walk this afternoon, after a very wet 36 hours.
Unfortunately, sunset colour was disappointing, so I'll share this one from the first week of 2021, when the Trent was just as swollen and fast-flowing as it is today.
Unfortunately, sunset colour was disappointing, so I'll share this one from the first week of 2021, when the Trent was just as swollen and fast-flowing as it is today.
January 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Finally able to get out for a welcome walk this afternoon, after a very wet 36 hours.
Unfortunately, sunset colour was disappointing, so I'll share this one from the first week of 2021, when the Trent was just as swollen and fast-flowing as it is today.
Unfortunately, sunset colour was disappointing, so I'll share this one from the first week of 2021, when the Trent was just as swollen and fast-flowing as it is today.
Busy start to 2025, inc a 32k dawn 'till dusk walk on 2 Jan, to mark what would have been our son's 32nd birthday & promote his Memorial Fund's annual 5k Run on 9 Mar.
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out @redfern_fund on Instagram.
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out @redfern_fund on Instagram.
January 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Busy start to 2025, inc a 32k dawn 'till dusk walk on 2 Jan, to mark what would have been our son's 32nd birthday & promote his Memorial Fund's annual 5k Run on 9 Mar.
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out @redfern_fund on Instagram.
Adam, an active sportsman, died of sudden cardiac arrest whilst out running in 2021.
Please check out @redfern_fund on Instagram.
Last post of 2024 & as it's New Year's Eve, a day when Big Ben takes centre stage in the UK, this feels appropriate.
This image of moody skies is from September, when sunset was almost directly behind the Parliament building.
Wishing everyone a healthy, happy and successful 2025.
#HappyNewYear
This image of moody skies is from September, when sunset was almost directly behind the Parliament building.
Wishing everyone a healthy, happy and successful 2025.
#HappyNewYear
December 31, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Last post of 2024 & as it's New Year's Eve, a day when Big Ben takes centre stage in the UK, this feels appropriate.
This image of moody skies is from September, when sunset was almost directly behind the Parliament building.
Wishing everyone a healthy, happy and successful 2025.
#HappyNewYear
This image of moody skies is from September, when sunset was almost directly behind the Parliament building.
Wishing everyone a healthy, happy and successful 2025.
#HappyNewYear
2024 will be noted as a year when many of us swapped the toxicity of X for Bluesky. Social media as it should be; a pleasure to use.
To end 2024, a couple of my favourite local waterside images, beginning with this Erewash Canal scene from 1 Feb. It needed no embellishment!
#nature #photography
To end 2024, a couple of my favourite local waterside images, beginning with this Erewash Canal scene from 1 Feb. It needed no embellishment!
#nature #photography
December 30, 2024 at 4:50 PM
2024 will be noted as a year when many of us swapped the toxicity of X for Bluesky. Social media as it should be; a pleasure to use.
To end 2024, a couple of my favourite local waterside images, beginning with this Erewash Canal scene from 1 Feb. It needed no embellishment!
#nature #photography
To end 2024, a couple of my favourite local waterside images, beginning with this Erewash Canal scene from 1 Feb. It needed no embellishment!
#nature #photography