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Warm welcome, cosy beds and great breakfasts, surrounded by wonderful photographic oportunities

Balcraggan House
Feshiebridge by Kincraig

Tel: 01540 - 651488

email: balcraggan@kincraig.com

www: www.kincraig.com/balcraggan

See Belfast and its harbour from the water to understand the importance of ship-building and maritime trade in the history of the city.

Tel: 028 90 330844

email: info@laganboatcompany.com

www: http://www.laganboatcompany.com/

The original zoo was built in 1933,acquired by Belfast City Council in 1962 and (thankfully) rebuilt in the late 1970s to provide the best possible conditions for captive animals. Improvements continue and the zoo is a successful part of various breeding programmes, for threatened species, some of which no longer survive in the wild. Some residents, lemurs and prairie dogs, have the run of the grounds, not least because they are great escapers. www: http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/belfastzoo/

Historic country house hotel, with award-winning chef. Lovely gardens offer plenty of places for photographs.

Clogher, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT76 0BZ

Tel: +44 (0)28 8554 8216

email: reservations@corickcountryhouse.com

www: http://www.corickcountryhouse.com/

Umbrella organisation for Camera Clubs in NI, affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain www: http://www.niphoto.co.uk/

A good country house hotel with an acclaimed restaurant. The owners prepare a range of traditional dishes, and dishes 'with a twist' using good Scottish products, at modest prices.

The Rowan Tree Country Hotel
Loch Alvie
by Aviemore
PH22 1QB

Tel: 01479 810207

www: www.rowantreehotel.com

Georgian country house with family atmosphere and great food, for intimate weddings and peaceful B&B

58 Newforge Road, Magheralin, Craigavon,BT67 0QL

Tel: +44 (0) 28 9261 1255

email: enquiries@newforgehouse.com

www: http://www.newforgehouse.com/

Morocco is an education in sight, sound, taste and smell and Dave Waterman is an intriguing guide. If asked he will offer photographic advice, so beginners can enjoy their trip. Travel light, by 4x4, on narrow, un-surfaced roads through amazing scenery, stay in local riads (guesthouses), find good food in restaurants and roadside stalls and see photo-opportunities everywhere www: http://www.moroccan-photo-safaris.com/

From his home near Kingussie, in the heart of the Cairngorms, Peter Cairns offers opportunities for wildlife and landscape photography, in the Scottish Highlands and to a carefully chosen range of overseas destinations.
The speed at which trips are booked out shows just how good they are! www: http://www.northshots.com

The company that provides Norway with its coastal post and cargo service, offers relaxed voyages (not cruises!) in Norway, Spitsbergen, Greenland and Antarctica. The ships are comfortable and the food is good, the crew-members are charming and helpful. If you like country hotels and not much fuss, these trips are for you! www: http://www.hurtigruten.co.uk/

An hour by train, from Krakow, is the town of Oswiecim and the remains of two of the three sites that made up the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. Auschwitz 1, created from a Polish Infantry Barracks, still survives, horribly as it was. Auschwitz 2-Birkenau is ruined, the result of Nazi attempts to destroy the evidence.
Experience this awful place, then after an unpleasant and emotionally draining few hours, leave by the (modern) gate marked ‘exit’, and try to imagine what it was like to have no way out. www: http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/html/eng/start/index.html

Websites for photographers and artists www: http://www.clikpic.com