Blurred_Lens

@lensblurred.bsky.social

Dan. Hobby photographer. Mostly urban decay, graffiti, a vague sense of isolation, graveyards, birds on telegraph poles, or things generally slightly out of place. Posts usually accompanied with a flippant attempt at comedy. Kent, UK

The current spate of wildfires across the country and the tinder-dry state of Dartmoor has made me reflect on some of the incidents I attended. No exaggeration to say that some wildfires were amongst the most physically draining and dangerous jobs I turned out to in the 7 years I was on the run...

Black and white photo - two firefighters in full kit with beaters working a fire front in a fiercely burning gorse fire.A firefighter silhouetted in smoke on Dartmoor on a sunny day.A single firefigher looks to the camera with beater aloft with a massive wall of fire behind him.A tired firefighter trudging across the moor with beater across his shoulders. Remains of smoke hanging in the air.