A rooster in tweed walking the gravel path of a Cotswolds estate, rolling hills behind

On Location

The Cotswolds Sitting

3 February 2026

A private commission in the Gloucestershire countryside. The client wanted formal. The weather wanted otherwise. Both got what they deserved.

Featuring Aldous

A rooster perched on the dashboard of a Land Rover, misty estate visible through the windscreen

The drive from London takes three hours in theory and four in a Defender with opinions about the M40.

A rooster in a waxed Barbour jacket stepping out of a green Land Rover on a gravel drive
A rooster in tweed striding through formal gardens with a Georgian manor house behind

The Barbour was borrowed. The boots were not.

He walks the grounds before every commission. It is reconnaissance disguised as appreciation.

A rooster in a green three-piece suit seated in a leather wingback chair in a country house library, whisky in hand

The library was meant for a brief consultation. It became the sitting room. These things happen when the light insists.

A rooster standing on a wooden crate beside a stone wall, lit by golden hour, large-format camera in foreground

The last frame of the day. The stone holds the warmth longer than seems possible.

A Land Rover Defender driving away down a tree-lined estate drive at dusk, taillights glowing

He does not look back. The good ones never do.