Manor House stables in Maplas near Chester - home to Michael Owen's racehorses .

December saw one of my more random assignments of the year - shooting non league football team Hyde for Dubai based paper The National

The team has a number of former Premier League players in it's ranks who didn't quite make the grade at the top level . I was given great access behind the scenes and shivering on the touchline while my hands froze to my cameras made me all nostalgic for my days at the Doncaster Free Press where covering non league football was part of every working week .