Worth the effort

Bowes Museum takes the prize. Well, getting up early on a January morning seems to have been well worth the effort. Those of you who read my blog post here will recall my trip down to the Post Office which resulted in some rather good images. One in particular I…

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The best of January 2021

Kirkcarrion near Middleton in Teesdale

A gallery of images from January 2021 The year 2021 started off in familar territory….literally. Once again the county was put under strict lockdown measures due to Covid19. Like everyone else this has meant me staying close to home for daily exercise. Fortunately, living in such a beautiful area with…

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Best of October 2020

It was a good month for photography. Nature during the month of October usually puts on a good display of colour seemingly to celebrate the changing of the seasons before the drab tones of winter. Most of the month for me was spent working in Teesdale with a couple of…

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Best of July 2020

We would normally think of the days of July as hours of blazing sun and bright blue skies. Well it wasn’t quite like that here in Teesdale in 2020. As ever, I was out and about every day obtaining refereces for paintings or just taking photographs. It seems that we…

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New! Swaledale sheep prints

At last I have been able to get the set of Swaledale Sheep paintings printed and mounted. These three watercolour paintings have been very well received on social media over the recent months and now I am able to offer them as a set of prints. I have decided to…

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Best of May 2020

Woodland walk

There are a couple of things that I will remember May 2020 for. Firstly, the ongoing situation with the Covid19 crisis. The situation eased a little bit with the lockdown restrictions being eased even further but I have been reluctant to venture far from home. It would have been easy…

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