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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Swaledale and Muker meadows

July haymeadow, Swaledale

On Location 1st July 2020 Parking: for the walk through the meadows I parked in Muker village. There is either limited roadside parking at the west end of the village or a pay and display park at the east end. Route map: Swaledale and Muker meadows. Click on the arrow…

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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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Sketchbook- August 2020

The Powder House, Arkengarthdale

Artwork sketchbook August 2020 The weather has been quite good during the month of August so I took the opportunity to get out and practice my plein air sketching. Nearly all of these pages were produced in the one book. It was a 5″ x 7″ spiral bound book which…

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Winter at Bowes Museum

Bowes Museum and snow

On Location 15th Jan 2021 The forecast looked promising so an early breakfast was taken before I headed down to our local town of Barnard Castle here in County Durham. The previous day had seen a decent amount of snowfall and overnight a hard frost had crisped everything up. Driving…

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