Sheep on Kisdon

Swaledale tups in the afternoon sun

On location 17th August 2020 Parking: For this walk I parked in a small layby just outside Keld village but it would be better to use the facilites within the village itself. Route map: click on the arrow to play the route. GPX route available by clicking in the Plotaroute.com link…

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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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Being a “Wainwright” nerd.

Mungrisdale Common Youtube

It has to be said that I love finding out the fine details about that famous guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright. I don’t go into his publishing or personal life. I’ll leave that to my good friend Chris Butterfield. Who over the past few years has uncovered some fascinating and long…

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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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