Blencathra trig ring- now gone. Blencathra trig marker. Obviously when researching the references for The Wainwrights in Colour book I could only record the elements of the sketch as they were on my visit. As the whole project took ten years to complete there will have been changes to some…
3 day countdown. I can’t believe it, only three days to go until the book is launched and you will all be able to judge for yourselves if all the hype lives up to expectations. Even though I did all the work, the research, the walking, the paintings, writing all…
Latrigg above the layers. A recent period of high pressure over the country has given us a rather warm and settled period of autumnal weather. The colours of the foliage on the trees has been the best for many a year and this has been mixed with some days of…
Blencathra- curing the artist’s block. The recent trip I had to Blencathra really cured the artists block which I had for completing the sketches of Blencathra for The Wainwrights in Colour project. Soon there will be a new blog post about it on the Andy Beck Artists site but in…
Date of this walk: 13/5/2015 Start: Car park (free) at Threlkeld Facilities: Two pubs in Threlkeld village: The Horse and Farrier and The Sally Inn Walk route: Shown below. To download GPX files or other formats for this route for free click here With an appointment in Keswick arranged for mid-morning on Wednesday I planned…
