Cotherstone Moor

Lamb Hill, Cotherstone Moor

A short wander over Cotherstone Moor to visit Lamb Hill and the old tank wreck. On Location: Cotherstone Moor 27th April 2021 Please Note: This route is over “Open Access” land and uses public footpaths as much as possible. Dogs should be kept under close control and due to the…

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The Best of March 2021

Yin and Yang

The Best of March 2021. Another month goes by…. A combination of still being restricted to movements due to lockdown and being very busy behind the scenes with other business commitments my time for getting out with the camera in March was limited. However, Bailey still needed his daily walks…

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The Best of February 2021

Teesdale icicles

A gallery of images from the month of February Another month has passed with the continued lockdown restrictions. Once again this meant that my travels were limited. A couple of trips down to the local town but nothing further afield. As frustrating as this is I prefer to stick to…

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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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Sheep and snow at Bowes

Bowes village sheep

On Location 6th January 2021 Another fresh fall of snow at Bowes in Teesdale. As I live in the village I was able to take advantage of the conditions to capture the scenes. A day that began with a cold mist developed into a bright, sunny winter’s day. These are…

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Best of September 2020

Apologies for the delay in posting this monthly selection of images taken during the month of September. To be honest I have been so busy with work it had completely slipped my mind. The month seemed to fly by and there is certainly a change of seasons in the air.…

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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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