18th April 2010

Feeling a little achy, and so I spent the afternoon taking photographs whilst Charlotte and Peter walked around the scree side of Wast Water. This photo is looking to the classic view, but just has to be taken!

17th April 2010

From our first full day in the Lake District - I was drawn to the light and the sun rays coming over Fleetwick Pike, towards the bottom of the Honnister Pass.

15th April 2010

I had enormous fun playing in the woods - borrowed a friends little girl to 'model' with me for an entry to a DPC challenge.

16th April 2010

Heading to the Lake District for a week of chilling, walking and re-grouping after a fairly stressful few months. Unfortunately I was the rear vehicle in stationary traffic which the next car somehow failed to see. Car was written off, and some of the luggage damaged, including all bar one of my filters and possibly my flash gun. Nobody was seriously hurt, although there were some stiff joints the next morning! we eventually managed to locate hire car and managed to get to our cottage at around 11pm. Not quite the start planned...

14 April 2010

4th April 2010

I joined my sister and her family for our traditional Easter picnic at Kirkham Priory. It is such a beautiful setting - at the base of a small valley, just above the river; opposite the valley side is wooded, with the York - Scarborough railway line passing through. We had fun at the picnic, rolling (or hurling) eggs that Catherine and Co. had decorated, the children (young and somewhat older) played a game of Sardines, and we ended with an easter egg hunt. The rain held off long enough for us to have a good time.

April 1st, 2010

30 March 2010

Having a few days annual leave; pouring with rain, so have spent the day indoors. I bought some flowers from Tesco to cheer myself up!

27 March 2010

A lovely Spring day. I drove up to a village North of Thirsk which has the most wonderful old Norman Church that sits in a field of daffodils. Unfortunately they weren't yet in full flower, so I will have to return in a week or so. On the way back down the A19 I stopped off at another Norman church, St Mary the Virgin, otherwise known as Leake Church; I have passed so many times, and often thought about stopping to take a look. The church is large, and has some lovely relatively modern stained glass. I had often wondered about the churches location - it stands directly next to the busy A19 and, with the exception of the neighbouring farm, stands quite solitary. A little research shows that in the 14th century it was at the heart of a large and thriving village of perhaps 1,500 inhabitants. However at some time in the late 15th or the 16th century the village simply disappeared - I haven't been able to discover if it is recorded why; perhaps disease, or crop failure, or clearance by a landlord.

22 March 2010

Caught this on my way home from work - the storm clouds provided the perfect back-drop for the minster. the tele-photo lens has had a fore-shortening effect, making the minster look much closer than it really is.