Lover of British, Belgian and Dutch beers. CAMRA activist who enjoys beer in all its forms. Beer writer (of sorts), beer judge, host of talks and tastings.
Stockport, Cheshire, UK
Joined December 2014
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Good morning!
Strawberry Nets, Eric Ravilious, 1932. This watercolour was commissioned by Sir Geoffrey Fry at his country home Oare House, near Pewsey, in #Wiltshire. The original artwork is in a private collection.
Good morning! – at Stockport, England
If you're feeling the worries and noise of the world at the moment, I'm sending you this beautiful walk among the chestnut trees, the pale sun flickering through the leaves and falling in pools of light on the ground. The river is sparkling at the end of the lane, and all around the birds are singing out into the morning as the mist clears. I hope it brings a little Peak District calm to your day.
📍 Peak District, England
Good morning!
It's such a special moment when the light first hits. Standing in the early pre-dawn silence, you watch the sky get fractionally paler and paler, until the sun suddenly breaks cover over the hills with a sharp flash and runs down the slopes into the valley, bringing brightness to the trees and the river and the path ahead. It never gets old.
📍 Peak District, England
Good morning! – at Stockport, England
Newt Pond, Eric Ravilious, 1932. Depicting a scene at Great Bardfield in #Essex. After being sold to a private collection at @ChristiesInc some years ago, the artwork is now on loan to @TownerGallery.
Good Morning!
This quiet lane is one of my favourites. It's where I retreat to when I need a peaceful hour to walk my dog, to crunch through the leaves, to listen to nothing more than birdsong and the deer in the undergrowth. It's the lane where I always hear my first cuckoos in spring, see the foxgloves shine in summer, watch the leaves tip over from green to gold in autumn, and where the silence piles up on top of the deep snow in winter. I hope you can all find a lane like this somewhere, wherever you are in the world, and I hope it always brings you a little calm.
📍 Peak District, England
Good morning! – at Stockport, England
The villages of the #peakdistrict always stop me in my tracks when I see them dreaming on quiet mornings. All was peaceful on the lanes as I watched this scene, the early sun brushing the trees, turning them to gold here and there, and the mist still lazily drifting across the fields. Even the old gate looked like it needed to stretch and wake up.
Good morning! – at Stockport, England
Good morning! – at Bredbury, England
Newhaven Harbour, Eric Ravilious, 1935. It depicts the harbour lighthouse in this famous East #Sussex port, much beloved by Ravilious. The original artwork is in a private collection.
Good morning! – at Stockport, England
I know you can't feel and hear the happiness that accompanied this shot, or see the huge grin on my face as I took it, but I hope you can picture it!
Padley Gorge is one of my favourite Peak District locations, in every season, weather and mood.
If you're really lucky there, you'll get some morning mist weaving around the trees.
If you're even luckier, the sun will start to break through and light up the shadows.
If you're incredibly lucky, you'll see cows there, to add a bit of interest and scale.
And if you're me, last week, grinning my biggest ever grins, a particularly photogenic chap will stand patiently in the most perfect frame of twisted trees, posing beautifully and giving you his best side. I felt as if all my birthdays had come at once.
As usual, I whispered 'thank you' and bounced away with a massive spring in my step. I hope he makes you smile and starts your week off well.
📍 Peak District, England
