The Kite and the Dog

Walked by the river Wharfe this week. A red kite was taking a slightly worrying interest in the dog. The dog was also very interested with the kite, you can see it centre picture. 

Le Tour has started and is proving a fantastic race so far, seeing Cav win yesterday was unbelievable. Oh, and there is some football on as well. No space for Wimbledon at all.
 

Windmills on the Ouse.

I am probably also going to exhibit this image at Open Studios. From experience it could go either way; it might seem too normal to attract people, or it could be dramatic enough to capture people's imagination. If I had to guess I would say the former, but you never know and I hate to build up expectation too far. 

River of Sand

I have chosen the new shots I shall be showing at Open Studios next month. This has enough ambiguity and abstractness to make the cut. From Cap Verde in 2019 (from before the fall).

Guitarist!

This is niece KC (Ben & Kari's daughter). Words are not really necessary, but to have another electric guitar player in the family is a great thing. Looking forward to jamming at Xmas some year.

Dead Tree Glade

Also in the goshawk forest I found this dead tree surrounded by healthy ones. It gives the glade a strange atmosphere, just a little bit creepy. 

Goshawks

Walking up in Wykeham forest last week I heard a strange sound. Both Layla and I looked around working out what it was. I then saw this huge nest in the pines, it was well over a metre wide and contained some hefty bird of prey chicks. When I got home I discovered it to be a Goshawk nest. First time I have seen that bird, and a great experience.

House Guests!

Friends Mark and Mandy stayed over last weekend. Great to see them, and to host guests again. Got a meal in from a restaurant, then on the Sunday went to Brew York to watch the England match. A good time all round.

 

May Moss

I walked up on Fylingdales Moor in the North York Moors. May Moss might look very like Humberhead peat bogs, and it is also a peat bog, but at 250 metres above sea level, compared with the 2 metres of Humberhead.

Bugthorpe

Got another church ride in with Robert the other week. This is Bugthorpe church. I like a nice haphazard wall like this.

Steaming

 Steam trains are back on the lines through York. It is always an excitement to see them in action. This is a shot for the times we live in.

Skyline

I ran my first photography workshop since pre-pandemic in the studio. It went really well, good to be back face to face with people.

This is one last shot from our walk, with Ingleborough (to the left) and Pen y Gent (to the right) on the skyline.

High Stile

Taken on the Gisburn walk. I do like a stile, and this one really caught my eye. Layla was not so keen on climbing it, but she managed.

Family walk

Went a walk with my sister and brother in law, Ro and Pete at the weekend. It was an interesting route involving, bogs, denuded forest, no paths and farmers trying to hide their public footpaths from the public. But it was great all the same; Gisburn Forest from the Settle side.

The losing of the sofa war

Rowan took this shot of Layla deciding to join me on the sofa by climbing over the back of it. She is a great companion.

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Wedding

So here is one from the wedding. Emma and Alex had just paused at Emma's grandfather's (my Uncle Geoff) gravestone.  

Wolds again

Got a walk in with Layla in the beautiful idyllic wolds on Bank Holiday Monday. It was quite busy, saw about five people in over 3 hours of walking.