Tag: countryside

Slack, Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags, Midgeholes…

Slack, Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags, Midgeholes…

Reading Time: 6 minutesLast week I decided to attempt a walk I have been wanting to do for some years, and visit Gibson Mill and Hardcastle Crags up along Hebden Water. Today was a clear example of the thing it is always worth remembering – when going out …

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy Father’s will left me a great collection of manuscripts of transcriptions he had made of various folk melodies, processionals, carols and other tunes. I have been slowly working to further trascribe some of these myself to midi files, and to re-imagine some of these …

Sketching

Sketching

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a quick addition to the post from our weekend in Tideswell. While there I did a few pencil sketches inspired by the scenery. This is something I am only just starting to play about with, but here they are.

Lime Tree Farm

Lime Tree Farm

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn preparation for Northern Green Gathering this year we have been spending a weekend doing some work at Lime Tree Farm near Ripon. This is a truly lovely site, no longer a working farm, but an event space with a number of fields and a …