It has taken five years but it is done. Gartree Explored is no more an active project. All that is left is to arrange the images in order then publish the book of the project. No problem??

It was a wonderful day to finish. One of those days that made you feel good to be alive.

This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,

John of Gaunt – Richard 2nd

This is even more apt than you might think. This is Gaunt’s country. He would have known Medbourne and the land around it. In Gaunt’s time Leicester was the administrative heart of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Gartree Road was still used as a major thoroughfare and no doubt Gaunt and his retinue would have traveled along it.

So the time between these two images being captured has seen four Prime Ministers; one global pandemic; two non consecutive terms of President Trump; war has once more returned to Europe and Britain left the European Union.

What does the future hold???