Category Archives: Gartree Explored

In Search of the Gartree…

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Guthlac

Some days it is just great to be alive. I know the world at the moment appears to be going to hell but this afternoon travelling along the Gartree Road over the hills of Leicestershire was a moment of peace … Continue reading →

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Stay With Me…

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Guthlac

Another dawn…another cold photographer. It is getting lighter earlier each day but we are still in the middle of winter. Still a bit of cold isn’t going to stop me (I wasn’t that positive whilst walking the fields of Wistow this morning!) … Continue reading →

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What is he to you?….

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Guthlac

It was so nice to get out this morning and enjoy a beautiful dawn. There only animal I had any communion with this morning was a buzzard who didn’t appreciate me waking him, could have been a her, up from … Continue reading →

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A Lovely Dawn…

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Guthlac

One of the joys (?) of the clocks being turned back is that you don’t have to get up at a silly hour to capture a cold sunny dawn. There was a time I would be found driving miles across … Continue reading →

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Lamplight from your Window…

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Guthlac

Make the most whilst the sun is here. I was out this morning walking a very old road Fosse Way. It was first established back in the 50’s CE which means it is almost 2000 years old. There are some … Continue reading →

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And the Walls Kept Tumbling Down…

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Guthlac

Standing at the top of the ridge upon which Knaptoft stands you did get a feeling that you are looking out on a very green and pleasant land. This is of course is true right upto the point it is … Continue reading →

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All So Autumnal…

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Guthlac

So autumn is starting to catch up. The storms of the past few days appear to have blown the last embers of summer out and we are slowly cooling off, but not as quickly as we probably should do. A … Continue reading →

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A VERY Smelly Ram…

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Guthlac

I guess at one level a Ram’s life is a very easy one. Eat, Breath and F**K. That would seem to be their lot. Most of the time they hang around with other rams being, well, rams. I came across … Continue reading →

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You meet a Nicer Class of Goat…

Posted on October 7, 2023 by Guthlac

I think the weather didn’t get the memo. Well into October and as I write this 23 degrees C. This is not at all normal. I was discussing the weather this morning with my new friend. She, well I think … Continue reading →

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So Sally Can Wait….

Posted on September 24, 2023 by Guthlac

A question for the philosophers out there – When is a photographic image created? I’m really not sure what the answer to this is. As I have mentioned I am currently working on a photographic project called Gartree Explored. This … Continue reading →

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