Tag Archives: Calke Abbey

So much for great plans…

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Guthlac

  The golden hour, oh how we photographers bang on about it.  The golden hour – the time around dawn and dusk when the light is at its best!   That is of course when the weather forecast is correct.   A … Continue reading →

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Clearing up…

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Guthlac

  For a series of complicated interconnected reasons I have been wading through my back catalogue over the past few days.   As I did that I have found a few images that I thought worth giving a breath of freash … Continue reading →

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Creative unconformity….

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Guthlac

A few days work.

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So that’s that then…

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Guthlac

For a while now I have claimed that autumn was here – well now there is no mistaking the slowly changing season – rain is definitely stopping play.  I realise talking about rain might be seen as being in bad … Continue reading →

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Another Busy Day at Calke…

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Guthlac

Clearly not all the kids have gone back to school today….still there is enough space at Calke Abbey to find some more deserted locations.

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I challenge the mighty…

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Guthlac

I guess we all have different memories of National Trust properties when we were growing up.  For me it is a total absence of ever having visited a National Trust property .  Whether that is true or not I have … Continue reading →

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Dandelion Clock

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Guthlac

Oh for long lost days of childhood innocence when the worst thing you had to worry about was how many puffs would it take to blow all the seeds from the dandelion clock.  Walking through the gardens at Calke Abbey … Continue reading →

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Visiting Mr McGregor’s garden

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Guthlac

One of the enduring impressions I get when wondering around the gardens of Calke Abbey is that I am in a recreation of the garden out of Peter Rabbit.  Yesterday was not an exception.  The sun was shining, the chill … Continue reading →

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Walking through the woods

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Guthlac

Winter is coming The last few days of Autumn have felt like winter yet the first day of Winter was in comparison quite mild.   One of the joys of living in this part of England is that we can … Continue reading →

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I’ve got a plan

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Guthlac

I was recently described by some who knows me as a very unusual early adaptor, by this she meant that given my age I know an unnatural amount about tech, internet et al.  I guess that may well be correct as … Continue reading →

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