Tag Archives: National Trust

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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Tea Break

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Guthlac

On the way home from London yesterday we stopped off at Canons Ashby in the heart of the Northamptonshire countryside for a cup of tea and a piece of cake.  Simple things are sometimes the best.

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One way ticket to a mad man

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Guthlac

One of the joys (?) of photography is that you have to work with the available light.   Yes you can enhance things in post production but without really good light you start to struggle.  Yesterday at Stowe garden was … Continue reading →

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Winter sun

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Guthlac

In an attempt to purge my system of all the political nonsense floating around this at the moment we visited the most political landscape in Britain – Stowe in Buckinghamshire – short of a busman’s holiday.

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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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Mellow fruitfulness

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Guthlac

Travelling around the country at this time of year makes one realise that autumn comes earlier in different places.   Here in the soft southern lands south of the Trent the autumn is only now starting to take a grip.   … Continue reading →

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Tiredness kills

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Guthlac

Yesterday I arrived back from a trip around North Yorkshire.  After a short break I decided to work on some of the images that I made and before long I realised that this was a bad idea.  So I slept … Continue reading →

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A little bit more Hardwick

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Guthlac

Eat your heart out Manhattan!

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Complementary

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Guthlac

Autumn seems to be coming much later this year.  Here we are in early October and most of the trees still have all their leaves.  The horse chestnuts are just starting to change but at this rate there won’t be … Continue reading →

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Autumn No. 25

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Guthlac
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