(Above: Gummer’s How – a simple walk with spectacular views. Taken from Fell Foot Park) There is always a poignancy about meeting up on the final day of one of
Tag: Lake Windermere
Where Seagulls DareWhere Seagulls Dare
(Unseen… till later, The whirling seagulls) Didn’t know they were there until I was reviewing the photos later – the seagulls. A whole flock of them whirling overhead, back right
Water, Circle+Cross (5) The Wray Home?Water, Circle+Cross (5) The Wray Home?
(Above: The approach from the lakeshore to Wray Castle) Wray Castle is an imposing neo-gothic building on the north-western shores of Lake Windermere. It’s not a real castle, but looks
Water-Circle+Cross (4) In the Realm of the Sky GodWater-Circle+Cross (4) In the Realm of the Sky God
There is a feeling – as Lake Windermere falls away below – that you are leaving behind one realm and entering another – one dominated by a sky-god. Within minutes
Water-Circle+Cross (3) Roof of the WorldWater-Circle+Cross (3) Roof of the World
(Above: the beauty of Lake Windermere in the May sunshine. The day had begun well…) The Saturday morning of the Silent Eye’s 2023 ‘walking workshop’ – Circle-Water+Cross, began in glorious sunshine.
Water+Circle+Cross (2) “…a spell that changed my life.”Water+Circle+Cross (2) “…a spell that changed my life.”
In 1930, a 23 year old accountant from Blackburn arrived by train for a holiday in the small town of Windermere, high above the lake that shares its name. He
Water-Circle+Cross (1) Coffee under the old woman’s claifeWater-Circle+Cross (1) Coffee under the old woman’s claife
What’s a claife? Actually a Claife… we’ll get to that. The Silent Eye’s spring workshop (SE23) began in glorious May sunshine, as those attending – our companions – began to
A LAP with the GodsA LAP with the Gods
4:30 wake up, 5 a.m. leaving, 5:30 a.m. breakfast, 6 a.m start… It was the final communication before they set off… (06:00 The Lap begins in mist. Only 47 miles
#Phoetry – Stone Fortress Mind#Phoetry – Stone Fortress Mind
by Steve Tanham Beneath the skies of blue that ache with white-kissed beauty Beside the meadows’ deeper green that brightens every day Beyond the water’s vastness blown by breezes on a
Drowning not WavingDrowning not Waving
Stage Directions: Cue: Hamlet cigars advert music from the 60’s to the 90’s…. Video link below, if you weren’t there… YouTube video, late 1970s… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVecbh15dWU They were a very popular
Scaling the HeightsScaling the Heights
As a child, I remember asking the local vicar, “Where is God?” He looked at me, a little startled, and said, “God is everywhere!” I looked around, not meaning to
A Most Unlikely CastleA Most Unlikely Castle
James Dawson had an eye for a view. In 1840, he stood on the spot from which the photo below was taken. and decided to buy it. His advisors explained
Thickening the PlotThickening the Plot
May 2023 is fast approaching, and that realisation puts urgency into the need to create the ‘physical’ part of the landscape workshop ‘Water, Circle, Cross’, the Silent Eye’s spring event
Stories of Winter FireStories of Winter Fire
Here in the Lake District, colour can be hard to find in the Jan-March depths of winter. So I thought it might be fun to explore the replacement of faded
Beyond The WinterBeyond The Winter
It’s at this time of year, when the nights are long and the days short and getting shorter, that we turn our attention to a what could unfold in the