We’re back for the last event of the academic year at Brackenhurst Campus – Nottingham Trent University, near Southwell NG25 0QF for Brackfest, on Thursday 1st May 2025 from midday to 5pm.
We’ll have cards from Jane Cornwell Studio as well as our own photography, prints, coasters and canvas!
We’re at Wirksworth Book Festival on Saturday 26th April 2025. It’s on the Memorial Gardens in Wirksworth, Derbyshire DE4 4DS .
10am to 4pm.
We’ll have a novel and a book of poetry and short stories from Aidan and poetry written by his late Mum:
We’ll also have greeting cards, prints, coasters and canvases, all original photography from Aidan inspired by walks in the Peak District, Nottinghamshire and the Yorkshire Coast. We’ll also have some beautiful greeting cards from our friend Jane Cornwell, who is a Scottish artist.
We’re back at West Bridgford Farmers’ Market on Saturday 12th April 2025.
8.30am to 1.30pm.
It takes place on The Croquet Lawn, Central Avenue, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 6AT
We’ll have lots of greeting cards, prints, coasters, art, photography celebrating, nature, wildlife, landscape and seascape.
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Unfortunately due to family illness we won’t be at the market. So sorry. ☹️
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We’re back at Wirksworth Market on Saturday 5th April 2025. It’s on the Memorial Gardens in Wirksworth, Derbyshire DE4 4DS .
9am to 2pm.
We’ll have greeting cards, prints, coasters and canvases, all original photography from Aidan inspired by walks in the Peak District, Nottinghamshire and the Yorkshire Coast. We’ll also have some beautiful greeting cards from our friend Jane Cornwell, who is a Scottish artist.
Sorry, it’s more Creswell Crags, in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire but don’t ask me which side I was on…
With the cursed knee (which is improving), I’m limited how far I can walk. This trip was a pitiful 1.5 miles or so but worth it for the views, the clouds, the sky, horses (distantly) and seeing flowers and plants budding and coming to life.
The lemon cake and cappuccino at Creswell Crags Centre cafe was also very tasty!
Very dark and brooding to start with, with hint of blue.
Lots of hazel trees coming into bud:
Then coffees and cake.
It was wonderful to see the dramatic grey skies gradually transform into blue and white on the way back:
This is Marsh Marigold:
More blueness:
A very short walk (because of the cursed knee) that focused mainly on the sky and clouds. Some of it taken in the grounds of Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire but I may have strayed into Derbyshire too.
Taken with my phone camera, so if course it doesn’t do the scene any justice.
Nothing of any great educational value, just a few pictures of Newark Castle in Nottinghamshire. It’s worth a visit to the town as well as the castle.
This is another section of the Cleveland Way, along the Yorkshire Coast which I’ve been enjoying walking for several years. Here’s a link to some other walks in this area.
First of all, I made the mistake of not checking the tides! I’ve always ended up in Runswick Bay early in the afternoon and the tide is out, revealing a beautiful beach.
It’s wasn’t like that on this particular morning. The tide was very high, covering the beach and lapping at the rocks placed to prevent erosion. I did meet people who had scrambled over the rocks but I didn’t think it safe.
I managed to find a path running parallel to the sea with lots of twists and turns and dead-end, finally arriving at the south end of the beach. It was muddy and slippy and I managed to scrape my scalp on a low-hanging branch. Nothing serious…
It was a bit grim and grey but I loved the wildness of it all:
Beach stones, for those of you that like such things:
Then there’s a fairly hefty climb up from the beach to get on to the Cleveland Way (heading south). There’s a stream running alongside it which makes walking a little slippery:
I stopped a few times to admire the shale deposits…
It’s worth it for the view from the top:
Despite it being rather grey and grim, there was still something bright and beautiful to be found:
Then it’s southwards on the clifftops:
A bit of blue sky starts to brighten everything up:
Cows, cows and yet more cows…
Mad cow?
Some beautiful views looking back:
And forwards:
Harvest time…
Looking back once more:
Getting closer to Sandsend. This is the railway tunnel which ran north via the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway.
Then it’s south, follwoing the cliffs and the old rail route down to Sandsend itself. At this point, it’s busy with people – some more friendly than others!
Not much left of the Sandsend railway viaduct! There’s no access to the former railway station which seems to be a private residence.
Here it is in it’s full glory. Demolished in 1960.
I caught the X4 bus back to Runswick Bay and then a walk down the hill to the car. I always love that view!
Apologies for not being at Sutton Bonington Farmers’ Market. A family member came off their bike and are in hospital. It’s all minor things, fortunately but we needed to be there to give support.
See you on Wednesday 5th March 2025! 🤞
We’re also back at Sutton Bonington Farmers’ Market on Wednesday Wednesday 5th february 2025. It’s on the Nottingham University Campus, College Road, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD. 11am to 3pm.
Lots of greeting cards and prints plus coasters, all inspired by nature and the natural world…
It’s organised by Nottingham University SB Student Union but open to the public with free parking.
We’re back at Bakewell for the Monday Market on 3rd February 2025:
9am – 4pm.
It’s our first market in Bakewell for 2025. We should be back to regular weekly visits from now on…
We’ll have our usual cards, prints, coasters and cavases celebrating Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire: the natural world, landscape, wildlife and seascapes.
