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Rain approaching over Willingham, Cambridgeshire, 14th March 2021.
It’s beautiful and appalling: a pile of worn out motor tyres dumped and set alight leaving a mass of soot, charred rubber and a tangle of rusted reinforcing wire like spun burnt barley sugar. Beautiful for: the abstract expressionist contrasting … Continue reading
The water level in the coprolite pit at Quy Fen is exceptionally high. This winter (December, January and February) has been the 5th wettest since records for the UK began in 1862.
‘Since 1995, the Kingfishers Bridge nature reserve has transformed 250 acres of farmland into a variety of wetland habitats and become a vital sanctuary for numerous endangered species of the Fens. Situated some ten miles north of Cambridge and bordered … Continue reading
View north across Padney Fen from Kingfisher Bridge Nature Reserve. What’s under wraps here? Early potatoes?
Two views of Quy Fen taken 30 minutes apart, 12th March 2021.
Walk of contrasts along Cow Lane yesterday: fly-tipping and a skylark singing; smooth blue sky and dark furrowed fields; and a flail cutter violently attacking hedges and a flickering flock of lapwings.
20th February: sunshine, blue sky and a mild south wind; skylarks singing over North Fen; the first Brimstone of the year, half flying, half blown, across the garden; sunset at half past fine. Signs of spring – reasons to be … Continue reading
Forty minutes sitting in the car on Cow Lane, Rampton, yesterday waiting for the rain to stop drumming on the roof. The clearing sky over Cottenham crept towards us with patience-testing slowness. The eventual rewards: a good walk, a spectacular … Continue reading
Further to posts on 28/11/19, 14/2/20, 15/3/20 and 18/6/20, I’ve submitted five more photographs to Shutter Hub’s Postcards From Great Britain project – today is the final deadline for entries. This set covers Fen landscape, which I’ve explained as follows: … Continue reading
Heavy rain as I was leaving for Cottenham yesterday. I should say, ‘More heavy rain’, as we seem to have it every day. The ground is sodden and wherever we walk the paths are muddy. More record breaking rain in … Continue reading
After a wet October and some miserable days in early November, Friday 13th shed its triskaidekaphobia image – bright and clear it was late autumn at its best. We walked Cow Lane from Rampton towards Willingham. I photographed again the … Continue reading
On a walk at Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, 17th October 2020.
Paul Hart (see post 20th September 2020) has a very distinctive take on Fen landscape, published to great effect in his three books Drained, Farmed and Reclaimed. But he’s not impartial. He shows a controlled, ordered, utilitarian landscape, a social, … Continue reading
Press release about the new exhibition of work by Paul Hart at the Fen Ditton Gallery. ‘Few artist photographers have turned their critical lens on the Lincolnshire Fens: one of the most productive yet haunting agricultural landscapes in the UK. … Continue reading