What do you do in the 10 months of grotty weather?

[uraniumnitrate]

Probobly painting a lot more but bad weather never stopped me from photograph it's just requires mor carefull exposing my negatives! Actually it's also time for me to plan my next exhibition and do a lot more Gum printing too!

Frankie!

[Lee Turner]

Joanna, I "discovered" Heptonstall a couple of months ago after driving past the turning every day for 18 months. It's a relatively untouched village with the most incredible ruined church. The church dates back to the 13th century and there are a reputed 100,000 bodies buried in the grounds including Sylvia Plath, the poet and ex wife of Ted Hughes.
I'll explore it a bit more and maybe we can organise a get together. There are plenty of tea rooms in Heptonstall and nearby Hebden Bridge.
I little background on the place:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_ ... ll_1.shtml

[Joanna Carter]

Wow! that looks absolutely fascinating. If you don't organise something soon, I might just have to beat you to it

[Lee Turner]

What's even stranger is that my mother's surname, Greenwood, originated from Heptonstall.

[gari]

I haven'tshot alot for the past few weeks, I actually prefer the "grotty" end of the year. I shall be out more and more for the next 8-9 months, Autumn and spring are my favorites and winter only a little less so!!
Gari

[Joanna Carter]

We went out for the day tody, despite the rain

We started off in good style by visiting the tearoom in Ingleton village, and then scouted out a couple of waterfalls in the area, to return when the sky is a little drier

We returned in a big loop that included Heptonstall. Lee, it is even better in real life than the pictures on the web site I found.

Sometime in the next couple of months, this is definitely worth a Northern Branch visit. But there is only one small problem, I didn't see any tearooms

[Mark Pope]

Well, I've just come back from a fabulous week in Cornwall. It rained yesterday when we drove home .
I've got twenty sheets and ten 35mm rolls of HP5 plus to develop. So I'll have plenty to do: contact sheets, work prints, fine prints (hopefully).

I also want to get a portfolio of work together following two trips to Normandy a few years ago. I have plenty to do even If I don't take another shot for the rest of the year!

[Lee Turner]

Joanna, Heptonstall is really an undiscovered little jewel. There are plenty of other sites around this area including Hardcastle Crags, which has a nice old mill, and another great old village called Mankinholes.
My well trained nose sniffed out two tea rooms in Heptonstall before I even found the church yard If you go on to the main street (towngate) there are two very comfortable tea rooms serving a good range of herbal brews.

[masch]

If you go on to the main street (towngate) there are two very comfortable tea rooms serving a good range of herbal brews.

Now there's a relief!
Lee, we'll take you as a junior member of the Tearoom subcomittee...
Marc

[Richard Kelham]

I went to Heptonstall a few years ago – nearly gave myself a heart attack climbing up from Hebden Bridge – and agree it's well worth a visit. Probably looks even better after rain.

Likewise the Cwmorthin/Nantlle area needs a dramatic sky, though what it usually gets is wall-to-wall grey. Not much that a red filter can do with that!


Richard

[dennis]

Hi All,
Move to Bideford Bay, N. Devon - we have not had any real rain for weeks. Dennis

[Lee Turner]

I had my roof fixed 10 days ago and it's only rained once since then