#doddfell

[m-j-turner-photography]

Dodd - Lake District. An image from the archives; captured around 2 years ago on a sublime winter day in the Lake District. God knows why I didn't upload at the time, but here it is finally.... Looking out from the slopes of Sale Fell, it's hard to believe that there's a whole lake lurking beneath the mist here - that body of water being Bassenthwaite. The hill of Dodd, which is a subsidiary summit of Skiddaw, can be seen across the valley encompassed by the mystical sea of fog. I really liked how the foreground trees were partly enveloped by the clouds, adding to the depth and mystical atmosphere. About an hour or so after this image was taken, the mist retreated and Bassenthwaite Lake emerged once again. #dodd #doddwood #doddfell #thecumbriaguide #cumbriaguide #igerscumbria #landscape_captures #sonyalpha #sonyshooters #lakedistrictnationalpark #lakedistrictnpa #lakelandphoto #visitthelakes #fromlakelandwithlove #thelakelanders #mist #fog #winter #picturetokeep_nature #rural_love #cumbria (at Sale Fell) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChkZ6JojTU7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[m-j-turner-photography]

Bassenthwaite Lake from Dood Wood - Lake District. After the heat recently, it was lovely to cool off on the summit of Dodd yesterday evening and witness this marvellous sunset. I was actually planning on photographing some trees on the summit in the foreground, but unfortunately the wind picked up quite strong and I therefore couldn't capture them without them being blurry; so I opted for this wider perspective of the whole vista from a point slightly lower than the summit. The whole of Bassenthwaite Lake can be seen from here, with the Whinlatter Forest and fells on the opposite shore including Lord's Seat and Barf. Even the distant hill of Criffel can be seen across the Solway Firth in Scotland. #dodd #doddwood #doddfell #bassenthwaitelake #lakedistrictnationalpark #lakedistrictnpa #lakedistrict #thecumbriaguide #cumbriaguide #landscape_captures #sonyalpha #sonyshooters #thelakelanders #fromlakelandwithlove #visitthelakes #lakelandphoto #igerscumbria #forestryengland #rural_love #picturetokeep_nature (at Dodd) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgRKIX1DMXk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lymphomalass]

And it's in! My submission to the  #HistoricHousesArtPrize ... just in the nick of time as the prize closes to submissions today. Here's what I've said in my submission:

Sheep Pens at Mirehouse on Bassenthwaite was inspired by a glorious evening walk my husband and I took in August this year. We headed down to St Bega’s church and the shore of #Bassenthwaite and then walked back past the sheep pens, seeing Mirehouse & Gardens nestling between the trees under #DoddFell. One of the flock came out to see who was passing and looked a little indignant at the disturbance.

The piece is worked in pen and watercolour. While I enjoy working in a range of mediums, I am frequently drawn back to pen work and watercolours, mark making in ink and blending tones from highly pigmented pans of paint. It feels like getting back to basics: using techniques and materials that already have a rich history and a softer footprint ecologically.

The beautiful scenery here at #Mirehouse always feels like a reward for my efforts to keep mobile. The chemotherapy I had for blood cancer caused five of my vertebrae to collapse and, with my being in the clinically extremely vulnerable group who had to shield, I must work at keeping my fitness and mobility up. 

One of our neighbours in Keswick is on the team that helps keep Mirehouse and gardens in such excellent condition, so I appreciate the care that goes into keeping a property like Mirehouse, and the generosity which the family shows in sharing it with local people and holidaymakers alike. This is one of the reasons why we are Historic Houses visitor members.

  Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx