Weather too dull and generally too busy to get some decent photos…
By early December, the reindeer had made their annual migration to the roundabout.
Display of quirky Christmas trees at Ushaw College. The octopus Christmas tree was a clear winner!
Kinley Hill Tower: a curious folly near the coast and Hawthorn Dene. It has recently been rebuilt as a holiday cottage.
The winter storms were remarkable for the strengths of their winds, which caused widespread damage. (L) The trees have been covering colliery waste and had toppled like dominoes. (R) Unfortunate encounter between a waste bin and the car…
Track leading down to the River Gaunless, from a walk in late February in the upper Gaunless valley starting at the isolated village of Woodland.
