the week involved intensive learning, writing, and being in a bit of a pressure cooker environment with 16 others at an arvon short story writing course. i think that's why all but one of my pictures is without human beings. i needed to escape into the landscape and scenery.
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| northern rail train stop. i took a taxi from hebden bridge to heptonstall where the course took place. |
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| heptonstall countryside |
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| the turn down to lumb bank, the house where the course was held. |
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| the quarter of a mile steep and narrow drive down to lumb bank |
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| entrance |
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| the frontside of this 18th century millower's house that was once owned by poet ted hughes |
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| the backside (this picture was borrowed from the internet) |
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| the view from my window |
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| the view from the edge of the property |
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| just to see the name t.s. eliot gives me a charge |
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| between the buildings |
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| the same place as above but from behind |
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| back garden |
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| mini window found on the driveway down to the property |
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| view from the top, headed into heptonstall for a walk |
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| more of the landscape |
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| entering hepstonstall village |
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| a rather cheeky car parked outside a very formal looking elementary school |
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| stillness |
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| local pub |
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| under the menu it reads "in a warm traditional environment" |
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| tin foil man |
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| cloth hall goes back a few years |
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| the square leading to the church and cemetary |
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| this the where the american writer sylvia plath is buried. the church was built in the 1800s and is victorian gothic |
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| arches upon arches |
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| there are ruins that date back to the 13th century |
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| the low down |
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| ivy covered headstones |
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| this is the section of the graveyard where plath is buried. it was not easy to find her. |
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| a humble presentation |
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| view from near the church |
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| aalborg airport. this sign hit me over the head that i need to do my danish homework. |