Once inhabited, now deserted places have a pull on us. Where lives were once lived and features were managed: stone walls repaired, ovens cleaned, fireplaces swept, roofs mended, herbs gathered, plants tended. Not neglect, but simply absence – humans rarely come by any more and nature takes hold. Thorns, near Ribblehead is such a place.…
There is, not far from Ribblehead station, a hidden, abandoned hamlet – identified only by the cluster of trees which surrounds it.
What photographers perceive as ‘The North’ seems to be land devoid of all people, if the images at this show are anything to go by…
Grisedale I’ve wanted to explore Grisedale for a long time. A three mile long cul-de-sac dale, which sits over the other side of Low Moor ridge at Garsdale Head, beneath Baugh Fell. Garsdale, Sedbergh, Ravenstonedale, and Mallerstang are its closest neighbouring dales. My first attempt to explore had been thwarted by water