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I have been trying this year to learn a little bit more about British butterflies, the summer is rapidly passing but I have just managed to bag another. I have seen plenty out on my walks around ‘the...
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The glasshouses within the Temple Newsam walled garden currently has a beautiful display of Coleus and I have recently taken another walk through. I tried this time to capture some different varieties...
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As September begins for my journey around ‘the park’ a photograph of a tree seems appropriate, they may feature quite a lot on these pages over the coming months. This ‘Weeping Willow’ is by Menagerie...
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What a month! the weather has been kind and my trips to ‘the park’ have been great fun. The whole idea of a year-long photo journal has worn a bit thin recently. However here I am with just three...
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My walk around ‘the park’ today was a very pleasant late summer affair. I have tried nearly every time I have walked along this track to take a photograph of Temple Newsam Walled Garden. I have had...
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This photo was taken yesterday towards the north – east side of Temple Newsam near to the Leeds suburb of Colton. The weather was lovely with the sky being split between sun and clouds. Much more...
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I think it would be true to say I am pretty much a townie who likes days out in the countryside so foraging for my supper is not something I have to do too often. However as a child Blackberry picking...
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It isn’t often I come across the scene of a crime on my walks around ‘the park’ but something untoward had clearly been taking place here. This was all that remained of what had presumably been a...
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The end of the road or at least the end of Colton Road at the point where it reaches the Temple Newsam Estate. Always a place I am passing through on my way from one part of ‘the park’ to another.
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This Old tree is one that I have photographed a few times on my trips around ‘the park’ I just can’t help myself. I think it’s the gnarled weathered look and every time I see it there is something...
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Today’s photo from ‘the park’ is taken on the Colton side of Temple Newsam Estate. Nearly all empty fields on this side of the park neither feeding animals or growing crops, all very strange? Not that...
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I found this small part of a car/motorcycle registration number recently while walking around ‘the park’. It was in the heart of Avenue Wood at Temple Newsam a fair distance from the nearest road. All...
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I seem to have spent quite a lot of time in this second half of the year wandering around the fields and lanes on the eastern edge of Temple Newsam Park. It has though been pleasant, peaceful and a lot...
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I find myself having another one of those days when I am wracked with doubt about the sense of this little photo project. With over a hundred photos still to go and heading towards the last three...
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My walk today around ‘the park’ was very pleasant, cool and quiet with a feeling that autumn is just around the corner. Everyone seems to have a different idea view of when autumn starts but I have...
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Todays photo from ‘the park’ was taken in the amphitheatre of Temple Newsam House, free table tennis for anyone passing by. What a very good idea, unfortunately I was the only person passing by so had...
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I promised myself at the start of this year-long photo journal at Temple Newsam Park that I wouldn’t just spend my time grumbling about the city council and how they could do so much more with ‘the...
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Today’s image from ‘the park’ is a photograph looking ‘out’ from Avenue Wood at Temple Newsam to the fields beyond.
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My goodness I never thought I would reach this significant milestone on my year-long photo journal of Temple Newsam Park. Here I am though two-thirds completed with just one hundred photos to go. To...
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I have tried to ignore the fact but summer is leaving us for another year, the signs are definitely there. Autumn is just around the corner. Leaves are beginning to change colour and the hedgerows are...
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