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  • Oh God! It’s the Vicar

    Oh God! It’s the Vicar

    A project I’m working on, offering short and simple answers to questions about God, church and faith. These questions all come from people in Upper Weardale.

  • Church in the Wild

    Church in the Wild

    Looking for creative ways to share the gospel in Upper Weardale, using the wilderness as a place of worship and inviting people to come to a different sort of church service.

  • Harehope Gill Lead Mine

    Harehope Gill Lead Mine

    There is a short walk from Frosterley along the Weardale Way which allows us to wander the ruins of Harehope Gill Lead Mine, and look into the remains of the larger and more modern limestone quarry. At time of writing Harehope Quarry is managed to provide opportunities for diverse wildlife to flourish: a mixture of…

  • Minolta XG-9 picnic

    Minolta XG-9 picnic

    The first roll of film through a secondhand Minolta XG-9 and I can see some problems with the images. There are light leaks and there is a scratch of blue along the bottom of each image. Lovely photographs though.

  • New Walk Leicester

    New Walk Leicester

    A difficult day, the film was both under and over exposed and I was trying to do some street photography… which I’m not fast enough to do.

  • Enquirer’s course – fifth and final episode

    Enquirer’s course – fifth and final episode

    The fifth and final enquirer’s course in Upper Weardale… how did it go?

  • Easy Weardale Cycling

    Easy Weardale Cycling

    An easy 6 mile bicycle ride from Frosterley to Stanhope stepping stones and back… or 3 miles if you ‘pedal and puff’ when the train is running.

  • Enquirer’s course – episode four

    Enquirer’s course – episode four

    An evening of lonely juggling rather than encouraging curiosity about our eternal souls.