It’s inevitable that, in the countryside, the landscape changes from year to year. Rivers erode their banks, animals eat shrubs and the wind breaks branches and trees.
There is a row of trees near Ingram that I’ve been fond of photographing for several years now. When I took my first photo of them back in February 2012 there was snow on the ground:
The unseasonably warm weather over the past few weeks appears to have encouraged many hedgerow flowers to either keep on flowering or have another go.
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus
Thanks once more to May Wilson sharing her personal collection of vintage photographs of Powburn and the Breamish Valley, we have been able to add another image of the Old Powburn Shop to the Breamish Valley Photographic Collection (BVPC).
It’s been a great year for vibrant coloured autumn leaves along the lanes where we live this year. It’s been a real joy to see the ochres, umbers, purples, yellow, golds, reds and russets. But…nothing lasts forever, and the leaves are almost gone now. But as the deciduous trees shed most of their leaves for the winter, the larches are still holding onto their needles as they turn a wonderful yellow-brown-gold. Again, what’s not to like?
Thanks to May Wilson for letting us have a copy of an old (possibly 1950s-1960s) photograph of some properties in Powburn from her personal collection.
Minutes of the November 2020 Hedgeley Parish Council (Quarterly) meeting can now be viewed/downloaded:
As mentioned in the post entitled Remembrance Sunday 2020, May Wilson BEM has today laid a commemorative poppy wreath in remembrance of the fallen from the Breamish Valley at the Breamish Valley War Memorial in the Powburn Community Garden.
At a time during the second UK national lockdown when we were all unable to attend organised Bonfire Night firework displays, it was nice to see from my window that at least one family was making the most of things up on the old railway line in Powburn, well away from anyone. It was lovely to hear the sound of a child laughing and squealing in delight, as the fireworks were let off one by one by their daddy. And you couldn’t help but see the wonderful flashes of light in the near darkness at the back of Powburn near the Dene. Lifted the spirits!
We are sure that members of the local community will recognise the current unusual circumstances surrounding the possibility of commemorating Remembrance Sunday this year. While the UK Government has now published guidance (published 3 Nov 2020), the required actions and responsibilities mean that there is insufficient time to organise a public event. However, we do not want to let this commemoration pass us by and we want to assure you that the fallen of the Breamish Valley are never forgotten. Consequently, a wreath will be laid by May Wilson BEM on behalf of the local community.
Feels, like a good Halloween one this – finding mushrooms in the deep, dark woods.
