Tag: Arant Haw

  • Shadow, sun, moon

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    At last the weather warmed itself enough to trek up the hill carrying outdoor painting gear. As well as paints and canvas you need a bag full of scarves, woolly hats and gloves to prevent the cold from seeping in as you sit still while the sun lowers itself. Huge shadows unfold themselves, draping down…

  • And suddenly everything, absolutely everything, was there

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    [caption id="attachment_1348" align="alignnone" width="1000"] up on the windy ridge between Winder and Arant Haw, with glowering clouds[/caption] One night I decided, just as the light was disappearing, to hasten up the fell, 1,955 feet of steep climbing right up to the summit of Winder. A lung-opening, blood-stirring, bone-strengthening lunge of an effort, guaranteed to leave…