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In the last week of October, I visited Nunnington Hall. As always it was beautifully decorated with all things Autumn. I even came home with a few windfall apples to make into a lovely crumble for tea.
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Well October flew past very quick, didn’t it? I’ve been so busy that I have lots of images to process and share with you.
I visited York Minster and its sound and light projection – Platinum and Light.
The new installation was created by award winning artists Ross Ashton and Karen Monid, who created the spectacular Northern Lights projection and sound artwork, which ran at the Minster in October 2019.
The new show takes inspiration from Her Late Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It uses precious metals through the ages, including gold, silver and platinum, to journey through key moments in York’s and the Minster’s history and their royal connections.
The events will help raise funds for the Minster’s current project to conserve the medieval St Cuthbert Window, which is one of the largest surviving narrative windows in Europe, and the stonework of the surrounding South Quire Transept.
I have a few short videos to put on here at some point, keep checking back to see if I’ve added them!
Another fabulous Autumn Day this sunny Sunday. York is so busy today; we have the Yorkshire Marathon, Wire Ghosts in the City, York unlocked & York Textile Artists at the Cemetry with the theme of ‘Spiral’ which I visited today.
The first…..
“The first “open buildings” weekend – La Journée Portes Ouvertes – was held in France by the Ministry of Culture in 1984. The following year the French Minister of Culture proposed that the project be internationalised under the Council of Europe. The Netherlands held their first Open Monumentendag in 1987. Sweden and the Republic of Ireland joined in 1989, and Belgium in 1990. London Open House started in 1991 and there are now 60 Open House cities around the world that attract visitors from far & wide. In 2022, York joins the Open Door and Open House cities in showcasing our urban landscape, buildings old and new and also open spaces.
I haven’t been to the White Horse at Kilburn for quite a few years, so I decided to pay it a visit.
As I arrived the sun disappeared and got decidedly windy! But as I climbed the steps and arrived at the top the sun peered through the thick clouds across North Yorkshire.
I will have another visit soon as I have a few days off next week!
Kilburn White Horse is the most northerly turf-cut figure in Britain and one of the most famous landmarks in North Yorkshire. It’s easily visible from the south, below Sutton Bank, and while it’s difficult to get a sense of its scale from the path on the escarpment edge above, there are steps down the side which give a closer view.
The horse dates from 1857, when the outline of the horse was marked out by the Kilburn village schoolmaster and his pupils. The horse was then cut into the limestone underneath – to make it more visible today, chalk chippings are added at intervals.
The White Horse is 314 feet (96 metres) long and 228 feet (70 metres) high. In fact, 24 people could sit on the patch of grass which forms the horse’s eye (though please don’t)
While the county may be enjoying a patch of warm weather, today marks the end of summer…
Well, here we are again in the lovely month of October. I’m poorly again, this time I think it’s flu (four negative Covid tests) so sat at home waiting for it to pass so that I can get back out there with my camera.
“Anne reveled in the world of color about her.
“Oh, Marilla,” she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it? Look at these maple branches. Don’t they give you a thrill–several thrills?”
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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