The Tweed, from Wark 2

April 26, 2015 - Posted by Cara Lockhart Smith | Photography, Uncategorized | farmland, northumberland, photograph, River Tweed, spring, walking, Wark

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This is a beautiful scene Cara.

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Comment by Mary | April 26, 2015 | Reply
- Wark is only a few miles away, but the road to it isn’t really good for walking, so it is the first time I have been there. We went to look at an archaeological dig they are doing round the old castle (the ruins are under big overgrown or grassy mounds). Interesting to see what they are discovering, some of which is quite unexpected, but not particularly photogenic, to my eyes anyway, probably because I am uninformed about archeological matters; but yes, I loved to see the River Tweed from this viewpoint in Northumberland. Thecastle was right on the Border, looking out over Scotland from a high position.
  
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  Comment by Cara Lockhart Smith | April 27, 2015 | Reply
  - The dig sounds very interesting Cara – historical in nature, perhaps so that there will be a write-up about the findings.
    
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    Comment by Mary | April 27, 2015
  - Hi Mary – There are interesting details of the dig at Wark, among other digs, on the iFlodden website (Flodden 1513), I think they are quite excited about what they have found. I should have read up about it before going there, really, it would have been more intelligent – we’d only just heard about the dig.
    
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    Comment by Cara Lockhart Smith | April 28, 2015

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I’m Cara, and I live in Coldstream, in the Scottish Borders As well as writing and illustrating books for children I have recently been painting on canvas, in my octagonal studio (aka The Tardis) which inhabits a corner of the vegetable garden. My work for children has been published in several countries, and translated into different languages. My favourite form at the moment is the picture book, but I have also had published poetry, children’s novels, and illustrations for the work of other authors, and have worked extensively on projects with children. I go out most days with my camera and create blog entries from the results. Some of the pictures I take will be used as background material for the picture book which I am working on at the moment. My son Matty set up this WordPress blog for me, and it has added a dimension to my life which surprises me. It is also interesting and inspiring to read the blogs of other people from different parts of the world, and to look at their sometimes fascinating pictures.

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