Another winter panorama from my office window. I probably should have been working!

Not a great composition, but after weeks of rain we had a cold snap that created this wall of ice on an old quarry face along Stanhope Dene. I'd never seen anything like it.

Slit Woods at Westgate.

This broken down seat was once a great place to take in the view where Slit Woods open out onto the fell. I wouldn't sit on it now though!

A small waterfall on Stanhope Burn in the evening sunshine at the end of spring.

More wild garlic in bloom along Stanhope Burn

A chilly morning walk on the fell behind the house.

Crawley Edge in the late afternoon winter sun.

The long abandoned Ashes Quarry between Stanhope and Crawleyside.

The neighbourhood watch making sure that Harvey and I weren't up to no good.

Middlehope Burn in the late evening spring sun.

A combination of the weather and other commitments meant that I missed the best of the heather on Crawley Edge in 2023. This is a phone photo from early August when I was out with Harv.

Looking down from Crawley Edge towards Ashes Quarry.

I missed the peak of the heather this year, mostly because we were always busy on the few summer weekends in 2023 when it wasn't pouring with rain. Here it is in early September, when there are patches of full colour, pastel shades and orange/brown.

By early September, the colours on the fell were turning autumnal.

There was a Spitfire in the dale for a very brief flypast at this year's Stanhope Show in early September. It was a blink and you'll miss it affair, so the shots I got were rushed and a bit blurry. Here's the best of them as it turned over Crawleyside. Turns out, I have another - older - photo of this specific plane in the 'Photos with no home' gallery.

Evening sun rays over the dale in late September, taken with my phone.

There were some lovely evenings in early October, so I clipped the big camera to my belt when I took Harv for his after-tea walk. This is taken from Ashes Quarry looking back towards Crawley Edge.

Down in Ashes Quarry just outside Stanhope as the leaves start to turn in early October. All of the photos I took while walking the big lad were handheld (no tripod) and I'm not great at that so they are a little soft in places.