I think this shot shows how bloody difficult Wet Withans is to find. Even when you’re on top of it, you can hardly see it.
The group in the distance are inspecting Eyam Moor barrow, which lies just 10 metres away from Wet Withens
stubob and IronMan search for cup marked rocks
stubob and IronMan inspect the rubble that is Eyam Moor barrow. Wet Withans lies just behind...
Stubob and Ironman admire the beautiful ruins of Barbrook 1.
Showing the depth of the reconstructed ditch.
I sat with the wind in my hair, thinking I had died and gone to heaven....
A scan of a study in my sketchbook, spanning two pages (hence the ugly dark line down the middle – I must buy a bigger sketchbook!) The portal is on the ‘fold’ of the image.
How the stones managed to glow blue in the apricot sunset light, I simply don’t know!
To read more about this watercolour painting see my weblog...
a quick watercolour sketch done on site as the sun sank down in the west and the shadows lengthened...
The white horse was carved into Hackpen Hill in 1837
Moth ponders where to go next after seeing this little beauty...
The pointy stone on the right and the line of the gallop at the back give you a clue as to how to find it.
A really quickly dashed off watercolour sketch, but I kinda like it!
Quite the most graceful thing I have ever seen!
It really does seem even bigger from up here than it does on the ground!