Back from a good value course at Stones Barn with Maddy Prior and Rose-Ellen Kemp "A week of Vocal Technique and Song." Christina Shewell was a guest tutor and she added another perspective to the course. We did not go hungry on this course. Nette served up delicious meals whilst also managing to join in the course.
I learnt a lot about the voice, singing, improved confidence, heard some lovely singers, met loads of new friends and explored a part of the country, I had only passed through in the seventies (walking the wall). If you are interested in singing, then there is a similar course with all the above in March 2018 being held at Halsway Manor, Somerset. See https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/maddy-prior-song-weekend/
I travelled with my friend Veronica, who had found the course. We went up on Sunday, staying at the Holiday Inn, Lancaster before meeting up with everyone on Monday at lunchtime to start the course. Free time between end of course and dinner and again on Thursday afternoon so I had that time for photos.
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| I think this is a hoverfly snapped in the path by Stone Barns |
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| Creature on lichen |
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| Back of the Barn |
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| Harebell |
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| Pool by the bridge on the road to Bewcastle |
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| Looking up |
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| Herding the sheep. The collie was distracted by my camera or s/he was trying to herd me. |
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| Shed at Stone Barns |
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| Pattern pics |
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| Inside Bewcastle church |
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| Bewcastle churchyard |
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| Spot the sundial without its marker |
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| The sheep were kind enough to pose for me |
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| The castle at Bewcastle |
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| Llamas were the sheep dogs here |
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| View from the castle |
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| Spot the hens sheltering from the wind |
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| There was a craft market on at Lanercost Priory. These markings were on the walls of the building it was held in |
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| Front of the church at Lanercost |
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| Views around the Priory |
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| Some members from the course |
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| Views from inside the church |
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| Back to the Priory |
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| Churchyard |
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| St Martins church in Brampton with the Burn-Jones window. Veronica is sitting in the pew. |
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| More windows from St Martins Church |
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| Panoramic view from Banks Turret, Hadrians Wall |
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| Hare |
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| These are three snaps of many I have of the hare running. It has a leaf in its mouth and eats it on the move |
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| Two Canadians walking at Birdoswald |
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| Take a bottle, put a ribbon around it, fill it with water and keep it for your use on the course |
We left late Sunday afternoon and had a good drive back. Except for the beginning when I killed two large rabbits (I hope they weren't hares). One ran in front of my car just past Bewcastle and one into the side of my car.
Next post will probably be in October after I have been in Port Isaac with Yvette's choirs singing with Gulls Aloud.
