2025-10-04

A visit to Manningtree and a warm welcome from Penny to her wonderful North House Gallery, the final days of an exhibition of intriguing work by Helengai Harbottle.

Battled the wind and rain along the 2 mile route to Flatford, reacquainting myself with Constable Country, the clouds and sun eventually settling their differences.

2025-09-15

St. Mary's Church, Widford, Essex. On the old coach route between Suffolk and London, Constable made a stop here and sketched the tomb of Sarah Howard, Viscountess Falkland, (?-1776), in the cemetery between the road and the walls of the original church.

Standing close to where Constable was, looking west into the setting sun. The tomb and it's pyramid (designed by George Gibson) now enclosed by iron and neglected - gently dissolving into the surrounding grasses, trees and shrubs.