LADY HILL

This may not be a brilliant photo, and it is not from the perfect angle, but it means the world to me.

Last year I happened upon a painting I really liked. When we went to the Alps I knew we could spend half the fortnight in the clouds, so I took my paints, and on that cloudy day I tried to replicate the painting. It was poor but I was pleased.

Yesterday in the Gallery at Masham I came upon the painting in its full glory. And then today as I drove home with Hellonwheels we rounded a corner and there in the distance was Lady Hill. Instantly recognisable.

So it was not a figment of my imagination that I was sure I had seen that magical copse of trees many years ago and it had played on my memory ever since, and now ..... well, it gets even better, but that's for next month ..........