Country diary: Time for some spring planting – on a precarious ledge Bowlees, Teesdale: It’s been a long road to this point, but now these pots of rare rock whitebeam are ready for the soil The Guardian - UK · Apr 13
Country diary: Sometimes all we can do is savour the monumental timelessness of our landscape Forest-in-Teesdale, Co Durham: I can see signs of fiery volcanoes, scouring glaciers, and the earliest plant life. This is a place to consider the miracle of our surroundings The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2024
Country diary: Time to revel in the singing blue of the gentians Cronkley Fell, Upper Teesdale: These rarities are considered to have survived continuously since the last ice age The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2022