Taken recently, these photos of Maude’s Meadow, in Kendal, may well show the ‘last gasp’ of that beautiful week of golden weather we had – most certainly the best of the summer – here in Cumbria. 

Maude’s Meadow is tucked away at the start of the Windermere road out of the town. If you didn’t know it was there, you’d never stumble across it.

The small park is circular in shape and marks part of the base of the steeply climbing Fellside area of Kendal, on which the streets are ‘stacked’ layer after layer to nearly the top of the Fell.

This part of Kendal was home to many of the original Quakers. To this day, Kendal has a strong connection with the Quaker faith. There is a Quaker college in nearby Ulverston.

In the centre Maude’s Meadow, there is a monument to those local soldiers who were killed in WW1.

In summer, the circle of grass has a bright centre of colourful plants.

The grassy edges of Maude’s Meadow are popular as a summer picnic spot. This is a sea of mud during the wet winter months…

And there are many ad-hoc seats for personal meditation and reflection.

©Stephen Tanham 2024

All photos taken and processed on an iPhone 12

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Stephen Tanham is a writer-photographer and mystical teacher. He is the founding Director of the Silent Eye, which offers a monthly Zoom-based gathering of companions, each one on their own, unique journey to deeper states of self-realisation