Levens Hall – Sun in Gemini

December 22, 2024 + #iphonephotography, #Photography,, #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Consciousness, Lake District, Mystical walks

A Lion in Winter

by Steve Tanham

It’s there quite clearly in the trunk. A lion, claws embedded firmly in the old wood to support its descending weight. Head down, eyes fixed on, well, you! Microseconds from reaching the ground, where it will be lord of life and death. I’ve passed here many times, but never seen it before. That’s the joy of winter light. It’s a whole n’other world out … Read More A Lion in Winter

April 24, 2022 + #Silenti, Lake District, nature, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose, Silent Eye School

Light in the Park

by Steve Tanham

It’s not a park in the usual sense of the word. Levens Park is the ancestral home of the Bagot Family who maintain a footpath along both sides of the often turbulent River Kent as it winds its last mile out to join the vast expanse of Morecambe Bay. The ‘park’ is the perfect place to walk the collie. A round trip from Sedgwick … Read More Light in the Park

November 22, 2020 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Lake District, nature, Photography

Mellow moods for Autumn (8) the Levens Estate

by Steve Tanham

When the leaves have all but gone, nature still has one or two colourful surprises left. (220 words. A two-minute read) Rivers are beautiful at any time of year. This one, the River Kent, flows through Levens Park on its final mile to the sea, joining three other rivers in its outfall into the north end of Morecambe Bay Levens Park is the ancestral … Read More Mellow moods for Autumn (8) the Levens Estate