Lee Patterson and I spent two days around Kielder and Allendale common looking at and listening to these rich and special landscapes. The landscape was wet and heavy rainfall in august was evident in how spongy and heavy the sphagnum moss felt beneath my feet.
Ling heather was in flower - close up a beautiful deep pink and purple. From a distance it was deep purple glow across the land, a truly beautiful site.
In August , when moored at Durgan Bay along the Helford River, Cornwall I experienced phosphorescence in the water at night. This slow releasing glow reminds me of the way heather covers the upland moors in late summer.
Looking at the deer grass at felicia moss during twilight was a kind of afterimage , where the grass seems to float before the eyes. Cowberry’s and cranberry’s were out, saw some bog rosemary – not in flower yet and the bog asphodel had changed colour from bright yellow (last saw in early July) to a dark orange. Sundews were everywhere…
Wind was prevalent and when thinking about sound and how Lee has to work with this it is important to know that wind and frost play a part in erosion of peat, as well as water.
