{"id":11496,"date":"2021-04-05T12:12:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T12:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphimages.wpengine.com\/?p=11496"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:34:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:34:17","slug":"jan-mar-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan &#8211; Mar 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another quiet period for photographs under lockdown&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mountjoy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mountjoy-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11497\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mountjoy.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11497\" class=\"wp-image-11497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mountjoy-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mountjoy-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mountjoy-1536x1003.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mountjoy.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Classic view of Durham cathedral from Mountjoy hill (south east of cathedral) on New Year&#8217;s day. Mountjoy is said to originate in the joy of pilgrims on first sight of the cathedral. Laude Bank to the west of Durham is thought to have the same origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JanWalkGorse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JanWalkGorse-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11499\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JanWalkGorse.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11499\" class=\"wp-image-11499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JanWalkGorse-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JanWalkGorse.jpg 1655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JanWalk1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JanWalk1-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11498\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JanWalk1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11498\" class=\"wp-image-11498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JanWalk1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JanWalk1.jpg 1705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Pictures from a walk on a bright crisp day in early January to the village of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Witton_Gilbert\">Witton Gilbert<\/a>. (L) Gorse bushes and (R) view from near the Findon Cottages trig point to the east of Witton Gilbert (the small hill itself isn&#8217;t clearly named).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WillowMiner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WillowMiner-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11523\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WillowMiner.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/willowminer\/\" class=\"wp-image-11523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WillowMiner-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WillowMiner.jpg 1255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FinchalePriory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FinchalePriory-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11522\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FinchalePriory.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/finchalepriory\/\" class=\"wp-image-11522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FinchalePriory-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FinchalePriory.jpg 2005w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Late January: (L) Willow miner at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodlandtrust.org.uk\/visiting-woods\/woods\/low-burnhall\/\" target=\"_blank\">Low Burnhall woods<\/a> (Woodland Trust). (R) Ruins of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Finchale_Priory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Finchale Priory<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SnowyRoundabout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SnowyRoundabout-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11525\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SnowyRoundabout.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/snowyroundabout\/\" class=\"wp-image-11525\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Quarryheads roundabout on a snowy day in February.                                                        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2150\" height=\"1455\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FlassVale.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11528\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FlassVale.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/flassvale\/\" class=\"wp-image-11528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FlassVale.jpg 2150w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FlassVale-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2150px) 100vw, 2150px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2050\" height=\"1534\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/KepierGatehouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11529\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/KepierGatehouse.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/kepiergatehouse\/\" class=\"wp-image-11529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/KepierGatehouse.jpg 2050w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/KepierGatehouse-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2050px) 100vw, 2050px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Walks from the door in late February: (L) Flass Vale is a secluded valley just 5 minutes away. (R) Gatehouse of the former <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kepier_Hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kepier Hospital<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DurhamWeirs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DurhamWeirs-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11532\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DurhamWeirs.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/durhamweirs\/\" class=\"wp-image-11532\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Weirs on the Wear viewed from Milburngate bridge towards the castle and Framwellgate bridge. Happily the weir is still in use, driving a hydroelectric generator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PittingtonPaths.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PittingtonPaths-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Railways paths towards Pittington\" data-id=\"11502\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PittingtonPaths.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11502\" class=\"wp-image-11502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PittingtonPaths-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PittingtonPaths.jpg 1770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Paths along former colliery railway routes heading towards Pittington (north east of Durham). Without the current restrictions on travel, we may never have explored these paths!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WearBend.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WearBend-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11507\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WearBend.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/wearbend\/\" class=\"wp-image-11507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WearBend-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WearBend.jpg 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TumbledTrees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TumbledTrees-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11506\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TumbledTrees.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/tumbledtrees\/\" class=\"wp-image-11506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TumbledTrees-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TumbledTrees.jpg 1710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhitworthChurch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhitworthChurch-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11535\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhitworthChurch.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/whitworthchurch\/\" class=\"wp-image-11535\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShaftoCrypt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShaftoCrypt-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11505\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShaftoCrypt.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/shaftocrypt\/\" class=\"wp-image-11505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShaftoCrypt-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ShaftoCrypt.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhitworthWalk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhitworthWalk-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11504\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhitworthWalk.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/whitworthwalk\/\" class=\"wp-image-11504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhitworthWalk-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhitworthWalk.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><strong>A walk in early March from Sunderland Bridge to <a href=\"https:\/\/whitworthhall.co.uk\/\">Whitworth Hall Country Park<\/a><\/strong>. (Top left) Lunch spot on a bend in the Wear.  (Top right) Tumbled trees in Spring Wood. The bank looks to have slipped. (Middle) Whitworth Church and (right) possibly an entrance to a crypt for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobby_Shafto\">Shafto family<\/a>. (Bottom) Heading back towards Spring Wood after looping around Whitworth Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SilverlinkBridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SilverlinkBridge-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11537\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SilverlinkBridge.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/silverlinkbridge\/\" class=\"wp-image-11537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SilverlinkBridge-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SilverlinkBridge.jpg 1995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PelawWoods.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PelawWoods-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11510\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PelawWoods.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/pelawwoods\/\" class=\"wp-image-11510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PelawWoods-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PelawWoods.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OldDurham.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OldDurham-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11509\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OldDurham.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/olddurham-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-11509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OldDurham-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OldDurham.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">(Top left) The unexpected and dramatic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pelaw-wood.org.uk\/wildlife\/d-pelaw-wood-beck-dene\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pelaw-wood.org.uk\/wildlife\/d-pelaw-wood-beck-dene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Silverlink bridge<\/a> across Pelaw Wood beck was built in 1938 by the same company that built Sydney Harbour bridge, Cleveland Bridge of Darlington. (Top right) Away from the busy river banks in Durham, Pelaw Woods were an unexpected highlight of a walk in late March to the east of Durham. (R) The fascinating, and well-hidden gardens of <a href=\"http:\/\/olddurhamgardens.co.uk\/\">Old Durham<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OldRailwayBridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OldRailwayBridge-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11540\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OldRailwayBridge.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/jan-mar-2021\/oldrailwaybridge\/\" class=\"wp-image-11540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OldRailwayBridge-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OldRailwayBridge.jpg 1525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">A typical &#8220;accommodation&#8221; railway bridge built to accommodate an existing right of way. The disused railway above is the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leamside_line\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leamside_line\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leamside line<\/a>, closed in 1964.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another quiet period for photographs under lockdown&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[106,63,71,46,171,49,166,56,66],"class_list":["post-11496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-art","tag-bridge","tag-cathedral","tag-church","tag-gardens","tag-river","tag-ruins","tag-snow-ice","tag-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}