Tune in to BBC Radio 3 right now for David Bowie rather brilliantly narrating Prokofiev’s Peter and the Woof. The very essence of a perfect Sunday afternoon! Sara Mohr-Pietsch #musicmap

Absolutely the weather to be sheltering under a tree this evening: good shout! And thanks for popping over to say hi Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens #eveningwalk #dairyherd #lovewhereyoulive #DH7

Sometimes it’s as fun and as fascinating to look down as it is to look up! Chester-le-Street has come up roses this evening with a little potted history of our region’s proud industrial heritage, in the format of drain/ infrastructure covers… #walking #lovewhereyoulive

A beautiful evening here in #DH7

First ever foray into en plein air landscape painting. Massive thanks to Luke McTaggart for making this happen and being so brilliantly supportive. I have a lot to learn but it was great to make a start. #lovewhereyoulive #Amble Maltings Berwick

So this arrived in the post today! I’m very much looking forward to judging the Pictorial Competition (thanks - Michael Briggs 🔬🏏🎸🐝🦔🍺🌱 !) & to experiencing the show itself, a rural tradition we do particularly well in the NE. Blanchland is also home to the magnificent Lord Crewe Arms

Garden all ready for the ‘Open Village’ tomorrow 😊

Happy July Monday… #DH7 #summer #lovewhereyoulive

It’s that time of year again! Brilliant day today at Durham Miners’ Gala, as ever. Hot hot hot!

Durham Fringe Festival week is here! Check out all the shows and venues durhamfringe.co.uk I'd love to see you at #atapestryofsong at the Music Dept Thurs-Sun and #singyourcaresaway Sat/Sun at 1pm Sally Dixon durhamfringe.co.uk/events/a-tapes…

Hey - big thanks our friends at Durham Cathedral for this lovely shout out. Durham Fringe Festival starts tomorrow (Wednesday) - it's a bumper programme this year with over 110 different shows. Do pop down to World Heritage Site Durham City & check us out. durhamfringe.co.uk

Durham Fringe Festival has started! Great to take part in the showcases today 🧡 If you'd like to see the full show, catch me at the Music Dept on Palace Green, 3.15 on Thurs&Fri, 7pm on Sat/Sun durhamfringe.co.uk/events/a-tapes… Sally Dixon Emma Millen Stories Alive

Back in my natural habitat, after a busy few weeks. Here we have an assembled mass of wild carrot, clouds scudding across a bright August sky, a particularly cheerful example of field scabious, followed by a general DH7 vista #lovewhereyoulive #DH7 #walking

An upping of the ante in the dramatic skies quotient this evening. Weardale. The water was warm. #swimming #CountyDurham

Sunset swim. Balearic. #Weardale #CountyDurham #heatwave

Memory jogged by a brief yet energising conversation with a young person wearing a (probably DiY) customised, Pink Floyd-themed denim jacket. I found myself talking up Live at Pompeii. If I recall correctly I bought this on VHS from Our Price in c. 1994 m.youtube.com/watch?v=NyaGKi…

Ragpath Woods today. Absolutely magical. #DH7 #walking #lovewhereyoulive

Great day yesterday at Blanchland & Hunstanworth show.

Tuesday sunset here in #DH7 . Always worth getting out and about. #walking #lovewhereyoulive

Beautiful late summer/ early autumn walk. I’m so lucky to have this on my doorstep #DH7 #walking #lovewhereyoulive Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens