At this time of the year primroses grow in the unvisited woods and fields that slope down to the beck. The only songs are the birds above the laughing of the water.

Thorsgill Beck and Tudor packhorse bridge. Sitting here, for a few moments, I can just about forget that there are a couple foul and loathsome individuals intent messing up the world for the majority. #Tudor #Bridge #Packhorse #Abbey

#Nowplaying The Move - The Move - UK stereo. Their first album from 1968. UK psychedelia at its best. Worth it just for Flowers in the Rain #TheMove #psychedelic #rock #1960s #rockmusic #vinyloftheday #vinyl #vinylcollection #recordcollector #vinyljunkie #onmyturntable

#Nowplaying Fleetwood Mac "Then Play On" UK 1969 Reprise steamboat. Peter Green's last album with the band. #FleetwoodMac #PeterGreen #1960s #vinyl #LP #music #vinylrecords #recordcollection #vinylcollection

Jethro Tull 'Aqualung' 1971 music paper advert. #JethroTull #Aqualung #progrock #rock #prog #classicrock #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #recordcollection #vinylcollection

On the 4th June 1968 The Jimi Hendrix Experience rehearsed at ITV, Elstree Studios in Borehamwood. On the 5th they recorded “Stone Free,” “Mockingbird” (Hendrix and Dusty vocals), “Voodoo Child (SR).” The show 'It Must Be Dusty' was broadcast across the UK on 12th, 13th and 14th June.

#Nowplaying Grateful Dead - American Beauty - UK 1971 #GratefulDead #JerryGarcia #psychedelic #Music #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #recordcollection #vinylcommunity

This is a picture of my doctor. Of course it is. Any fuel kno all docturs luk like this.

#Nowplaying The Who "A Quick One" Mono 1966 UK 1st press on Reaction. #TheWho #PeteTownsend #RogerDaltry #KeithMoon #JohnEntwistle #1960s #vinyl #LP #music #vinylrecords #recordcollection #vinylcollection

Field of cows with a medieval quarry and gorse bushes in the background. #gorse #Spring #nature #Durham

The bluebells are starting to appear in the woods. #bluebells #Flower #wildflower #spring #nature #flowers #Durham #Countryside

The view over Bow Bridge, a packhorse bridge over Thorsgill Beck, next to Egglestone Abbey. Probably a Tudor bridge built purely for packhorses dating from the 1600s. #Tudor #Bridge #Packhorse #Abbey

Hawkwind - Uncle Sam's on Mars (2006 version) Seems quite pertinent at the moment. Think this is almost better than the original. When Brock's guitar kicks in around 5.30...

Hawkwind - Damnation Alley. Something made me think for a this.

On the wall up here. Original October 1967 Hapshash & Osiris Visions poster for 'Sunday at the Saville'. Jimi Hendrix Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Arthur Brown, Tomorrow & the ISSB. Not bad for a month's entertainment. #JimiHendrix #PinkFloyd #FairportConvention #Music #Psychedelic #poster

#NowPlaying Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis - UK 1969 #DustySpringfield #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #recordcollection #vinylcommunity

Fern, thistle, wood anemones. #nature #anemone #Spring #Flower #wildflower #Countryside

#NowPlaying Captain Beefheart- Trout Mask Replica. 1969 You mean you don't like Beefheart? #CaptainBeefheart #HisMagicBand #beefheart #troutmaskreplica #rockmusic #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #recordcollection #vinylcommunity

Bright blackthorn bushes. #blackthorn #nature #Spring #Flower #wildflower #Plant #Countryside

Sloe flowers in sunlight. #sloe #nature #Spring #Flower #wildflower #Plant #Countryside

Hawkwind - Dawn. Just a jam really. From the 1975 sessions that produced the 'Warrior on the Edge of Time' album.

#Nowplaying John Renbourn – The Black Balloon- UK 1979 #JohnRenbourn #pentangle #folk #rockmusic #1970s #musicsky #vinylcollection #vinylrecord #recordcollection #vinylcommunity

The Robin appeared when I was weeding the strawberry patch. #birds #britishbirds #photography #nature #iphone

A gathering of wood anemones. #nature #anemone #Spring #Flower #wildflower #Countryside

#NowPlaying Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 55 - 1777 Kodály Quartet recorded 1990. #Hayden #MusicSky #ClassicalMusic #Music #Compactdisc

The Free albums, Island Records 1969-1973. #BluesRock #Free #rock #Blues #rockmusic #1970s #musicsky #vinylcollection #vinylrecord #recordcollection #vinylcommunity

#Nowplaying Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly -UK 1st press 1958 Found in a charity shop yesterday for all of £2. Hardly a mark and plays superbly. This is where it all started I suppose. #BuddyHolly #rock #rockmusic #vinyloftheday #vinyl #vinylcollection #recordcollector #vinyljunkie #onmyturntable

Millie and the tortoise. #Caturday #cats #BlueskyCats #CatsOfBluesky

#Nowplaying The Nice – The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack - UK 1968 Immediate label. Often overlooked but it deserves a place in the lists of UK psychedelic albums '67-'68. #TheNice #psychedelic #rock #rockmusic #vinyloftheday #vinyl #vinylcollection #recordcollector #vinyljunkie #onmyturntable

Wood anemone at the side of the lane to the old abbey. #Spring #Flower #wildflower #spring #nature #flowers #Durham #Countryside

#Nowplaying Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding - UK 1968 stereo. #BobDylan #psychedelic #rock #Blues #1960s #rockmusic #Folk #vinyl #Music #Musicsky #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity

The approach to Egglestone Abbey. #MedievalMonday #Medieval #History #localhistory #heritage #Abbey #Durham

Bracket fungus as the moss converts it into a green fossil. #moss #lichen #fungi #fungifriends #nature

The snowdrops are fading. The first primrose has appeared. #primrose #spring #nature #flowers #Durham

Lichen covering hawthorn branches. #moss #lichen #fungi #fungifriends #nature

Old road signs, Keighley, West Yorkshire. #roadsign #oldsign #oldroadsigns #sign #Keighley #Yorkshire

The Joni Mitchell UK first pressings. If there was only one to keep it would have to be Hejira. #JoniMitchell #folk #jazz #rock #rockmusic #vinyl #Music #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity

#Nowplaying Django Reinhardt with the Quintet of the Hot Club of France - recordings 1937-48. Disc two with Stephan Grappelly, from the JSP box set. Wonderful music. #djangoreinhardt #StéphaneGrappelli #QuintetteduHotClubdeFrance #jazzmanouche #gypsyjazz #jazz #music #compcatdisc

#Nowplaying Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde - UK 1966 mono. #BobDylan #psychedelic #rock #Blues #1960s #rockmusic #Folk #vinyl #Music #Musicsky #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity

Weathered carving of a boar beside the east window of the south transept of St Mary’s Parish Church, Barnard Castle. Likely that this carving is a connection to the Richard III who was a benefactor of the church & founded a college there. #Medieval #Richard111 #MedievalArt #history #church

Shibden Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire. Dates back to 1400s. It's most famous inhabitant was Ann Lister (Gentleman Jack) inn the early 19th century. #ShibdenHall #Halifax #Yorkshire

Crustose lichen and ivy on top of the stone wall along the Sills in Barnard Castle. #moss #lichen #fungi #fungifriends #nature

Bonfire moss on top of a stone wall in the sunshine. #moss #lichen #fungi #fungifriends #nature

#NowPlaying Handel: 12 Solo Sonatas, Op. 1 The Academy Of Ancient Music - 2009 #Handel #Music #Baroque #MusicSky #CompactDisc

#Nowplaying The Beatles: Abbey Road - UK first pressing 1969. Exceptionally good sounding album. #Beatles #rock #rockmusic #vinyloftheday #vinyl #vinylcollection #recordcollector #vinyljunkie #onmyturntable

Hammered Shield Lichen on the iron bridge across the river Tees. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends #nature

The first daffodil to open by the river. #daffodil #spring #nature #flowers #Durham

#Nowplaying Country Joe & The Fish: Electric Music For The Mind And Body Their first album from 1967 and a psychedelic wonder. #CountryJoe #psychedelic #rock #rockmusic #vinyloftheday #vinyl #vinylcollection #recordcollector #vinyljunkie #onmyturntable