Battlefield the Beautiful: April 2023

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Hope springs eternal. Foolish hope ...

The wind is still sharp but when the sunshines on Battlefield, hope springs eternal ...

Flowers both planted and adventitious tell a story.

A fine display in a break between showers ...

Hacked back by instruction of Newcastle City Council two years ago, but not giving up this Spring,
a once fine Cherry tree on Portland Road ...

Coltsfoot, a plant of unloved spaces, never gives up.

WELCOME

I began this blog in order to have a say in the future of a piece of open ground close to my home in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Using this humble area of 'green space' with it's view across the city as a sounding board for thoughts I have had for most of my adult life about how our built and informal environment comes together; how the places where we live need to be cherished for what they are rather than disregarded for what they are not.

Now, in 2010, I am branching out to include other parts of the city where I live and use daily.

My approach is simply that of a reasonably intelligent spectator; one who may at times be plain wrong but, hopefully, more often just frustrated. Between those twins I hope also to record my affection for and draw attention to what is too little considered; the beauty of ordinary places.