Two Sycamores near Gardham, half imperial original watercolour.

Walking along the disused rail track from Etton towards Market Weighton I often stop here. Behind me a track leads to Etton West Wood Farm.  I am looking south at a crossing place where farm machinery has access to the fields. I love the two trees which I believe are sycamores. The tram lines produce a wonderful perspective which also indicate the width of the spray boom. I have noticed the gap between the lines is less wide on a few farms. This may be due smaller fields, hills, where turning could be a problem and the fact that a small farm cannot afford big machinery. Following on from this, I know straw storage on smaller farms often means they use smaller, more easily managed bales. The larger farms even use ‘bale chasers’ - specialist collecting equipment maybe hired out from an agricultural plant business. Beyond the land rises, at times especially in winter one can see large wagons on the A1079. Otherwise it is an area of vast proportions suggesting never ending rolling land. I have seen deer here. In the left hand corner buildings can be seen, this is Gardham, a hamlet with Crown estate connections. The old rail track is a good place to walk a dog. George loved it. In the autumn hawthorns attract fieldfares to eat the berries. Wild plants growing alongside the track include orchids and one can often see wasp galls on rose briars. This is a large half imperial painting approx. 22 x15 inches on very heavy watercolour paper. 

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