Walk two – Childwickbury

A perfect morning for walking. Blue skies, sunshine but a slight chill in the air. I cut across Spencer playing field, past the horses at Sandridgebury stables, along the bridle path that takes you over the railway track and up to Cheapside Farm. I walked a little further on until I could get a glimpse over the fields of the gorgeous Victorian gothic gatehouse at the entrance to the Childwickbury estate. I found a moss-covered stump of a tree to sit on and drew.

This ‘one mile from home’ project is already demonstrating to me that I don’t appreciate what is right on the doostep. I knew that Childwickbury Manor (behind the gatehouse shown here) was Stanley Kubrick’s home, but I didn’t realise until I was ‘googling’ for information that there is going to be an arts fair there in June – so a date for the diary. Also I’m very tempted to make a mess with oil paints by going on one of Christiane Kubrick’s weekend oil painting courses, however my finances and commitments mean that may have to wait for another year.

I’ve also discovered that a mile is a lot further than I imagined!