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Wednesday, 24 August 2022

Danby Lodge

Sleights holiday 2

Danby Lodge National Park Centre is situated on the bank of the River Esk. It was once a hunting lodge and has now been imaginatively repurposed as a visitor centre, with a lovely café, shop, displays about the area and lots of trails and activities for children. It also houses the 'Inspired by...' gallery, which currently has a wonderful photography exhibition, 'Woodland Sanctuary', by Joe Cornish and Simon Baxter, which was, of course, what I mainly intended to see. 


I was happily surprised by the centre, and enjoyed wandering around some of the trails, as well as the inside exhibitions. 



I don't manage to take many butterfly photos and this was a rather ragged specimen but it stayed still long enough to get a reasonable shot. I don't think it is anything more exciting than a Meadow Brown - fairly common, apparently. 

4 comments:

  1. Only a Meadow Brown but a lovely shot nonetheless!

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  2. Nice shot with the butterfly.

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  3. It's always nice when buildings can be repurposed and this one seems to have been redone quite well.

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