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The Beauty of Happy Valley
Sally Wainwright's Happy Valley, its third and final series being aired now, is centred on Hebden Bridge and the Calder Valley. Below are...
verticalbrainmr
Jan 25, 20231 min read


VIDEO/IMAGES: Magical Light and Rising Mist
It was foggy and damp most of the day yesterday. As I worked in the afternoon, I couldn't even see Old Town mill, but what was above the fog
Mick Ryan
Oct 30, 20221 min read


A Big Day in the North - Snow Images from 19th Feb 2022
I'm finding this winter difficult, my usual joie de vivre, and optimistic glass half-full mentality, has taken a battering. I'm not the...
Mick Ryan
Feb 20, 20222 min read


New Work: Sunday and Monday Snow
A few from today. It snowed heavily most of the morning. Then cleared up a little, and I managed to get out for a short while around...
Mick Ryan
Nov 28, 20211 min read


First Snow Swim and Desert Island Discs
The hamlet of Mankinholes below Stoodley Pike, on my way to swim in Gaddings dam. Like many I find the first snow of the season exciting....
Mick Ryan
Nov 28, 20212 min read


Hebden Bridge At Night.... in Winter
Click on arrow top right to expand. Please contact me if you would like a print of this photograph.
Mick Ryan
Nov 25, 20211 min read


My homage to Denis Thorpe
This image of Hebden Bridge showing Stubbings school, Birchcliffe and the top-and-bottom, double decker, houses-over-houses, under-over...
Mick Ryan
Nov 21, 20212 min read


Autumn
Autumn in and around Hebden Bridge is always spectacular. The narrow valleys of the Upper Calder Valley are cloaked with beautiful...
Mick Ryan
Nov 8, 20211 min read
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