#melmerby

[mybeingthere]

UK artist from Newcastle Sally Madge (b 1946) died of covid in November 2020. 

Her friend Diane Jones wrote to me about a retrospective at Newcastle Contemporary Art opening on 28th January and running till 25th February. 

Sally could do anything - ceramics, painting, sculpture, collage, film, installation, performance... Witty, skilful and imaginative she was ahead of her time in her art. In countless performances she would find the right media and the right tone to make her place in that world important and interesting. Sally Madge responded to daily life transforming tedious into extraordinary. 

Tom Jennings writes:"Entering the space containing Sally Madge's site specific installation does not feel like any typical passage into an art gallery. The work engages the body immediately and directly, preempting judgment and disarming expectations. The latter will already have been modulated by the journey across or towards the North Pennines, under a broad sky of characteristically dramatic weather, to Melmerby. Amongst traditional Cumbrian village architecture is the Isis gallery, converted a few years ago from its original function as a barn. The art work inside speaks to this past, unsettling traditional associations of landscape and the rural idyll, questioning the potency and significance of such representations.

Powerful sensations greet the visitor. First and most memorable is the strong, sweet aroma from a wall of hay just inside the door. There is a dark, heavy atmosphere, and as the eye adjusts to very low ambient light, it seems that the haystack virtually fills the space, with narrow, cramped areas to the sides. All manner of ghostly whirrings and whisperings circulate, and once accommodated to night vision, and moving further into the room, several sources of sound and light can be discriminated. Most disconcertingly, at the rear of the gallery's upper level, the flickering ghost of a gigantic barn owl emerges from the top of the end wall, pouncing in extreme slow motion and majestic beauty on unseen prey. From lower down, a cadence of sibilant tones recalls the sound of wind through trees, or an upland beck; resolving into the rushing, insistent rhythm of whispering voices. By the foot of the stairs (blocked by a 'private' sign) sits a showcase with a lightbox base. Slung from the top, a dozen tiny hammocks cradle the corpses of voles, small birds and mice. Light escaping this display guides one to the back of the haystack, which turns out to be hollow, allowing access to its calm, secluded centre...." 

Continue reading https://www.sallymadge.com/press.

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[atlanticcanada]

36-year-old man drowns at Pictou County's Melmerby Beach

A 36-year-old man died Wednesday while swimming at Melmerby Beach in Nova Scotia's Pictou County.

from CBC | Nova Scotia News https://ift.tt/XwanI92

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[agelessphotography]

Burning Fields, Melmerby, North Yorkshire, Paul Graham, September 1981

[crownoyami]

#melmerby looks so amazing with the ice melting into the ocean! #vacation #beach #relaxing #finallywarmweather☀️ #novascotia (at Melmerby Beach Provincial Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMx2D6tsWNP/?igshid=7sgf5pbkv7v1

[postindustrialplaces]

Graham, P. 'Burning Fields'. Melmerby, United Kingdom, 1981. . . . . #nonplaces #places #city #vague #postindustrial #research #architecture #photography #abstract #architecture_hunter #melmerby #architecturephotography #todaysartreport #psychogeography #postplaces #postindustrialplaces #paulgraham (at Melmerby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8MZGLio7zk/?igshid=1ubqrtspj9y6c

[dustbinstudio]

[charlie-rodanandfields-blog]

Playing with a beach rock... My dog is so weird. 😂 . . #DogsOfInstagram #DogsOfNovaScotia #MyDogIsWeird #GSD #GSDLover #GSDmix #MelmerbyBeach #RockWrestler #NovaScotia #BeachWeather #HelloJune #Melmerby #LifeInTheMaritimes #LifesABeach #LifeInNovaScotia #BeachLover https://www.instagram.com/p/ByMm8Sgl7HA/?igshid=1wurq9k7awih9

[cumbriacrack]

The North Pennines – a slow tourism destination? The theme for the 2020 North Pennines Tourism Forum is ‘slow tourism’. In mid-March businesses from across Cumbria, Northumberland and Durham will be coming together to explore whether this approach ‘fits’ Full story: https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2020/02/28/the-north-pennines-a-slow-tourism-destination/

[jeremy-allard-photography-art]

Melmerby beach / Roy’s Island setting sun in August 2017. 

[kevinlearsmotorbikeadventures]

The Old Village Bakery in #melmerby just below that awful hartside and offering better good surroundings and prettier staff too - what's not to like #food #cafe #bakery #lunch #touringbritainadventures #touringbritain #motorbikeadventures #adventuresofkevinlear #adventures #travel #travelguide #travelwriter #traveladventures #EdenValley #cumbria (at The Old Village Bakery Melmerby)

[atlanticcanada]

N.S. provincial parks report another record-breaking season for camping

Nova Scotia has had another record-breaking year for the number of campers to its provincial parks.

The province says its camping parks hosted 99,304 paid overnight stays this year -- an increase of nine per cent from 2021.

The number of people who visited the province’s 20 camping and 111 day-use parks is also up, by about 200,000 from last year, for a total of about 1.5 million people.

In terms of visitor numbers, 63 per cent of this year’s visitors were from Nova Scotia, 27 per cent came from other parts of Canada, and 10 per cent came from other countries.

"Nova Scotia has a world-class provincial parks system that continues to be discovered by our residents and visitors from around the globe," said Nova Scotia Natural Resources and Renewables Minister Tory Rushton in a Friday press release. "It's wonderful to see yet another record-breaking year for our parks and that numbers were up despite park closures and cancelled reservations due to hurricane Fiona."

The province says department staff continue to clean up parks hit hard by Fiona.

It also says people should avoid the following parks until cleanup is complete:

Mira River

Amherst Shore

Caribou-Munroes Island

Five Islands

Arisaig

Rushtons Beach

Melmerby Beach

Salt Springs

While park facilities closed for the season on Oct.10, the province says people can still use parks for activities like walking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing during the off-season.

Campsite bookings for next year are expected to open in early April 2023. 

from CTV News - Atlantic https://ift.tt/y6IpAPs

[kayla1993-world]

Man dies after bystanders bring him and injured woman ashore at N.S. beach

A man who was struggling in the waters off a beach in northeastern Nova Scotia died, and a woman who tried to save him was hospitalized after bystanders brought them both to shore. 

According to RCMP, the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon at Melmerby beach, a provincial park about 60 kilometres west of Antigonish.

Officers arrived on the scene and were informed that a woman had been injured while attempting to rescue the man from the water, and bystanders assisted in bringing them both to shore and administering first aid.

The 57-year-old Halifax man was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. 

The 64-year-old Halifax woman, who police described as having serious injuries, was also transported to the hospital. 

[dustbinstudio]

[bluecote]

burning fields, melmerby, north yorkshire, september 1981. A1 / the great north road by paul graham.

[cumbriacrack]

In full flow – a celebration of Eden Rivers Trust’s work to create a healthy Eden Nearly seventy people made their way from the Eden Valley and beyond to attend Eden Rivers Trust’s first ever Supporters’ Day at Melmerby Village Hall. Full story: https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2019/05/23/in-full-flow-a-celebration-of-eden-rivers-trusts-work-to-create-a-healthy-eden/