Lifting Mist at Trough House, Glaisdale

"Lifting Mist at Trough House, Glaisdale" - original watercolour by Glenn Marshall
30" x 22"
Painted on Saunders Waterford 140lb CP paper with Winsor & Newton artists paints

Glaisdale is situated in the North Yorks Moors National Park. It's a charming place with scattered farms and a delightful village which gives it name to the area. It also features the famous 'Glaisdale Mist' which can descend suddenly and without warning. We were caught out once and it was quite scary with very tricky driving conditions. However it can lift just as quickly and this was what I was trying to capture. I chose Trough House as my location - so named because it is used as a sheltered eating area during the shooting season. At other times it is the domain of the familiar black faced sheep who become used to humans and equate us with food. So much so that on my first visit I was surprised when the sheep came up and nuzzled at my hands for something to eat. Trough House can be found on the right hand side of the steep single track road that descends from the Millennium Stone down to Fryup Dale so give it a visit - you will not be disappointed especially if you leave the road and walk the track past the house to the dale head - but watch out for that mist! Glenn.

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