I'm happy to be taking part in the Grassington Arts Festival which opens on Friday 19th June with a Private View and is then on daily until 4th July. I travelled up to Grassington today to deliver my work to the Town Hall, where it is to be hung - a total of nine pieces have been selected. Whilst I was there I took the opportunity to have a look around some of the other work being hung and put on display and what a diverse collection! It should be a very good show and well worth a visit whichever side of the Pennines you come from! Aside from the work in the Town Hall there are lots of small galleries and shops where other works are being displayed - and there are a number of 'curlew' works which have been commissioned especially for the show. The curlew is held in high regard in these parts.

It is an interesting journey, climbing so far up right in the heart of the Pennines but unfortunately it was a very wet and rainy day so visibility was not that great and no suitable photo opportunities. Perhaps it will be better when I go back when the festival opens. Grassington itself is a lovely little village - I have been before but a long time ago and in a previous life but it is still interesting and there are lots of places to walk if you like that sort of thing.