I celebrated Mothers Day on the Studland Peninsular in Dorset with my two lovely daughters. The sky was cerulean blue and the sun shone all day.
This is my favourite place, well, one of them! We were immersed in the vanilla/coconut fragrance of golden gorse and sat in the dunes quietly eating our delicious picnic.
A sandy trail leads to Little Sea where beavers have been released to help re wild, another path winds its way across the bracken and heather to the beach.
In the distance we see Old Harry rocks, chalk white and iconic; beyond Little Sea we gaze at glorious views of Purbeck hills and Godlingston Heath.
Most people head straight for the beach and National Trust cafe but by taking a different path and walking a little further we were “Far from the Madding Crowd” .
Always in search of landscapes to paint, this is one I often return to and it never fails to inspire.
It’s still spring but feels like summer. The clocks have gone forward and there is more light, every day there is more light. Wonderful.
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