Withens Clough Reservoir is like a forgotten land- down on the edge of the water, the stumps of old drowned trees that I assume are usually under the waterline but for the lack of rainfall.

the mud is gorgeous – black , smooth, a bit claggy so good to model with. Its like a cross between clay & peat.So I dug some up with a stone, to make sculpture back at home – out of the relentless heavy drizzle and whipping rain- Frankie, my lurcher, offered advice-