String of Pearls

Margaret Wilson lives in Leebotwood near Church Stretton. After working in Paris, Madrid and London as a business translator she moved, with her husband and son, to Shropshire. Here, she enjoys walking in the hills, exploring the towns and villages and learning about the county’s folklore. She works as a literary editor and proof-reader.  Her hobbies include gardening, making theatrical costumes and travel. Helen Shaw lives in the North Pennines on a remote hillside south of Garrigill, Cumbria.Her photographs have featured in The Times, Manchester Evening News, This England, Cumbria Life, Westmoreland Gazette, The Scots magazine, Northern Life, and countless other magazines and newspapers all across northern England. Her photographicbooks have earned her a strong following: The Forest of Bowland, Land’s End to John O’Groats, The Pennines, String of Pearls (Lake District), The North Pennines is her fifth book of landscape photography and her first one focussing entirely on her home of the North Pennines.A keen walker and lover of wild and lonely places, she is married to Bob Shelmerdine who shares her passion for the outdoors.

It is testament to the quality of the photography provided by Helen Shaw and the deft touch of the compiler Margaret Wilson that we are left with an anthology where image and words are complementary. Together, they achieve the feat of depicting the drama of the Lake District landscape and the depth and richness of the areas cultural heritage. There is a wealth of content that was certainly new to me.