Author & Cartographer

Author Chris Jesty

Blog 59 Diary, July to September, 2024

(Following on from Blog 57) Wednesday, 3rd July – Tried to join the Friends of Hatfield Forest, but all I could do was to join an organisation that had nothing to do with the forest. Friday 5th July – In… Continue Reading →

Blog 58 Flight Over Spain

Five months ago, my collection of scenes from Russian and East European musicals was restored to my website, having been unavailable for four years. I am now pleased to say that my collection of scenes from the series ‘Flight over… Continue Reading →

Blog 57 Diary, April to June, 2024

Wednesday, 3rd April – Received an email from Chris forwarding a message from John Fearn that is one of the most complimentary I have received in my life. John Fearn wrote that he has been in the habit of dipping… Continue Reading →

Blog 56 Television

I have always hoped that one day I would be able to share the collection of my favourite scenes from television with other people. It occurs to me that I might be able to achieve this by announcing that three… Continue Reading →

Blog 55 Russian songs

I am very pleased that Chris Butterfield has agreed to look after my website in the way that Designworks have been doing for the past nine years. In the second paragraph of the introduction to the website, I mentioned a… Continue Reading →

Blog 54 Diary, January to March, 2024

Following on from Blog 53, here is a slightly shortened version of my diary for the first quarter of 2024: Monday, 1st January – My computer took more than twelve minutes to get started in the morning because I couldn’t… Continue Reading →

Blog 53 Diary, October to December, 2023

Following on from Blog 52, here is a slightly shortened version of my diary for the fourth quarter of 2023: Sunday, 8th October – Walked along the River Kent from Sedgwick to Hawes Bridge and took photographs of various things…. Continue Reading →

Blog 52 Diary, July to September, 2023

Following on from Blog 50, here is a slightly shortened version of my diary for the third quarter of 2023: Friday, 7th July – Parked at Helsington church and explored the southern part of Helsington Barrows. Saw a six-spot burnet… Continue Reading →

Blog 51 Scrapbook, 2020-2023

In August 2023 I uploaded some more pages from my most recent scrapbook. Mount Pleasant, Helsington, Kirkbarrow Lane and Sepulchre Lane are all near my home in Kendal. Harps Farm, where I once went to school, and Great Hallingbury are… Continue Reading →

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