Spring ebbs and June’s Summer flows

June. A beautiful time of year. The first steps of summer, without the school holidays. When the sun’s heat brings plants, people, and other wild-life out into the longer light of day.

Bright blue sky over Hemingfield Colliery - the winding engine and pumping engine houses in the mid-ground, with the colourful flowers of Pump House Cottage in the foreground.
Striking image of light and life at Hemingfield Colliery, June 2023 (Photo credit: Mitchell Sutherland)
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Hope and Heritage spring eternal, April 2022

Cold comforts…

2 seasons in one day: snow in the morning of 31st March 2022

Picking up from our previous update at the end of March, you might be forgiven for thinking that the seasons had jumped, with winter returning, as snow fell on site on the morning of 31st March; the pit briefly donning a white cloak, before warmer air, and the green shoots of Spring began to emerge more fully.

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