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Lichen - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Life within life

Lichen is hardy. The salt spray, the desiccating sun, and the bitter wind don’t discourage it at all. They simply slow its …

Lichen - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Lichen on gravestones

Lichen is very slow growing. It helps that it often grows on stones with dates carved into them. It gives a different …

Lichen - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

I’m lichen it

After nearly all life on Earth is extinguished there will still be lichens. Why? Because they’re a composite organism. Lichens are mixture …

Gran Canaria - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Gran Canaria – the outtakes

It’s been an incredible few days in Gran Canaria with my son. We’ve laughed and smiled at so many great experiences. The …

Challacombe Farm - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Challacombe Farm

Being delicious to humans has been one of the most successful evolutionary strategies of recent times. Farm animals now outweigh wild ones, …

Lichen on cobble - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Lichen on cobbles

I’ve been inspired by seeing how limpets have colonised a crack in a rock from year to year. I think I might …

Spring at Stover - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Spring

Early in the morning the light is a cool blue There are signs of spring everywhere: The light warms to an amber …

Graphis scripts - Bridford Wood - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

The secret writing on a lichen

In Bridford Wood there’s a tree. On the tree is an unusual lichen; it’s called Graphis scripta, the Secret Writing Lichen. It’s …

Castle Drogo Lichen - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Lichens on Hunters’ Path

We’re walking on Dartmoor along the Hunter’s Path towards the National Trust property Castle Drogo: Castle Drogo is another self-indulgent act of …

Lichen on the rocks - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Trouble With Lichen

There’s lichen everywhere on Westray. It shows how clean the air is here, how salt-tolerant lichen is and also how difficult it …

Westray coastline - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Up, across or down?

The Westray coastline is so beautiful on a glorious day it’s hard to know whether to look up, look across or look …