> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest - 20 Jan 2023 - URL: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshalls-genius-loci-digest-19-jan-2023/ - Published: 2023-01-20T06:30:29.000Z - Updated: 2023-01-20T07:53:22.000Z - Description: It's whilst seeking out a good Danish that I'm at my most vulnerable - have been nearly run over a couple of times whilst transfixed by a shop window full of pastries. - Author: Andy Marshall - Tags: genius loci digest, conwy, wales, st benedict gyffin, gyffin, medieval, painting, crowhurst, bird, cambridge --- ## Welcome 💡 This digest is best viewed online. Click the view online link next to the title above. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-11-at-16.51.58-1-1.png) Above: screenshot showing where the view online link is. **For those that are new here: thank you for subscribing.** I'm an [architectural photographer](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/about/) that travels around Britain recording and interacting with special places that have a spirit about them. I work from my [camper van called Woody](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/van-life/) and I share my experiences via this digest. ⚡️**[Read more about how the Genius Loci Digest came about.](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/my-genius-loci-digest-journey/)** ****⚡️ [Missed the last digest? Here it is.](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshalls-genius-loci-digest-2/)** ****⚡️ [View the digest archive here.](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/genius-loci-digest/)** 💡 **Members' Area** There is a new re-designed Members' Area at the bottom of this digest which gives supplementary content to this digest and links to new content. --- **Photo-hoard** The Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick - founded in 1571 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/A155E1E3-ABE5-4FC5-8E52-43DF6BA16DFA.jpg) The fluted post box next door to the Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick. Cast in 1856 in the form of a doric column. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_5398.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_5402.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_5403.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_5404.jpeg) --- **Words** > “Bad as it is, the world is potentially full of good photographs. But to be good, photographs have to be full of the world.” [Dorothea Lange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea%5FLange?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) --- **Observations** ## The Cultural Seed Bank > "The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." [Dorothea Lange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea%5FLange?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9700.jpeg) Photographing St. Benedict, Gyffin, Wales **I'm at a very special place in Gyffin near Conwy in Wales.** It houses a rare medieval paint scheme. I'm drawn to the parclose screens that segregate the side chapels. They are decorated with quatrefoils and other geometric shapes. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9671.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9673.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9676-1.jpeg) I suppose it's easy to walk past them, but I think of their age and their craft: the hands that made them and the events that they have witnessed both national and local. My trick is to imagine them out of context - silly really - but it seems to give them an extra kick. It puts their individuality into perspective. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/no_change.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/no_change-1.jpg) Buzzing with this new perspective, I set about photographing elements like this in the hope of sharing the singularity of the occasion with others, and with the wish of disseminating the pattern like a wind blown daisy seed. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_5699.jpeg) I remember taking a similar shot of the screen at St. Anno's in Llananno, Wales. I took it for the Friends of Friendless Churches. The image (or at least part of it) was used for their re-branding logo. Out of the old and into the new - a kind of cultural re-birth. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_5700.jpg) These quick-fire selfie times sometimes shroud the real power of the photograph to teach, inspire and influence, to filter, to communicate, to remember and record. The photograph is a both a memory bank and a seed bank. With that in mind I hope that you will pick up your camera or device and go out and photograph something that you find inspiring or intriguing. Think of it out of context and then take the photograph with your mind full of its wonder. 💡 In fact.. if you do take a photograph that inspires you - please let me know via [contact ](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/contact-me/)\- and I'll showcase them here with a little bit about why, where, when and who. Taking up photography? There are more photography posts here for members: [photography - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestThis isn’t a list of the mechanics of photography - but touches more upon the process, the use of light and my experiences with the camera. I’ve found that it’s the experience that counts - and there’s over 30 years of experience diluted into these posts.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_4735-1.jpeg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/photography/) --- **Can you help keep Woody on the road?** It takes a day a week to produce this digest. With your support, I’m able to keep this digest free and public facing. Support this digest and get access to a world of immersive content. Click the box below to check out the membership options: [Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall is documenting his travels in his time-travelling camper van 🚐📸🏛![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/Camper-2.jpg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/#/portal/) [Gift a membership](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/gift-memberships/). --- **Hotspots** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-19-at-12.24.47.png) Conwy - courtesy of Google Maps [Link to Conwy on Google Maps](https://goo.gl/maps/YG2rBEXuC9EyqqEG7?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) ## Conwy, Wales. **In the late summer of last year I had the envious task of photographing three medieval buildings over two days in North Wales and Anglesey.** I worked from the van, spending time in a campsite on Anglesey. I took my time and found a kind of rhythm and harmony with the weather. During my work, I stopped off in Conwy - that great bastion in the sky. Conwy is like a dream. Set besides the ebb and flow of an estuary, it rises upwards with walls that embrace the historic townscape and hills that shoulder the walls. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/Conwy-2.jpg) The castle is at the epicentre, built between 1283 and 1287\. If you look closer at the walls, you can still see the holes where they put the scaffold poles made from logs - they are called putlogs. Instead of wood, they now harbour wildlife and are little dwellings for birds and bats. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9907-1.jpeg) [Conwy Castle | CadwMagnificent medieval fortress still towers over town after 700 years Thanks to restored spiral staircases in its great towers you can walk a complete circuit around the battlements of Conwy Castle. We highly recommend it. This is one of the most magnificent medieval fortresses in Europe. In the dist…![](https://cadw.gov.wales/themes/custom/cadw/img/favicon/mstile-310x310.png)Cadw![](https://cadw.gov.wales/sites/default/files/styles/pamphlet_image/public/2019-05/conwy-castle-guidebook-9277-2018-04-17-16-23-27.jpg?h=54d542c1&itok=Ab734SPb)](https://cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/conwy-castle?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) The town is still surrounded by an unbroken defensive wall which is just over 1km long. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/Conwy-1.jpg) It's still possible to walk the wall. The best days of my life have been spent walking these walls with family and friends. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9911.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9945.jpeg) The walls are a significant feature in the landscape. Conwy has so many personalities - that of the historic urban town, that of the sea-faring port and that of the portal to the mountains of Eryri (Snowdonia) - not to mention the medieval defensive town. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9918.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9917.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9740.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9727.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9706.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9736.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9712.jpeg) A place with so many personalities. On this visit I didn't have enough time to walk the walls - so I made for the delights of the high street before a final walk to a hidden gem right at the heart of Conwy. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9708.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9709.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9714.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9721.jpeg) I'm particularly fond of a Danish and coffee combo and head for the best place in town. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9720.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9715.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9716-1.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9717.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9718.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9722.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9724.jpeg) It's whilst seeking out a good Danish that I'm at my most vulnerable - have been nearly run over a couple of times whilst transfixed by a shop window full of pastries. It was a post Danish purchase in Cambridge where I almost lost my head to a box of breakfast cereal dropped from a ledge by a crow. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9725.jpeg) I love a photograph of a good Danish more than a good Danish I walk my pastry up into the heart of town and by the time I've finished it I'm outside the medieval church of St. Mary. This is one of those buildings that never, ever reveals its access point. The ginnels and lanes that circumscribe it act like a maze. When I'm stood outside it - it's difficult to remember how I got there. The view of the tower from the rest of the town doesn't help. Maybe there's a time slip around here? Like at [St. Melangell](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/st-melangell-pennant-melangell-powys-wales/). Unfortunatley - this time - it is closed for renovation. But the exterior is magnificent and imposing. It's a great place to find some solitude and eat a Danish. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9944.jpeg) I make a final visit to a place that holds memories. A place that I've visited over and over again. As a child with my parents and grandparents, as a suitor with my intended, as a father with my son and daughter, and as a photographer - the smallest house in Great Britain - though not as compact as [Woody](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/van-life/). ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9735-1.jpeg) ## St. Benedict, Gyffin, Wales. Just 20 minutes walk from Conwy is a real hidden gem - although it's best to check if it is open before you visit. I'm tasked with photographing the interior for Donald Insall Architects. I have the key, and as soon as I enter, I can sense the depth of history in this place. I think it was Nan Shepherd who said of a mountain in the Cairngorms: “*I know its depth, though not in feet*.“ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/St.-Benedict--Gyffin-20.jpg) What is exceptional about this church is that it has a surviving canopy of honour. It reaches down to the parclose screen mentioned in my Observations section above. I love the concept of a canopy of honour. It hovers like a rainbow over the altar - embracing and protecting the most sacred of places. On the canopy (which dates to around 1500) are saints, including the Evangelists. There are only a few other surviving canopies like this. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9665.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9666.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/St.-Benedict--Gyffin-16.jpg) The canopy is re-inforced with a crenellated wallplate and embellished with carved heads at the feet of the trusses. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9701.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9653.jpeg) There's another surprise waiting in the beautiful timber-framed south porch. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9680.jpeg) There are medieval tomb slabs incorporated into the wall. The smaller slab has an inscription in Latin: “Llywelyn ab Iorwerth lies here” ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9682.jpeg) Graffiti on a truss in the porch dates to the C17th ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9689.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9693.jpeg) --- **Vanlife** I lodged at [Penrhos Caravan Club Site](https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-sites/wales/anglesey/penrhos-club-campsite/?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) in Anglesey. It's a great central base with full hook up and amenities. From here there's excellent access to all of Anglesey, Caernarfon and Conwy. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-19-at-18.40.44.png) Map courtesy of Google Maps ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9805.jpeg) ### V'envy ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_9818.jpeg) Delightful little thing in Llangefni ### My Van life Gallery [Van Life GalleryMy van, Woody, is my time-travelling machine, taking me to some remarkable places that have altered my mind like wine through water.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/D34A81F6-0429-4333-92FF-22D8D680AFCB-202.JPG)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/van-life/) --- **On My Coffee Table** This is such a good book. St. Benedict is listed inside too. In Welsh and English. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_5704-1.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_5705.jpeg) The canopy at St. Benedict. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_5706.jpeg) --- **Bookmarked** [Newport Ship: Medieval vessel is ‘world’s largest 3D puzzle’Experts believe the preserved 15th Century vessel is as historically significant as the Mary Rose.![](https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/windows-phone/news/windows-phone-icon-270x270.23502b4459eb7a6ab2ab.png)BBC NewsPeter ShuttleworthBBC News![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/144D2/production/_128345138_lastresting.jpg)](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64151535?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) [Remarkable early medieval burial found in Northamptonshire | The PastThe collection of grave goods – dubbed the ‘Harpole Treasure’ after the name of the local parish – has been dated to AD 630-670.![](https://i0.wp.com/the-past.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-The-Past-Test-Favicons1.1.png?fit=192%2C192&ssl=1)The PastCurrent World Archaeology![](https://i0.wp.com/the-past.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/post-1_image0-56.jpg?fit=703%2C917&ssl=1)](https://the-past.com/news/remarkable-early-medieval-burial-found-in-northamptonshire/?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) [Washed away: can Britain’s crumbling castles be saved from the sea?From Tintagel in Cornwall to the remote Orkney isles, heritage experts are battling to preserve the UK’s historic sites from coastal erosion![](https://static.guim.co.uk/images/favicon-32x32.ico)The GuardianLisa Bachelor![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d866a685837f7329af5f6b14c3ff3554f3b02d62/0_80_2400_1440/master/2400.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdG8tZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=8679832b56e15828b446d7bbe121e19b)](https://www.theguardian.com/focus/2023/jan/14/washed-away-can-britains-crumbling-castles-be-saved-from-the-sea?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther&utm%5Fsource=pocket%5Fsaves) [‘Something beautiful has been taken away’: campaigners vow to fight ban on Dartmoor campingA judge’s decision making it unlawful to pitch a tent on the moors without the landowner’s permission is set to spark a wave of right-to-roam protests![](https://static.guim.co.uk/images/favicon-32x32.ico)The GuardianMiranda Bryant![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b45c36ee9e7ddac2b387cb8433406b571aa1fa20/0_302_4032_2419/master/4032.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdG8tZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=d6994e6d7da7862ca1f0563577c98f6b)](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/15/something-beautiful-has-been-taken-away-campaigners-vow-to-fight-ban-on-dartmoor-camping?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther&utm%5Fsource=pocket%5Fsaves) --- **Film and Sound** [BBC Radio 4 - Flight of the Ospreys, Lift OffFollow Scotland’s ospreys on their epic Autumn flight to West Africa![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/272x272/p0d6g17d.jpg)BBC![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1200x675/p0d6g17d.jpg)](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ddn5?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) [BBC Radio 4 - The Value of Culture, What’s the Value of Culture Today?Melvyn Bragg and his guests debate the meaning and value of culture today.![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/272x272/p01l9bhg.jpg)BBC![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1200x675/p01l9bhg.jpg)](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01phm1j?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) --- **From the Twittersphere** > A door in a black and white timber building next to St Lawrence, Ludlow [#AdoorableThursday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AdoorableThursday?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=digest.andymarshall.co) [pic.twitter.com/Q39fT4Ngb1](https://t.co/Q39fT4Ngb1?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) > > — Dr Naomi (@BooksTeaFilms) [January 19, 2023](https://twitter.com/BooksTeaFilms/status/1615999143519854594?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=digest.andymarshall.co) --- **From the Shop** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-19-at-18.50.01.png) [Bestselling Digital Prints](https://andymarshallphotos.co.uk/collections/best-selling?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) **Treasure Hoard Gazetteer** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/Screenshot_2022-10-04_at_11.02.33.png) Screenshot of Treasure Hoard Gazetteer ****Andy Marshall’s Treasure Hoard Gazetteer Map** My Treasure Hoard Map is open to all. 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As I walk along Hills road towards Cambridge, a purple box crashes down from above the Tesco Express in front of me. It’s a box of Kellogg’s Fruit and Fibre. It’s landed face down with a strapline that says: “*So long misery guts, hello happy guts!*” “It’s a message from the other side” I think. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/img_9390.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/img_9389.jpg) Then I compose myself. I’m thinking that maybe it was students high jinks, chucking it out of the apartment window above Tesco. I compare it to my student shenanigans long ago; especially the occasion where (in an attempt to avoid my room-mate biting it) I backward lobbed a sausage roll on the Stafford to Manchester Express, only to surprise a standing passenger as it slapped him on the the nape. “*Not a bad effort.*” I think, but the windows on the upper floors are all fast shut. Then I notice some movement on a ledge above the shop frontage - a head pops out and eyes me up. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/img_9388.jpg) It’s a crow. It’s watching the box anxiously. The crafty corvid has hoisted the cereal box up onto the ledge and then dropped it in an attempt to break open the Fruit and Fibre. I stop and think about it for a moment and wax lyrical about this exceptional act of nature amidst the bland corporate facade. I text Char a photo and tell her what I’ve just seen. 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Place writing art…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/dji_fly_20221207_163646_260_1670430965419_aeb.JPG)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/place-writing/) ## Quick Access ****Notes for New Members:** [See here](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/new-members-useful-information/) ### **How this Digest came about:** [My Genius Loci Digest JourneyIn the late 1990’s I had a breakdown that ultimately led me, through a journey that took me away from depression, to a new career in photography.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/chelfie_baglans-1-2.jpg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/my-genius-loci-digest-journey/) ### Treasure Hoard Index: [🟦 The Treasure Hoard Index“I share them with the gratitude that, through a strange quirk of career, I’ve had a certain freedom to be able to seek them out and photograph them.”![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/IMG_7865.jpeg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/the-treasure-hoard-index/) ### Free Downloads: [free stuff - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestFree downloads for members only![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/Green-Man-Collage-1.jpeg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/free-stuff/) ### The Comperandum: [comperandum - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestA nod to Banister Fletcher![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/Church-Tower-Combo-1.jpeg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/comperandum/) ### Ways of Seeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing: [ways of seeing - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestIn the late 1990’s I had a breakdown that ultimately led me, through a journey that took me away from depression, to a new career in photography. What made all the grit of the dark days worthwhile was that I was left with something that felt like a pearl - a new way of seeing and interacting with th…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/FHyzRIjX0AAFR6X-1.jpeg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/ways-of-seeing-2/) ### Yew Tree Visitors Guide: [The Ancient Yew - Visitors GuideThe Ancient Yew - Visitors Guide![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/IMG_7669.jpeg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/the-ancient-yew-visitors-guide/) ### Wallpaper: [wallpaper collection - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestBeautifully curated wallpapers for your device.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/Collection-Matrix.jpeg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/wallpaper-collection/) ### Video: [video - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestA growing collection of videos to supplement the digest![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/tempImageHXJgfr.gif)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/video/) ### Place Writing: [place writing - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestMy place writing series brings together all of my writings on place from numerous sources including magazine and newspaper articles, blog, newsletter and digest. Where appropriate, I’ve made revisions, added additional text, information and photographs. It includes new posts too. Place writing art…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/dji_fly_20221207_163646_260_1670430965419_aeb.JPG)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/place-writing/) ### Photography: [photography - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestThis isn’t a list of the mechanics of photography - but touches more upon the process, the use of light and my experiences with the camera. I’ve found that it’s the experience that counts - and there’s over 30 years of experience diluted into these posts.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/IMG_4735-1.jpeg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/photography/) ### Virtual Reality: [virtual reality - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestAlmost as good as being there...![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/Breamore-Hi-Res-Aerial-3-1.jpg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/virtual-reality/) ### **Hidden Gems:** [hidden gem - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestSecret destinations, insider knowledge, little delights![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/IMG_2355-1.jpeg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/hidden-gem/) ### Road Trips: [road trip - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestAmazing road trips tried and tested in my camper van - free to all subscribers![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/southwell-1-8-copy.jpg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/road-trip/) ### A Year in the Life [a year in the life - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestA Year in the life of an architectural photographer in his time-travelling camper van.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/01/_A6A5993-1.jpeg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/a-year-in-the-life/) ---