Dundry montage

We unveiled the interpretation board up on Dundry Hill last Wednesday. And here's the evidence.

It was nice seeing the finished work. And meeting all the other people involved in the project. Most of whose names I can't remember, sadly, but that's Bee Peters there to my left (and your right).

The leaflets for the Dundry Hill walk will be available from various places, or you can download them from here (front of leaflet) and here (back of leaflet). You should also be able to download them from the Dundry website (though not just yet).

I've also created a montage of the main pictures, as you see here. If you would like a copy, do let me know.

Dundry montage 2, originally uploaded by Dru Marland.

It's dimensioned to fit standard frames, and would be printed on 260 gsm satin paper. Costs would be

A4 (21cm x 30cm) £8
30cm x 40cm £15
40cm x 50cm £20

Dundry Hill

Next Wednesday, 11th May, the new interpretation board will be officially unveiled on Dundry Hill. It's happening at 6:30pm. It's going to be in the car park just along the road from the church and the pub, next to Dundry Down. Where it says you are here on the picture, in fact.

There's also a waymarked circular walk of about 2 miles, and a guide leaflet is available. But if you can't get a copy, or you want to print your own, then thanks to the miracle of Upside Down In Cloud, you can download it from here and print it off. At least, I think you can. Good luck!

I'm quite pleased with this project, because I did everything from the drawing to the design and formatting, ready for the printers. It was a bit of a learning experience.... onwards and upwards!

Dundry Hill

This is a view of Dundry Hill, south of Bristol. It is looking northwards, with the village and the church perched above the steep slope on the north face. The church was built by the city's Merchant Venturers, so that the crews of ships returning to Bristol up the Avon could see it. Apparently.

I'm glad I persisted; this version is much better than the first two attempts. I used Sennelier ink, diluted, on dampened paper, for the fields, and it was smoother than the watercolour washes I'd used previously, and I didn't need to mask out the details. So that was a lesson learned.


Thinking maps, John Lee, my rather professorial friend, tells me that his Map of Elizabethan and Jacobean Bristol (to which I have added a few modest contributions, though I was rather pleased with the Bristol eskimos story) has now had 5,500 views. He has added further sites and information. Why not have a look?


View Elizabethan and Jacobean Bristol in a larger map

what's on the drawing board today

Just for a change... this is what I'm worrying away at, just now. Doing a pictorial map is a major exercise in deciding what to emphasise and what to leave out or simplify, so that the finished job is clear, usable and good-looking.

I'm on Version Three at the moment....

Version Two had a bunch of goofs on it and was too small. Here's a close-up of one way of correcting a mistake.

• Place a piece of paper of the same sort as you used for the drawing, underneath the drawing.
• Cut around the botched area with a scalpel.
• Glue the new paper, which will now be a perfect fit, into place with some backing paper, and start again. Not quite invisible mending, but hey.

(here is the finished project) (and here is the map....)