It's poetic Oop North

As I may have mentioned, the Map Twats went to pretty Mytholmroyd on Friday, to hear Simon Armitage read his fine poetry. I took some pictures of those innocent days, before he stood us up. Rest of the shots are here.

Crag overlooking the village

The poet declaims

Poet reflected in ceiling tile

I played with the colour for this one.

Everything was illuminated.

What rhymes with Mytholmroyd?

Because I'm going there tomorrow (it's Ted Hughes's birthplace and the name's beautifully Scandinavian) for a reading by the wonderful Simon Armitage, who's giving performances as he walks along the Pennine Way.