Summer notebook

Postcards from a Long Summer

Three places, three stamps, nothing planned. The cards we sent home, printed here with the messages on the back.

Written and photographed by Noor Hale · Read the feature

A red and white lighthouse on a green headland above the sea

14 June, Kell Head

The lighthouse keeper’s cat has adopted us. Wind all night, and the best eggs I have had in years. Do not expect us back soon.

A small red hut on a green field below a misty hill

2 July, High Moor

A red hut, no signal, one kettle. Mist until noon every day and then, all at once, the whole valley. You would hate it. Come anyway.

A snow-covered peak above green foothills under a blue sky

29 August, The Pass

Walked up in the dark to see it turn pink. Knees ruined. Worth it. Home by the first frost, probably.