Greetings Card of the blue 'Goodnight' print, featuring Sycamore Gap, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland

Who would have known that only a few months after meeeting this sentinel tree it would be felled in an act of vandalism? It was late May when we attended a friends' wedding in Northumberland, a stone's throw away from the famous Roman Hadrian's Wall. Being so far North, the evenings were light and the sky was glowing until after 11pm, and we decided to take a nighttime walk to Sycamore Gap (I have added a photo of that evening). No-one knows who had planted the sycamore in this 'nick' (valley) of the great Whin Sill ridge, but it stood sentinel over the ancient wall for over 300 years. It also featured in Kevin Costner's 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves' film. The first edition of this print was born from a magical night of vast glowing skies, ancient stones and the sound of curlews and nightingales as we walked along the ridge to this tree, with no other soul about. Little did I know that a second edition would be needed, this time in far darker colours, to say goodnight to this magnificent tree.

Professional reproduction card of an original linocut print, responsibly printed in the UK using vegetable-based toners. Carbon-offset off-white card, textured finish.  

Supplied with brown Kraft envelope made from UK post-consumer waste.

Blank inside for your own message

Approx size: 12x12 cm