Ninebarrow

Hard to believe that this photo was taken at Heaven’s Gate in Purbeck on this day 8 years ago! 😮 March can be a funny old month can’t it?! Quite different out there today! ☀️ 😎

An exciting addition to HQ is coming very soon…! 🎹🥳

Our first viewing at the New HQ bird box location! ☺️❤️

The view from Ballard Down, with Swanage Bay unfurling below, gorse blazing gold, brooding clouds parting for a shy glint of sea light. 🌥️💛 Pure Purbeck poetry. ☺️

Absolutely chuffed to be shortlisted for Band/Duo of the Year at the @Fatea_Magazine Awards!💛 Huge congrats to all the artists nominated! Winners announced live on Folk Friday Radio, 11 Jan, 7pm. 🎶 Pic of us looking awkward & precariously balanced and up a tree for attention.🤣

Soft light, long shadows & the moon setting over Badbury Rings at sunrise this morning.☺️ It’s one of Dorset’s finest Iron Age hillforts which later stood watch over a major Roman crossroads. Jon’s hands are still recovering but the frostbite was definitely worth it…right?! 😅

Sunrise at Upton Country Park yesterday - first light spilling across the saltmarsh of Holes Bay looking towards Pergins Island. Spectacular. 🤩

We had our first meeting to start prepping our 2026 musical walking holidays today! Would have been rude not to have a quick blast out on the hills first though. 🥾🎵☺️ It was a bit breezy. Can you tell? 😂

The last night of the tour has arrived at the beautiful St Endellion Church in Cornwall! Really looking forward to seeing a lovely lot of you shortly! ☺️❤️

Livestream tech rehearsals have a different vibe these days… 😂

We’re struggling to remember where we took this photo. 🤔 It popped up in our memories from a few years ago. Our money is on the New Forest somewhere. We’re always drawn to the Forest at this time of year - to try and catch the last flashes of autumn before winter takes hold. 🍁

A favourite little spot to pause on the ‘Isle of Wight Road’ at Durlston near Swanage. Stone, sea and a view that inspires you to do exactly what the sign suggests — rest and admire. ☺️💙

A quiet moment in Studland village. The Celtic cross standing watch over the lane. We never mind pausing here for a breather. ☺️❤️

Did you know - this ‘winding track’ up the side of Challow Hill near Corfe Castle is the one we sing about in ‘Summer Fires’? 🔥☺️

Morning light on Corfe Castle — standing proud above the rooftops of the village it gives its name to. 🏰 Sunlit stone, drifting clouds, and echoes of history in stone. Dorset at its most iconic. ☺️💚 #CorfeCastle #Dorset

All ready to roll in Guildford for tonight’s Folk Inspiration concert. 🤩 And yes…the PA isn’t set up symmetrically, and yes…this is going to bug Jon all evening. 😂

A huge amount of time and effort goes into each and every one and we really appreciate it. And it'd be remiss of us not to also give a big shout out to our superb publicist, @janebrace. Because without her, we'd probably have no reviews at all! 🙏

This might well be the last review of 'The Hour of the Blackbird' and how lovely to save a ★★★★★ one for last! 🤩❤️ What a whirlwind the last couple of months has been?! We just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who's taken the time to review the album.

A bit dreary out there today, but this was the view on this day four years ago looking out over Kimmeridge Bay towards the Isle of Portland — soft light on the water, a hush over the hills. Dorset at its quiet, timeless best. ☺️💚 #Kimmeridge #Dorset

Evenings like this on the Purbeck Ridge… pure magic. 🌅 Rolling hills, golden light and ethereal, misty horizon. We’ll never stop feeling lucky to call this home. ☺️💚 #PurbeckRidge #Dorset