Richard Bell's Wild West Yorkshire nature diary
Wednesday, 7th February, 2007
THE
DRAWING I’d chosen for the title page of Walks Around Horbury,
of a tree-fringed path, is too similar to the one that I’ve now done for
the cover. The goats that I saw near Storrs Hill would make a surprising alternative;
an example of the unexpected sights that you might come across on a walk on
the network of paths around the town.
I wanted to show the white kid and the grey billy-goat but the kid doesn’t work well in black and white line. In colour it stands out against the grassy slope but in line it’s indistinct; just white on grey.
Instead I’ve gone for the striking head of the billy; his horns curve up between the letters of the title above him.
Unfortunately the author’s name has to go right beneath him so, as he
and I are bearded, I can imagine the comments that I’m going to get.