Big clouds! It’s cold, bright, breezy, showery… A walk to Red Lane, where the clouds are brilliant white against the deep blue of the sky. When they’ve passed, that is; when they’re above, they’re more of a threatening dirty grey – will we get wet? A few drops in the wind, that’s all, then the sun is shining again – for a while. We’ve timed it well. There are a couple of sharp showers, with hailstones, soon after we’ve arrived home again.
A figure of eight, from Shirlett lane to Arlescott and back – with Barrow in the middle. It’s a fine, bright and sunny afternoon, perfect for wandering in these quiet fields. At the far end (the top of the ‘eight’) there are extensive views to the Welsh border hills.
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A walk from Willey, through Linley Green and back up to the tiny St Leonard’s church. We visited it earlier this month – see The Green Man for more photos. The air’s cold today, but the sunshine is warm – it’s very pleasant out in these quiet places.
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Not that it’s especially spring-like. It’s bright but cold. There are signs of the season – primroses and daffodils – and the leaf buds are swelling, but it will be a week or two before the trees lose their winter brown.
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A walk from Willey, on a fine, sunny and altogether pleasant afternoon. We follow Bould Lane to its foot, then cross the road and continue beside Linley Brook. Beyond the cottage, it’s a muddy jungle, then we’re up out of it and soon passing the Albynes, with fields full of sheep and lambs. Re-crossing the road takes us on over Nordley Common and back down to the Smithies, for our usual way back past Lower Pool.
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A grey but pleasant afternoon. The sun’s trying to shine – perhaps it will succeed just as we’re arriving home again… It’s a familiar route. We’ll walk down the lane towards the river, past the ancient-looking buildings at Swinney Farm. The old railway track will lead us to Jackfield: there, we’ll take the path up the dingle which, despite some mud, is always an enjoyable way back up the hill.
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We’ll start up Round Hill. It’s very quiet here: plenty of birdsong, nothing else – except a rustling in the vegetation on the bank beside us. No, not a noisy blackbird – it’s a bank vole, scuttling along under the ground ivy. He’s only visible for seconds, so there’s no chance of a photo, but he (or she) is a welcome sight. At the other end of the scale, the belties are out in the field beside the lane (we can see them through the hedge, so again, no photos). There probably aren’t too many Galloways in Shropshire!
The hedgerows are greening up now – the hawthorn is coming along nicely, as is the honeysuckle, and there are primroses in profusion. All we need now is some sunshine and a little warmth…
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After a grey morning, there’s some pleasant sunshine for this wander: out past Hurst Farm pools, down the drive at Aldenham and across to Shore Pool. They’re planting potatoes in the first field, but the space-age machinery seems to be on the blink. In the pool. swans are being elegant and decorative. We walk on beyond the pool to find that the sunshine has faded – it’s grey again.
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We’re walking the Shirlett – Barrow – Willey circuit today, a very varied walk of just under six miles. At first the sky’s grey, but the forecast was right and the sun’s soon shining. There’s blossom in the fields near Barrow: the season moves on…
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If I was Hilaire Belloc, the following would rhyme. I’m not: it won’t…
Yesterday evening, after ensuring I had two backups of the files on my data drive, I formatted the memory card for the camera which accompanied me today, my Lumix GX80. On today’s walk I made almost 90 exposures – but when I tried to download them onto the computer, only the last 29 appeared to be on the card. Where were the others?
I installed and ran ‘Recuva’*, which after about 40 minutes found almost all the photos which had been on the card when I formatted it – over 2,000. It also found 28 more from today’s outing – but there was no sign of the first 30. (I’m going by the consecutive file numbering, based on the last photo I took yesterday). Could it have been anything to do with the formatting?
I love the little GX80. It’s great for carrying on a walk. However, in the two years I’ve had it, it’s caught me out several times. Carrying it over my shoulder, the buttons on the back sometimes get pressed when it bumps against my hip (it happens with other cameras too), selecting something I don’t want. Could I have accidentally formatted the card again? I pressed the menu button on the back, and there it was – the Format option ready to use in the Tools menu, exactly as I’d left it yesterday. Formatted after taking 58 shots, the next ones saved over the first 30 I’d taken today; the remainder recovered perfectly.
The moral in this tale:
– turn the camera off between shots? (I’d rather not…)
– don’t leave it on the Format menu! Leave it on something harmless!
*Recuva: great free software! https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva Usual disclaimer applies…
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