To the hills today! Hope Bowdler, home of the Gaer Stone (think Matterhorn in miniature!) and the Battle Stones (perfect place for a choc stop). A stiff breeze is blowing the clouds and their shade across the landscape; between them are spotlights of sunshine.
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Another pleasantly warm afternoon – the open lanes and paths are enjoyable, as is the cool air in the woodlands. The fields near Benthall Hall (does it have any true verticals?) have been sown with a ‘bumblebird’ mix of clovers, umbellifers and other plants.
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A different sort of day: after yesterday’s fine evening, it’s dull and grey today. Rain is threatening – an occasional spot or two in the air, no more. It’s not great weather for photography, but it’s perfect for a walk on the quieter side of Wenlock.
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Just a few, from an evening wander around the Willey lanes
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There’s rain forecast for late in the afternoon. Let’s walk out through the deer park, and return to spend a minute or two in the walled garden – we won’t be far from the car if the rain comes early. We did – and it did… Rain stopped play.
He (or she) was investigating some roadkill, a couple of hundred yards away, but took off as we saw him. Just for a change, there’s some sunshine bringing out the colour against a blue sky – but we’re under trees, so we’re only getting brief glimpses. For a moment or two, a tree at the other side of the field provides a perch – then we’re off again, seeing what else they might be to eat… Another enjoyable stroll along Shirlett Lane.
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A month ago, there was plenty of colour in the hedgerows. In another month or so, the first signs of autumn will be contributing their own palette to the scene. But now, barely a week into August, most of the flowers are past, and the fruits have yet to appear. We’ll hope for some colour in the broader landscape – golden cornfields perhaps, and some blue in the sky (between showers…)
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A leisurely wander on a pleasantly warm afternoon, when the shade under the trees is cool and inviting.
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Across the fields from Barrow: it’s familiar ground, pleasant on this fine afternoon and warm when the sun shines. The oats beside the path are tall; elsewhere, the harvest’s already in.
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Once again, it’s a cloudy, dull day – so the interest for the camera will lie in things close by. We’re walking fron the NT car park at Much Wenlock, up the Blakeway Hollow lane then back along the Edge, as far as the Homer path. Our return route takes us back through Much Wenlock, where we’ll take a look in a shop window or two…
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