Taking it easy – after lunch at the All Nations, it’s the only way.
Category: Photography
Just photos – no particular theme
Visiting the pyramids
No need to fly to distant lands – these pyramids are orchids, reliably plentiful along this part of the Wenlock Edge in early summer.
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Pools and pollen
It’s a fine still evening, perfect for a stroll. The air is heavy, and laden (I fear) with pollen, which is bursting forth everywhere…
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Sheinton, Homer, Wigwig and Harley
On a fine June afternoon, we’re wandering through mostly quiet places. It’s not quiet where we have to cross the busy main road, but that only takes a moment. Although we only meet one other walker, there’s no shortage of sheep (as ever in these parts), there are lots of butterflies (though only one of them poses obligingly) and a tiny vole, truly a Tom Thumb, looking rather lost in the middle of the (very quiet) lane. Once we’ve recorded his presence, we relocate him to relative safety and wander on. Hope he appreciated our efforts!
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Contre jour
Lit from behind… An evening wander around the lanes, picking out some details here and there where the sunshine streams through the hedge
Breezy on the Mynd
The sunshine is warm, but there’s a stiff breeze, which makes for a very pleasant day on the Shropshire hills. There are ponies in abundance, a red kite in the distance and canada geese in the pools behind Pole Cottage. And after all that excitement, we’re still in plenty of time for the tearoom in the Carding Mill Valley. What more could one want?
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Eggs, marmalade and honey
Once again we’re tied up all day, one way or another, so we’ll have our short leg-stretch on this fine (but not as sunny as forecast) evening. Interesting things in and beside the fields and pools – the marmalade is recommended!
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A June evening
It’s going to rain!
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Hinnisdal forest roads
27 May – last day on Skye. It rained all day yesterday – heavy blustery showers, of the kind which seem to ‘merge into longer periods of rain’, as the Met Office likes to put it. Today will be altogether quieter – the wind has dropped, and I’m heading for gentler scenery, as seen from the forest road in Glen Hinnisdal. That should be ‘roads’, plural – at the start there are paths leading off to left – ‘Rathad na t-aibhne’ (river road) – and right ‘Rathad an t-seann bhaile’ (old town road). We’ll head for the old town (a few stones in the forest!) before wandering up the glen for a mile and back again, this time taking the river road to visit the magnificent falls on the abhainn Hiniosdail. Very pleasant, and definitely quieter – but there’s still some rain about.
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Keep off the rocks!
25 May (we’re still on Skye): It’s been blowing hard all day, the showers coming thick and fast – and heavy. To get caught in one would be to get soaked. Then, late in the afternoon, there’s a bigger break in the cloud – might it stay dry for a while? Let’s chance it – a leg stretch from the village hall down to Camas Mor, where the waves on the rocks could be fun… After an enjoyable half-hour or so, clouds begin to obscure the sun – there’s another big shower coming. If we walk quickly, will we stay dry?
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