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Quote of the day:
“O, that lone flower recalled to me
My happy childhood’s hours
When bluebells seemed like fairy gifts
A prize among the flowers”
– Anne Brontë
Forage in May for:
Hawthorn, Lime leaves, Red Clover, Ox-eye Daisy, Garlic Mustard, Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum), Dandelions
Category Archives: Walks
Sampling colours and scents on a walk through the gardens at Anglesey Abbey
Posted in Walks
Tagged Anglesey Abbey, Gardening, National Trust, snowdrops, spring bulbs, Winter Walk
15 Comments
A frosty morning walk at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes
RSPB* Fen Drayton Lakes * The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is a wildlife conservation charity. Initially, the Society (without the Royal) was an all-women movement created in 1889 by Emily Williamson to fight a fashion for feathers … Continue reading
Posted in Out and about, Walks, Wordless
Tagged birds, Frost, iPhone photography, RSPB, RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, Walks, wetland
12 Comments
A Life of Walks – Sadie (2007 – 2021)
There’s a dog-sized hole in my heart. Our lovely, crazy labradoodle, Sadie, had to be taken to the vet last Friday with sudden hip failure and there was only one option to take. We are still coming to terms with … Continue reading
Walk with me – Chalk quarries and ridges
As I ate my twelve grapes to the bongs of Big Ben marking the outgoing year, as 2020 slipped into 2021, my only New Year’s resolution was to get out more and walk. Nine months of Lockdowns and restrictions may … Continue reading
Posted in Out and about, Walks
Tagged Cambridgeshire, chalk, Photography, Quarries, walking, Walks
16 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Looking up
Posted in Trees, Walks, Wordless
Tagged Beech woods, countryside, Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, Photography, Therfield Heath, Trees, walking, Walks
12 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Running rings round Wandlebury
Posted in History, Out and about, Walks, Wordless
Tagged Cambridge, cambridgeppf.org, Galanthus, Iceni tribes, Iron Age hill fort, Photography, snowdrops, Wandlebury Ring
13 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – A dog’s-eye view of the meadow in May
Posted in Nature, Walks, Wordless
Tagged countryside, dogs, Photography, Sadie, Walks, wildflower meadow
19 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – I usually think of my dog as white …
Posted in Walks, Winter, Wordless
Tagged colours, countryside, dogs, Labradoodle, Photography, Sadie, snow, Winter coat
12 Comments