Pics from your State Sanctioned Exercise.

[Chilli.s]

I saw a snake, but it outwitted me so no photo

 

[brogdale]

I saw a snake, but it outwitted me so no photo

That's so low and sneaky to do that!

 

[Saunders]

Was it one of these?

 

[marty21]

So, Hackney Marshes is looking very un-marsh-y & very desert-y although greener closer to the river.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

That's so low and sneaky to do that!

was in in the grass?

 

[Chilli.s]

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Was it one of these?

Could have been a very dark one of those, but it was shady and overgrown and gone slithering off at top speed

 

[Chilli.s]

Todays wildlife:

 

[Saunders]

Todays wildlife:
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Ooh. Is it also tonight’s dinner?

 

[Chilli.s]

Ooh. Is it also tonight’s dinner?

I tried to resist

 

[Saunders]

I tried to resist

Hahaha

 

[Chilli.s]

sea fret


Saw a lizard

 

[Clair De Lune]

Some swans today, and a boat

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I walk that route to work

 

[Clair De Lune]

 

[Clair De Lune]

Our home for the next few days. V close to where I grew up so I get to visit my favourite woods and beaches

 

[Chilli.s]

 

[ginger_syn]

Ok not technically not taken on my walk,
its a plant pot on my windowsill but I noticed it when i got back.




Edited because image was bigger than i thought.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

An arty house in Tottenham.

 

[Clair De Lune]

 

[Leafster]

I set myself a challenge today to climb three of the local hills. It's Surrey so the highest one is only 867 ft but my legs ache after 12 miles of rolling countryside.













New bench!



View from the bench

 

[Chilli.s]

 

[brogdale]

Went in search of Dry Hill Iron Age fort today on the borders of Surrey, Kent & Sussex...

 

[chainsawjob]

Mudeford & Hengistbury




threatening sky (turned out nice though), crabbing, mud flat, Christchurch Priory in the distance, wool from the local sheep (in the museum), seed pods, beach huts, clear view across to the Needles

 

[SpookyFrank]

 

[marty21]

I set myself a challenge today to climb three of the local hills. It's Surrey so the highest one is only 867 ft but my legs ache after 12 miles of rolling countryside.













New bench!



View from the bench

Did you see Countryfile on Sunday ? all about the Surrey Hills !

 

[Leafster]

Did you see Countryfile on Sunday ? all about the Surrey Hills !

No, I didn't. I'll check it out thanks!

 

[hegley]

Weather golf ball.

 

[Leafster]

Did you see Countryfile on Sunday ? all about the Surrey Hills !

No, I didn't. I'll check it out thanks!

I've watched it now!

There are skylarks in the fields on the hillside opposite me and I have been lucky enough to hear them when I've walked there.

I've also visited Leith Hill Place. It's further west of me but it's a beautiful spot.

Afternoon tea on the lawns a long, long time ago...



I'm also fortunate to have played the piano that Ralph Vaughan Williams composed The Lark Ascending on.

The friend I was with wasn't so fortunate as he had to listen to me playing.

It was out of tune then too and that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

 

[Chilli.s]

 

[chainsawjob]

I'm also fortunate to have played the piano that Ralph Vaughan Williams composed The Lark Ascending on.

Oh wow!

Love hearing/seeing skylarks, one particular day sticks in my memory. Walking through farmland in West Sussex, on the estate of Stansted House, north west of Chichester. Wonderful skylarks. About 25 years ago. Not so many now sadly.

 

[Leafster]

Oh wow!

Love hearing/seeing skylarks, one particular day sticks in my memory. Walking through farmland in West Sussex, on the estate of Stansted House, north west of Chichester. Wonderful skylarks. About 25 years ago. Not so many now sadly.

I hadn't heard any skylarks for years until I noticed one over the fields on a nearby walk. I was transfixed. I stood there for ages watching and listening to it.

I think about it every time I walk along the same track hoping to hear it again.