Pics from your State Sanctioned Exercise.

[brogdale]

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.

We're really lucky on the Roundshaw Downs to have some grassland enclosures with quite a few skylarks...somewhere on my phone I've got a recording of their song that I'll try to dig out...but I get irrationally angry at the selfish dog-owners who let their pets off the lead to rampage around the enclosed nesting areas. This is despite well posted requests not to do so at all of the entry points.

 

[chainsawjob]

selfish dog-owners who let their pets off the lead to rampage around the enclosed nesting areas. This is despite well posted requests not to do so at all of the entry points.

Yeah, we have this in the New Forest, there are many ground nesting birds in springtime. People likewise ignore the signage.

 

[Leafster]

For anyone who might be interested in some 'State Sanctioned Exercise' on my patch I'm thinking of organising a walk https://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/urban-walk-surrey-hills.379213/

 

[SpookyFrank]

 

[clicker]

Somerset House has got a mini London Eye set up where the ice rink would be....a fiver to see not a lot. Lots of free stuff for kids and teens in courtyard. Free popcorn for everyone and free outdoor cinema.

 

[kebabking]

Shropshire. Awful...

 

[brogdale]

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Shropshire. Awful...

All of those are really good, but that first one is just perfect!

 

[kebabking]

All of those are really good, but that first one is just perfect!

My children stuffing their faces was a recurrent theme throughout the day...

 

[Elpenor]

Is that up on the long Mynd?

 

[kebabking]

Is that up on the long Mynd?

One over - Stiperstones.

 

[Chilli.s]

 

[Leafster]

Misty morning walk

 

[SpookyFrank]

 

[marty21]

I'm staying in Hebden , North Yorkshire

 

[rubbershoes]

The snow is early in Devon this year

 

[Chilli.s]

 

[marty21]

Early morning walk from Hebden to Burnsall & back (4 miles-ish)

Suspension bridge was satisfyingly wobbly & bouncy .

 

[hash tag]

A walk to Old Harry rocks

 

[hash tag]

 

[clicker]

Howletts.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

First 'walk' in a long time

 

[SpookyFrank]

 

[chainsawjob]

Took a short walk from Cheesefoot Head along the South Downs Way, to have a look at how they're getting on with the break after Boomtown.

Matterley Bowl, nearly empty bar a few vehicles and a few other bits and pieces, ditto, Hilltop camping where my OH & other mates were camped, view towards where the Lion's Den stage used to be (not this year, previous years), South Downs Way

 

[chainsawjob]

Went to Old Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (not too far from Salisbury), had a walk around.



Castle in it's valley, roofless keep, ruins & lake, stained glass in 18thC banqueting house in grounds, fishing lake

 

[Leafster]

Out on the bike for bit this morning.

 

[BoatieBird]

Lovely autumnal light this morning

 

[chainsawjob]

I kayaked down a river, for a river based music festival, there was music on boats, music on pontoons.





river, samba boat, black swans (there are always black swans on this stretch of river), octopus/mermaid, pina colada & curry from a houseboat, folk band Mary Jane

 

[chainsawjob]

Walked to the station to retrieve my car that I'd left there yesterday.




Beaulieu river footbridge, horsey reflected, gnarly old heather, a very big beech tree fell down, they've just updated the railway bridge and made an excellent surface for grafitti, red bracket on oak, black acorn (there were lots of these, not grown full size, maybe the drought?)

 

[LeytonCatLady]

My road's having a street party.

 

[SpookyFrank]