Pics from your State Sanctioned Exercise.

[SpookyFrank]

 

[planetgeli]

Peaceful

 

[marty21]

#bluenettingwars severed head Marshes trainbarges & that .

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[planetgeli]

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Swamp thing

 

[kebabking]

 

[chainsawjob]

Went for a walk at dusk and came back in the dark




Golf course (a good walk ruined), the straight path, over the muddy bit (not lately), terrifying tree (it's a lovely tree! it's just the angle), 'orse, evening star, home to a flickering light

 

[marty21]

I've been watching John Rogers London Walks on youtube (check him out) . He did a walk around the Olympic site a few days ago , so thought I'd do the same today . It's about a 40 minute walk from home .

 

[Ground Elder]

Spent the last couple of days in the garden



We've been uncovering an old project that had been abandoned to brambles and weeds. It's like the Lost Gardens of Heligan round here at the moment. My kids went to a pottery club for years - I'd forgotten that some of it had escaped outside

 

[marty21]

Best grass is always on the other side of the fence ffs .do not feed the horses lol cheeky monkey

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Lych-gate with corpse rest...



Remains of an ice-house..

 

[8ball]

One thing that's very obvious in these pics is a total or nearly total lack of people.
Some quite effective social distancing going on.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

One thing that's very obvious in these pics is a total or nearly total lack of people.
Some quite effective social distancing going on.

Today was just me and Baby Bahn 2, we met one other person in 90 minutes of mooching around...

 

[Badgers]

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Just been for a bike ride, all the way to Tilford without going on tarmac and once there found that the Barley Mow has a fridge set up in the garden and is selling bottles of beer and cider, bar snacks and baguettes. The green opposite had around 30 people swigging away. A PUB!!!!

 

[yield]

If you zoom in can just about make out the City 15 or so miles away. East across the Middlesex plain




Harrow on the Hill. Byron's grave and that. Bit of a slog in the heat tbh.

 

[Boru]

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If you zoom in can just about make out the City 15 or so miles away. East across the Middlesex plain

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Harrow on the Hill. Byron's grave and that. Bit of a slog in the heat tbh.

Lovely blue skies in Harrow.
Byron isn't actually buried on the hill tho there is a family plot there. There was some scandal at the time of his death and he was refused burial there.
The poem is reminiscing of his schooldays on the hill.
The views of London and outwards from St Mary's churchyard are spectacular and it's a beautiful sight at night.

 

[yield]

Lovely blue skies in Harrow.
Byron isn't actually buried on the hill tho there is a family plot there. There was some scandal at the time of his death and he was refused burial there.
The views of London and outwards from St Mary's churchyard are spectacular and it's a beautiful sight at night.

No, you're right and I was wrong. Lord Byron's resting place to be saved

Surprising he had a plot considering he hated his time at Harrow.

Took the photos in the sun a few days ago. Clear skies but too hot for a ten miles walk.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Lovely blue skies in Harrow.
Byron isn't actually buried on the hill tho there is a family plot there. There was some scandal at the time of his death and he was refused burial there.
The poem is reminiscing of his schooldays on the hill.
The views of London and outwards from St Mary's churchyard are spectacular and it's a beautiful sight at night.

Byron's buried in Hucknall, Notts IIRC.

e2a: The family home, Newstead Abbey, is nearby and well worth a visit if you're in that part of the world. All closed for the forseeable of course, including the grounds

 

[chainsawjob]

Blowy day yesterday



Lone pines, accidental shadow shot, blowy tree 1 (Rowan), blowy trees in some sort of shallow pit (gravel workings?), blowy tree 2 (whitebeam?), hummocks

 

[PursuedByBears]

Glasson Dock at the mouth of the river Lune


Heysham nuclear power station on the far side of the Lune


The river Lune gives Lancaster its name, I think it's from Roman times (Fort/Castle on the Lune).

 

[Saffy]

We have an actual plague stone near where I live.

 

[May Kasahara]

Got up close and personal with this guy.

 

[Ground Elder]

Went for a quick walk to to the beach yesterday evening before tea



The tide was just on the turn, so there was't much beach to play on



Fresh erosion, means I live closer to the beach. Accidentally caught a random runner - I think she thought I was photographing her



Walked inland today. Crossed the parish boundary

 

[May Kasahara]

Beautiful sea Ground Elder. Picture me doing a big sigh.

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[Pickman's model]

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found a picture of the same graffiti when it was new

 

[planetgeli]

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I'm wondering kebabking if that is a spotted flycatcher. 89% decline in the last 40 years but reported to be making a comeback this year. Can't tell the size (should be quite small, about robin size) but ticks all the other boxes. Great spot and picture if it is one.

 

[kebabking]

I'm wondering kebabking if that is a spotted flycatcher. 89% decline in the last 40 years but reported to be making a comeback this year. Can't tell the size (should be quite small, about robin size) but ticks all the other boxes. Great spot and picture if it is one.

I think it must have been bigger than that - probably Thrush/Blackbird size. The piccy would have been taken at 100m or so.

Could be wrong though....

Cheers anyway, I absolutely love listening to the birdsong as I wander about, it brings actual soaring joy to my soul to hear it - and It's bloody lamentable that I know so little about them.