Pics from your State Sanctioned Exercise.

[chainsawjob]

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Accidental video!

 

[chainsawjob]

dinghy racing (jealous, I wanna do it!), sea lavender, getting busy, inflatables are getting ridiculous, pretty beach huts, the Black House, foot/cold clear water

 

[brogdale]

Such great pics in this thread; Urbz deserve to pat themselves on the back for making such an uplifting record of such difficult times.

 

[Leafster]

Such great pics in this thread; Urbz deserve to pat themselves on the back for making such an uplifting record of such difficult times.

I've found it really interesting to see where other Urbz have taken their walks/rides and just how many interesting things they've taken the time to photograph. I guess it's been a time to "stop and smell the flowers" for so many. For me it's certainly been a period when I've had more time (or more of an excuse) to get out and about close by to where I live and to look more closely at it.

I noticed that early on when we had a more strict lockdown there were very few people out and about and when I did encounter them, most of them wanted to stop and have a socially-distanced chat. I suppose the lack of other human contact meant they wanted to seize any opportunity they had. Now there are far more people and although they'll often say "hello" few of them seem to need to stop for a chat.

The change in noise levels has been dramatic. In the early days of lockdown is was so quiet, even in the suburban roads around me, but especially in the countryside. I found it very relaxing and tranquil when most of what I could hear was bird-song, farm animals and the wind. Even when I walked over the North Downs to the south side were you can look down on the M25 it was surprisingly peaceful.

This morning I rode over the Downs and then parallel with the M25 for a fair stretch. It was so much busier - walkers, bikers and horse-back riders and far more cars on the roads. It's almost back to normal. Sadly the noise levels have returned to normal too. The traffic noise is so invasive along the section of my ride close to the M25 I was pleased to get back over the ridge to the north side of the Downs to reasonable level of calmness.

 

[SpookyFrank]

 

[SpookyFrank]

That last one is an old WW2 airfield, it's full of weird decaying and half-demolished structures.

 

[Boru]

The year is turning...
Haws, as in Hawthorn berries, beginning to turn red and blackberries beginning to form and grow after flowering.

 

[Clair De Lune]

Got shown round an organic farm and gifted better than a bunch of flowers by a nice chap

 

[SpookyFrank]

 

[Marty1]

 

[rubbershoes]

My entry for the National Narrow Nettle Cup

 

[marty21]

Somewhere different today , I drove down to Bath, leaving London for the 1st time since March (I don't count Epping Forest as really leaving London). Stopped at Silbury Hill and had a walk.

 

[Orang Utan]

Love a bit of mound action

 

[rubbershoes]

Stopped at Silbury Hill and had a walk

I misread that

 

[belboid]

I misread that

would be highly appropriate as it is the swollen womb of mother earth. Depending upon the time of day.

 

[neonwilderness]

I’m partly unfurloughed now, so haven’t managed as much state sanctioned exercise as I’d like recently. A few recent photos though:

 

[neonwilderness]

A bit further afield a couple of weeks ago

 

[Boru]

Last few days and hazelnuts..

 

[Ground Elder]

Blackberry sacrifice stone and a hummingbird hawk moth - the first I've seen and a bugger to photograph



Fields now planted out



Tides in , so had to do some rock scrambling





Took the van out for a night, but the most exercise I got was climbing on the roof for this picture



Easing myself back into work - painting, shifting sand, cutting grass and the like in preparation for limited reopening

 

[marty21]

I misread that

you didn't

 

[frogwoman]

24 spots and 7 spots wrapped up in a leaf.

 

[Doodler]

Greetings from Norfolk.

 

[Clair De Lune]

 

[hash tag]

I knew I read it somewhere, it is true.

 

[hash tag]

View from Grand Union Canal to pub and view from pub. We could see trees, lakes with sailing boats and in the far distance the M25. Glorious. Beer good, social distancing was spot on and policed brilliantly.

 

[Doodler]

From the cut-through path at the back of our local shopping centre.

 

[Clair De Lune]

Just found this cool shell ...crab I imagine?

 

[WouldBe]

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That cat is bigger than the horses.

 

[quiet guy]

It's the South Walian Wild Cat. Have to watch out or the armed rozzers will be tasked to deal with it.

 

[WouldBe]

It's the South Walian Wild Cat. Have to watch out or the armed rozzers will be tasked to deal with it.

It's big enough to take on the rozzers armed or not.