Daily Forest Walk Picture 19.04.20

Continuing to spread a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 16th post. The sunshine returned this morning. Despite our slight overindulgence yesterday (celebrating Valerie’s birthday, alone and at home) we decided on a slightly longer stroll. We usually see …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 18.04.20

This giant Beech is around four feet wide; bet it could tell some tales. Continuing to spread a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 15th post. Today is Valerie’s birthday, so I’ll keep this brief, as I like to …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 17.04.20

Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 14th post. Today, rain was forecast. We haven’t had rain for some weeks, following a winter where it hardly stopped raining! We took our walk early and returned before the gentle …

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Finding the #Write #Words? No. 27: The Elements of Style

Continuing the description of books on words and language listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 27: The Elements of Style: Paperback, 105 pages. First published in 1919 by the author, William Strunk Jr and a required text book for the Cornell course entitled ‘English 8’ for which he was the professor. …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 16.04.20

Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 13th post. Today, the picture is a shot of the same part of one of our forest walks as I displayed on 6th April, here. But taken from the opposite direction. …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 15.04.20

Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 12th post. We first encountered this narrow local trail when in search of wildlife. We’d seen wild boar in this part of the forest and then spotted this trail from a …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 14.04.20

Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 11th post. Out earlier than usual this morning to greet the freshness of an evaporating overnight frost. The picture shows a stretch of path that leads from an old railway bridge …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 13.04.20

Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 10th post. The picture this time is of our ‘entrance’ to the forest. Once we’ve climbed the steep public footpath, this track is our ‘way’ into the forest itself. It’s hard …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 12.04.20

This is an area of wetland used by the wild boar as a wallow. It lies close to one of the paths we tread regularly. Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 9th post, and takes the form …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 11.04.20

Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 8th post. The photograph today, courtesy of my phone, was taken on a part of a regular route generally used only by locals. It’s only a few hundred yards from our …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 10.04.20

Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 7th post. Early morning, warm sunshine this morning took us to one of our favourite spots in the local forest. A commercial stand of conifers, planted at generous intervals by the …

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Finding the #Write #Words? No. 26: The Dictionary of Diseased English

Continuing the description of books on words and language listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 26: The Dictionary of Diseased English: Paperback, 267 pages. First published in 1977. Published in Papermac 1980 by The Macmillan Press Ltd. I bought it used at £3.30 sometime in the 1980s. A used version is …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 09.04.20

Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 6th post. Unseasonally warm today, even in the early morning. This shot was taken at the start of our walk; we chose a slightly different route into the trees, as our …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 08.04.20

Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the fifth post. This time of lockdown is so odd, so unfamiliar for most of us. Today, we needed some fresh food, so a short walk to the village shop was required. …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 07.04.20

Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the fourth post. 'Regular visitors will see the accompanying picture is of the same location as yesterday.' Sorry, folks. I was tired when I posted this and didn't notice I'd included this …

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