This continuing series depicts our beautiful world, encouraging viewers to share them and help save our unique home from human carelessness and indifference.

Today’s photo is from a favourite walk in the Forest of Dean. The shot was taken at the top of a steep rise, with a further, less steep climb to follow. The spot is home to a mix of evergreens and deciduous hardwoods. It’s worth the effort as it takes us to an area where we can either roam free, offtrack, or take several other trails, some well made and others little more than animal tracks.

The forest is our place of spiritual renewal, somewhere we can commune with the natural world and, for a time, forget the multiple problems of the world. Sometimes, we encounter deer, boar, squirrels or even the occasional fox. Always, there are birds; everything from the tiny treecreeper and wren to the impressive buzzard. Only occasionally do we meet other walkers, most walking dogs.

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I post these every Saturday here, but also post a different picture of natural beauty at the end of most days, with the hashtag #ourworldiswonderful, on FaceBook, and on the newer social media platform, BlueSkySocial, which no longer requires and invite. Join me there, and on LinkedIn, and comment, share, and like as you wish.

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