Spreading a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 23rd post. Today, we set off to a part of the forest where we know bluebells dwell. These lovely spring flowers can be seen in many forests, laying a fine carpet …
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Daily Forest Walk Picture 25.04.20
Spreading a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 22nd post. A shorter walk today; we’ve been forecast rain in the next few days and the garden needed some attention before that weather arrives. But we took our walk first, …
Daily Forest Walk Picture 24.04.20
Spreading a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 21st post. Our walk today was a little shorter than usual; neither of us felt strong (we’re both subject to the attacks the years pile up – but rather that than …
Daily Forest Walk Picture 23.04.20
Spreading a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 20th post. Our small village bears a name created via the brook that flows down from the hills, alongside the main street, and eventually underground through a culvert, following some fairly …
Daily Forest Walk Picture 22.04.20
Spreading a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 19th post. Hidden in part of the forest not easily accessed and unknown to many locals, lies a little patch of fantasy. The old quarry is approached along one of four …
Daily Forest Walk Picture 21.04.20
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 18th post. Sunshine and warmth have combined to raise the heads of some domesticated bluebells in our back garden. I wondered if those in the forest might be similarly …
Daily Forest Walk Picture 20.04.20
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 17th post. We had to go food shopping this morning. From the village this entails a short drive to a local town, as the wonderful village shop doesn’t stock …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …

