The shaded track on the way to the heights of Symonds Yat Rock. All this year, we’ve been hoping for a sight of some of our local wildlife. The nearest we’ve been is a brief audible encounter with a family of wild boar feasting in a large area of bracken, and a pair of the …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 10 Sep 20
Mallard's Pike, A popular place in the Forest of Dean. A little too 'manicured' for our tastes, as we prefer the wild places, but a pleasant enough place for a visit. We did a 6 mile walk around the lake and across the hills to another new spot. Now the kids are back in school, …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 8 Sep 20
A view from the Forest of Dean, overlooking open countryside from one of the many hills in the area. If you’re visiting here, please be generous to those who can’t escape their own four walls at present, and share this widely with them on social media, so they can enjoy it. Thank you.
The contrast here caught my eye on a dull day in the Forest of Dean. Dull days don’t always mean dull photographs. If the lighting and exposure are right, a brighter scene can often result. If you’re visiting here, please be generous to those who can’t escape their own four walls at present, and share …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 4 Sep 20
Fishing pond in a shower. Taken September 2019. The promised sunshine failed to materialise today. Rain threatened on our walk, but only began to fall as we reached home. So, today, I share a picture taken last year on 1st September. On that day, we were visiting a local fishing pond when the rain began. …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 2 Sep 20
Sunny intervals brighten the path on a walk through the Forest of Dean. If you’re visiting here, please be generous to those who can’t escape their own four walls at present, and share this widely on social media, so they can enjoy it. Thank you.
Looking down at the village church; so quintessentially English! A bright start to the day, with cloud slowly populating the sky as the morning progressed. Having been unable to take longish walks recently, we took a circular route around the valley while the weather was good. We revisited some tracks we haven’t used for over …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 30 Aug 20
The beech tree as it was before the storms. After the wind and rain of the past few days, we were greeted by dry and occasionally sunny weather today. A few days ago I mentioned, in a comment on one of these posts, that a favourite tree of ours had suffered serious wind damage. The …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 29 Aug 20
This path looks a lot less steep than it is in reality. The valley is also quite steep-sided, but the trees, mostly oaks and that sneaky little copper beech to the right, provide a perfect spiritual lift every time we walk here. Another day with ceaseless rain here, and we’re unlikely to get out until …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 28 Aug 20
A track initially created by boar and deer and now used by mountain bikers and walkers. It takes us up to a plateau from where we can take about five other routes. If you’re visiting here, please be generous to those who can’t escape their own four walls at present, and share this widely on …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 26 Aug 20
From one of our favourite routes through the local part of the Forest of Dean. Rain threatened today, so we took an early walk in relative gloom. This picture is from a brighter day, as these posts are intended to pass on some cheer. Enjoy! If you’re visiting here, please be generous to those who …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 24 Aug 20
The River Wye runs at the foot of the village. The Wye Valley is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. If you’re visiting here, please be generous to those who can’t escape their own four walls at present, and share this widely on social media, so they can enjoy it. Thank you.
We pass this stone wall almost every time we take a walk. It's Victorian architecture, built to hold back the steep hill above from sliding down onto the track that used be a railway line until the 1960s. They knew how to build to last, those Victorian engineers! If you’re a visitor here, perhaps you’ll …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 20 Aug 20
The local kids have dammed the brook above a small fall, forming a small pool to jump into in this hot weather. It has a strange serenity when unoccupied. If you’re a visitor here, perhaps you’ll be generous to those who are trapped indoors at present, and share this widely, so others can enjoy it? …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 18 Aug 20
The River Wye as seen from Symmons Yat. If you’re confined indoors and unable to get out and enjoy nature, this series is for you. I’m aiming to brighten the days by posting pictures of natural beauty. Spent most of today online for a Twitch TV event organised by my publisher, so our walk this …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 16 Aug 20
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