Tag: Forest of Dean

Daily Forest Walk Picture 18.04.20

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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 16.04.20

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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 12.04.20

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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 10.04.20

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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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A Mother’s Day Walk.

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Long, early morning shadows and a blue sky. With much of the world’s population confined to their homes, or at least only able to be outside if isolated from other people, my wife and I decided to take one of our regular walks in the forest to celebrate the day. Our daughter is currently living …

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A Walk in the Autumn Forest

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We have the good fortune to live in the Forest of Dean, a beautiful part of England, so I thought I’d share this autumn with those who can’t access such natural beauty. The poem was inspired by this morning’s walk, the photographs I took over the last three days and are all within a mile …

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Walking at Symonds Yat.

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River Wye seen from the viewpoint. This illustrated post is here to help those who want to visit this spot and inform those who’ll never get there. I hope it serves those purposes and entertains along the way. The smaller car park. Where is Symonds Yat, and why is it so called? This local beauty …

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