Today’s Pictures: 20 Mar 21

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A recent scene, now slightly different, after some work by Forestry England. The previous shot can be seen here, shot from slightly further back ‘Walking is a pastime rather than an avocation.’ Rebecca Solnit I’m continuing the daily shots from our walks in the local forest for the moment. Another photograph from my collection will …

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Today’s Pictures: 19 Mar 21

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Misty sunshine. ‘Sitting or walking, the body must be held erect. To sit or stand otherwise is a sign of laziness.’ Mohandas Ghandiji I’m continuing the daily shots from our walks in the local forest for the moment. Another photograph from my collection will provide a wider view of the world and some of its …

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Today’s Pictures: 18 Mar 21

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Daffodils blooming. ‘Walking was a habit that was to stay with him all his life.’ Anuradha Kumar I’m continuing the daily shots from our walks in the local forest for the moment. Another photograph from my collection will provide a wider view of the world and some of its wonders.If you share on social media, …

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Today’s Pictures: 17 Mar 21

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A steep path out of the woods. ‘An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.’ Henry David Thoreau I’m continuing the daily shots from our walks in the local forest for the moment. Another photograph from my collection will provide a wider view of the world and some of its wonders.If you share …

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Today’s Pictures: 16 Mar 21

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Old road through the forest. ‘Walking ten thousand miles is better than reading ten thousand books.’ Chinese Proverb I’m continuing the daily shots from our walks in the local forest for the moment. Another photograph from my collection will provide a wider view of the world and some of its wonders. Coltsfoot, now brightening the …

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Today’s Pictures: 15 Mar 21

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March mists in the forest. ‘The men walked like scissors; the women trod like cats.’ Katherine Mansfield I’m continuing the daily shots from our walks in the local forest for the moment. Another photograph from my collection will provide a wider view of the world and some of its wonders.If you share on social media, …

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Today’s Pictures: 14 Mar 21

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The path runs through young beech trees, lending their autumn colours even in early spring, until new growth will shed them. ‘Every walker is a guard on patrol to protect the ineffable.’ Rebecca Solnit I’m continuing the daily shots from our walks in the local forest for the moment. Another photograph from my collection will …

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Today’s Pictures: 13 Mar 21

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Curving forest road. ‘As she walked she lifted her knees high, her feet far out in front of her, like a drum majorette on parade.’ Nancy Huddleston Packer Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of …

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Today’s Pictures: 12 Mar 21

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Hillside village in the forest. ‘My steps became extravagantly buoyant, like those of a high wire artist walking on a hidden trampoline.’ Robert Traver Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its …

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Today’s Pictures: 11 Mar 21

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A rather tortured tree trunk. ‘It seems thus possible to give a preliminary definition of walking as a space of enunciation.’ Michel de Certeau Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its …

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Today’s Pictures: 10 Mar 21

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Pool in the Forest of Dean ‘All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.’ Friedrich Nietzsche Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media so more people stuck …

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Today’s Pictures: 09 Mar 21

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Misty avenue of firs. ‘Walking makes us take problems in our stride.’ Andy Hargreaves Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media so more people stuck indoors due …

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Today’s Pictures: 08 Mar 21

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Evening shadows in the Forest of Dean ‘As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.’ John Locke Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share …

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Today’s Pictures: 07 Mar 21

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Leaving a small ancient quarry in the forest. ‘Walking shares with making and working that crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world, of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world.’ Rebecca Solnit The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, …

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Today’s Pictures: 06 Mar 21

On 06/03/202128/02/2021 By stuartakenIn Nature, Photography16 Comments

Sun bursts through mist in the forest. ‘Walking is man's best medicine.’ Hippocrates The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck indoors due to …

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