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Near where I live in South #Buckinghamshire is this #interesting sunken #garden to #visit free of charge. Three former #spring -fed watercress beds, now naturalistic planting. It's an oasis on a hot day in the #Chilterns.
Miss visiting as I now live with #MobilityIssues.
#buckinghamshire #interesting #garden #visit #spring #chilterns #mobilityissues
Ok, so it’s not all green out there…
#chilterns #buckinghamshire #hiking #walking
And then, all of a sudden, my daily walk became green.
#chilterns #buckinghamshire #walkinguk #hiking
My first #thicktrunktuesday with a lovely old Beech from the Lambourn Downs #tree #chilterns
#thicktrunktuesday #tree #chilterns
It is nesting season for Red Kites. I have seen them flying with building materials in their mouths. As monogamous birds, mating pairs will return to the same nests each season, adding new material to them during the breeding period. Did you know they are attracted to bright colours too?
#nature #wildlife #birdwatching #redkites #chilterns #photography #RSPB
#RSPB #photography #chilterns #redkites #birdwatching #wildlife #nature
One of the local Chiltern Kites after it had finished drinking in the woods next to the house. Always have to take the pics through the window, so never quite sharp enough unfortunately.
#RedKites #Raptors #Chilterns #BirdsofPrey #Birds #Birdwatching #Wildlifephotography #wildlife #reintroduction
#redkites #raptors #chilterns #birdsofprey #birds #birdwatching #wildlifephotography #wildlife #reintroduction
A walk through my local woods. The sun was warm and the wind cold. Snowdrops in full bloom and the first lambs of the year in the fields. Spring is on its way. #Spring #Walking #Chilterns
Sunset in the Chilterns. Feeling calm & peaceful.
#sunset #chilterns #nature #photography #weekend
#weekend #photography #nature #chilterns #sunset
What a strange underground folly, the brainchild of Sir Francis Dashwood, the #hellfirecaves were dug under
#westwycombe hill in the 1750s. Only the rocks know what the #hellfireclub got up to, which is probably for the best.
#chilterns #strangerthings
More information here: https://www.hellfirecaves.co.uk/the-caves
#hellfirecaves #westwycombe #hellfireclub #chilterns #strangerthings
NEW Walk 228: Tring Long Loop, 10.2 miles (16.5 km) with 210m of ascent. This lovely #walk, which circles round the town of #Tring, has great variety, with stretches along towpaths, excellent view points along The #Ridgeway National Trail, quiet #woodland #footpaths weaving through The #Chilterns, and a few pub options along the way. Directions, maps and GPS files all free to download on any device.
#Hertfordshire, #HertfordshireWalks #freewalks #countryside
https://www.hertfordshirewalker.uk/2023/02/walk-228-tring-long-loop.html
#walk #tring #ridgeway #woodland #footpaths #chilterns #hertfordshire #hertfordshirewalks #freewalks #countryside
Painting in Hambleden valley today, view of Colstrope hamlet. Oil on linen panel, 20 x 30 cm.
#colstrope #hambleden #chilternhills #chilterns #chilternsaonb #artwork #oilpainting #artist #pleinair #landscapepainting #pleinairpainting #winter #art #oilonpanel
#colstrope #hambleden #chilternhills #chilterns #chilternsaonb #artwork #oilpainting #artist #pleinair #landscapepainting #pleinairpainting #winter #art #oilonpanel
Not sure what the right name for a gang of red kytes is but this lot had been attracted by the local farmer ploughing his field.
#chilterns #buckinghamshire #redkyte #Nature #walking
Not sure what the right name for a gang of red kytes is but this lot had been attracted by the local farmer ploughing his field.
#chilterns #buckinghamshire #redkyte #Nature #walking
This is a photo showing the underside of the fungi in the photo I posted yesterday.
https://mastodon.me.uk/@HelensPhotos/109819134891707357
#fungi #tree #nature #iphone #moss #chilterns
Painting from Turville hill this morning, looking towards the misty Hambleden valley. Oil on gesso panel, 15 x 23 cm.
#turville #chilternhills #chilterns #artwork #oilpainting #artist #art #landscapepainting #pleinairpainting #pleinair #winter
#turville #chilternhills #chilterns #artwork #oilpainting #artist #art #landscapepainting #pleinairpainting #pleinair #winter
My impulse buy from that #Wendover bookshop yesterday was Paper Lantern - a poetic little novel by Will Burns describing covid lockdown life, from the perspective of an indolent narrator living in his parents’ closed pub situated in a thinly disguised version of, yes, Wendover and surrounding countryside. Superb book that tastes perfectly of where and when it came from, like the best food or drink. Binge-reading it.
#books #Chilterns #IndependentBookStores
#wendover #books #chilterns #independentbookstores
Nothing better than coming across a new independent bookshop & with bookshops as with books the real beauty is always on the inside. 👍📚💷
#RealMagic #books #Wendover #Chilterns
#realmagic #books #wendover #chilterns
Nothing better than coming across a new independent bookshop & with bookshops as with books the real beauty is always on the inside. 👍📚👋
#RealMagic #books #Wendover #Chilterns
#realmagic #books #wendover #chilterns