Tag: woodland

1 February 2019

The elements have been kind to the photographer these past couple of days. Living near the sea, we rarely get much snow, and in fact there was only 2-3cms in the garden. But as a diversion from a grocery shopping trip, I stopped at our local nature reserve…

30 January 2019

I often plan to spend some time taking photos, but today, everything came together and a few minutes was all it needed. We had a light sprinkling of snow overnight (unusual in January here), so on the way back from saying hello to my horse, I pulled up…

28 April 2017

It can sometimes seem a long haul through the darkness of winter, but come the early spring, my spirits start to lift as nature begins to stir. From the first primroses and  snowdrops onwards, there’s something to look forward to, and one of the most eagerly-anticipated is bluebell time.…

2 November 2016

We’ve been lucky enough to have a long dry and warm spell this autumn, so it was hard to resist the call of the local forest today. Charmouth Forest on the borders of East Devon and West Dorset is a mix of broadleaf woodland and coniferous forestry, and…

3 May 2007

Yesterday, cabin fever overtook me after too many days staring at the computer screen, and I thought “blow this for a game of soldiers”. I took the day off, and we went to Dartmoor on a gloriously sunny day. I chose a new place to visit, near Meldon.…