Three for the memories
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common_natureSo, three pics from this infinitely strange year.
As you mostly know, we live in a rural English county, Shropshire and in the north of that county close to the Welsh border. For those of you familiar with the novels of Ellis Peters, this is Brother Cadfael country. It's also where the poets Wilfred Owen and A E Housman belong.
This is hill country and densely forested
An Autumnal view across the fields to the Wrekin (pronounced ree-kin) which stands above the small market town where we live. It's visible for many miles around so you aways know you are reaching home when you start to see it in the landscape.
We moved here five years back and Ercall Pool rapidly became a favourite place. It's a bit over half a mile from our front door. This was taken in the height of Summer. I have a bit of a thing for old metal structures, so this is just perfect.
The forests have kept us sane during all this. A reminder of the bluebells back in Spring. This is Wenlock's Wood which is a former chestnut coppice. I grew up among chestnut woodland in the southern county of Kent. It's less common here, but still lovely.
As you mostly know, we live in a rural English county, Shropshire and in the north of that county close to the Welsh border. For those of you familiar with the novels of Ellis Peters, this is Brother Cadfael country. It's also where the poets Wilfred Owen and A E Housman belong.
This is hill country and densely forested
An Autumnal view across the fields to the Wrekin (pronounced ree-kin) which stands above the small market town where we live. It's visible for many miles around so you aways know you are reaching home when you start to see it in the landscape.
We moved here five years back and Ercall Pool rapidly became a favourite place. It's a bit over half a mile from our front door. This was taken in the height of Summer. I have a bit of a thing for old metal structures, so this is just perfect.
The forests have kept us sane during all this. A reminder of the bluebells back in Spring. This is Wenlock's Wood which is a former chestnut coppice. I grew up among chestnut woodland in the southern county of Kent. It's less common here, but still lovely.
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Date: 2022-01-10 12:58 pm (UTC)It's good at preserving sanity in times like these!
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Date: 2022-01-27 03:29 pm (UTC)We also came here for years on holiday to walk and birdwatch and when we retired, there was really only one place to go!
Shropshire really is one of the unknown English counties although some of us might be rather pleased about that. :o)