A walk in the fields

[cmcmck]

We headed out over in the direction of the villages of Wroxeter, Charlton and Uppington:



A fine piece of fungus-y wood on someone's front:



The Wrekin in sleeping dragon mode:



And we struck off down a bridle path into the fields. For those of you who don't know the term, a bridle path is a track that's okay to ride horses on:



The Wrekin again :



Across a field of young barley and yes, there was a proper path:



A green sea of young wheat:



Buttercups abound:



I always feel sad to see elm skeletons but am glad of the  reminder all the same:



Young wheat which will be gold in a while longer:



Holy Trinity Church, Uppington from the surrounding fields:



 

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

That wood piece is so interesting -- nature's sculpture, I guess! Pretty view of the buttercups and the elm skeletons are striking.

[cmcmck]

I saw that wood some years back before the fungi got going. It was a nice thing as it was, but with the fungi.......

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Dead wood garden pieces are called stumpery.

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[yourlibrarian]

Ha, what a great term! (It now makes me wonder what a collection of stumpery is called...)

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Singular stumpery, plural stumperies. :D Though if you had a large amount, you might call it a ghost forest, especially if it had occurred naturally (e.g. flooding from a river route change, subsidence).

Dead wood is fabulous wildlife habitat, the bigger the better. A standing snag or a rotting log is full of life. We have some here.

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[cmcmck]

There are dead stumps in some of the local pools which are alive with other life!

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Here, many towns have programs for recycling real Christmas trees. They are bundled together in brush piles for parks, or sunk in lakes as fish shelters.

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[cmcmck]

It's a great word!

[suchasnack]

Oh wow, these pictures are so pretty! I especially liked the elm with ivy (is it ivy?) growing all over it *w*

[cmcmck]

Yes, it is ivy.

Sadly, the UK lost all its elms years back when Dutch elm disease destroyed hundreds of thousands of them.

[suchasnack]

Sadly, the UK lost all its elms years back when Dutch elm disease destroyed hundreds of thousands of them.

Oh no! I didn't know that, it sucks :(((

[cmcmck]

I used to love elms so much as a kid.

[chestnut_pod]

That first photo especially is gorgeous.

[cmcmck]

A view over towards the hills of Wenlock Edge as mentioned in the A E Housman poem.

[futurism]

Delightful landscape and pictures both! It feels almost like being there, too. Seems you went at the best possible time of the year.

[cmcmck]

Although every time of year in our backyard has something to show as you'll see if you flick back on here. :O)

[scintilla10]

Lovely! Vibrantly green. :)

[cmcmck]

And we segué to gold a little later on.

[imhilien]

Lovely. :)

[cmcmck]

:o)

[adafrog]

Pretty, thanks.

[cmcmck]

Y're welcome! :o)

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>We headed out over in the direction of the villages of Wroxeter, Charlton and Uppington:<<

Everything is so beautiful and green. :D

>>A fine piece of fungus-y wood on someone's front:<<

That's an interesting stumpery.

>>And we struck off down a bridle path into the fields. For those of you who don't know the term, a bridle path is a track that's okay to ride horses on:<<

I remember reading somewhere about how Britain protects its bridle paths and new development has to make sure that it doesn't encroach on them, including with noise.

>>Holy Trinity Church, Uppington from the surrounding fields:<<

I love these views of the lanes.

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[cmcmck]

Bridle paths are of such great value.