A forest walk

[cmcmck]

We headed up Lime Kiln Lane and over to New Works then into the forest.

Things are now very green indeed although this is always a green landscape being on the west coast side of things:





The ferns are now swallowing the foxgloves:



Blackberry flowers:



Bulrushes are starting to come:



Big oaks out in the fields:



Into the forest:



The hills from the forest:



Ercall woods (it's pronounced 'arkle')



A wooden path through the marshland:



A  view onto the Shropshire Plain. We have forest and hill country on one side of our little town and moorland on the other:



And that was our walk on this glorious day!

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Nice to see all the different landscapes in the photos 😊

[cmcmck]

And all within a short walk of each other.

[apachefirecat]

What beautiful trees! Thank you for sharing!

[cmcmck]

A lot of the local woodland is ancient oak. This was once a royal hunting forest.

Glad you enjoyed!

[gingicat]

Gorgeous!

(Coincidentally, I've been rereading the Cadfael books, and Ellis Peters very clearly loves the Shropshire countryside.)

[cmcmck]

She did! We're right on top of Cadfael's territory here.

Father Eadmer's Atcham is a walk from us.

[rodo]

Young beech leaves, right? The colour is always so green. Really makes your pictures pop.

[cmcmck]

Spot on.

A lot of the local woodland is ancient oak but we have beech and birch too.

Being westerly as well as northerly makes us very green all year round.

[flockofcrows]

Beautiful!

[cmcmck]

:o)

[turlough]

Beautiful photos! I love how green and lush everything is. You live in such a lovely place.

I see your blackberries have coloured flowers. Ours are always white. Much more boring!

[cmcmck]

We know how lucky we are to live here. Shropshire isn't well known to tourists and we like to keep it that way! :o)

They are mostly white but with a little touch of the berry colour.

[scintilla10]

How lovely! Thanks for sharing a glimpse of your beautiful part of the world. :)

[cmcmck]

Glad you enjoyed! :o)

[vriddy]

It's so lovely to see all that greenery! I love the wooden paths in particular, they look so pleasant. Thank you for sharing!

[cmcmck]

We had such a poor Summer last year that it's been really good to get back onto the forest tracks.