All by myself- Lockdown Three cometh.
Taking in a river
A bridge
A lake- Mouldon Hill, Swindon
A field
Wonderfully shaped trees
Some survivors.
My favourite Silver Birches and
Whatever this is. Any ideas?
And Lockdown three has come……………………….
First walk of the Year
January 6, 2021
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I enjoyed those photos and virtually going on your walk with you – see you were not alone you had all of us in attendance 🙂
Lovely photos, hope you are managing to get out and about even in lock-down? x
Lovely winter landscape in the sun… That green structure; hard to tell without some idea of scale, but it looks as if it might originally have carried a wooden walkway – that could be a handrail on one side. Is it in a boggy bit or over a river? If it were here, I’d say it was part of our narrow gauge cane railway, delivering bins of cut cane to the sugar mill, but, well… Swindon.
Swindon is of course known for railways but this thing is quite a distance from the old track. It was in a hedge near the car park.
What lovely winter weather. Pretty photos. Not sure what the green fence/bridge might be. Nice to go for a walk then nice to get back home in the warm again. Hope it made you feel good. x
Oh yes the best feeling.
I am definitely glad we can still take walks. They are essential to my well being I think. X
Bit chilly this week for me. We even had a dusting of snow this morning.
I’m so glad you have some lovely walks to enjoy.
The last picture does not look agricultural, so my guess is that it is something to do with the railway. Do let us know if you find out.
I wondered if it was one of those things for channeling sheep through.
Possibly too industrial looking for farming so I’d think it much more likely to be something to do with the railway. Shame the old Pathfinder maps aren’t made any more otherwise you’d probably be able to see what it was.
You can still get Pathfinder maps from the Ordnance Survey.
They do the pathfinder books with walks described but I don’t believe they produce the old style maps any more. I’ve just ordered a ‘used’ one for my area from ‘World of Books’.
Well they call them ‘Explorer’ maps now but it is the same scale.
Ah, O.K. – when it arrives we’ll compare and contrast with the Explorer one we have and, if there’s no difference, I’ll whack my OH across the head with it for getting me to order it for no good reason. 🙄
There is an old railway line but how far the sidings etc went I don’t know.
I’m also left wondering about that last picture. What a mystery! Birches are my favorite — we’re lucky to have quite a few in our yard.
Your walk looks lovely. I’m sorry that you’re in Lockdown Number Three. I’m glad you’re staying safe!!
Birches are so attractive especially in the Winter when the earth is bare. We are hardly venturing near people so should be safe. Take care, x
Looks like a lovely walk – thanks for sharing your views!
Thank you.
Looks like you had a bit of sunshine for your walk – that helps
I try to go out whenever the sunshines- this morning is cold and grey…
I do envy you all the lovely changes of scenery you can find on your walks. Around here it’s either carefully manicured sameness or 4-lane roads.
Yes I am lucky to have choice on walks, so important for me.
Fresh air always helps, even if it has t9 be the back yard, but I do hope you can wander further afield!
We can still go for a walk, but shouldn’t be too far from home.
It’s so good that you can still go for walks! (We went, too, today, and it was COLD and GREY, but at least we got some exercise and some fresh air) As to the last picture … could it be some sort of transportation trail? Did you have coal mining in your area maybe? So, where trains or lorries could have gone?
Going out when we can is so important. No coal mining but an old railway line not too far away, or maybe for livestock?
CATTLE trails!! Yes! Maybe? If only the library were open then you could check … but maybe your town has a history centre that has a website? Or the tourist office or something?
Here too we are in lockdown three. Glad you enjoyed your walk.
So important to get outside when we can.
No idea what the lat pic is. Silver birches are my favourite too 🙂
It was such a pretty grove of trees.
You must have had a lovely walk. Will you still be allowed to go for walks after today (last night?) or are you meant to stay indoors? For five weeks, when we weren’t allowed to leave our homes for walks, I did pilates exercises that I found on youtube. Not much fun 😦 Good luck, and stay safe xx
Yes still allowed to go for walks, and I could meet up with my son, but they were awaiting a Covid test, which has come back negative.
That last image has really piqued my curiosity. Were you in an orchard?
No it was the field near the car park, my best guess was something to do with sheep, or a leftover from the nearby disused railway line.
I thought railway line too.