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Exploring the countryside and lanes of Dorset

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Of wet and mud; of birds, butterflies, bulls and bullocks; and of tuneful church bells!

Well summer came at last to this ‘green and pleasant land’…….well for a time at least!  And as is always … More

church, Churches, country life, Dorset, farming, flowers, meadow, nature, new life, photography, rain, rambling, village life, walking, weather, wildlife

Flying Crooked???

Cabbage White The butterfly, a cabbage-white, (His honest idiocy of flight) Will never now, it is too late, Master the … More

Flying Crooked, meadow, nature, new life, poem, poetry, rambling, reading, Robert Graves, wildlife

Of fond memories, war and peace, and a snake that is not a snake!

PERCHED on my city office-stool, I watched with envy, while a cool And lucky carter handled ice. . . . … More

books, country life, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, Enid Blyton, flowers, meadow, nature, new life, photography, poem, poetry, rain, rambling, reading, Thomas Hardy, walking, weather, wildlife

Of lush countryside, lovely meadows, two hill forts…….and a butterfly at last!

Well as I sit at my desk typing this blog, the rain is pouring down outside – yet again!!!  It’s … More

country life, Dorset, farming, flowers, hill fort, meadow, nature, photography, poem, poetry, rain, rambling, trees, walking, weather, wildlife

Back to walking in beautiful Dorset, a cat that plays ball…..and a car that doesn’t!

Well, having scaled the heights of Snowdonia in my recent posts, we are back in beautiful Dorset today – and … More

church, Churches, country life, Dorset, farming, flowers, meadow, nature, photography, rambling, trees, village life, walking, weather, wildlife

Sadness – conceptual photography as art!

As you will know, I am predominantly a landscape photographer, partly because I love walking, the countryside, wildlife, just being … More

conceptual photography, Dorset, flowers, man, meadow, nature, sadness, spring

On walking backwards with cows and kestrels for company!

Well I’ve had some fantastic walks again this week despite the somewhat dubious weather, or perhaps because of it – … More

A walk with great company :)!

This was a walk with a difference – I had company, and just the best company too :)!  Because I … More

church, Churches, country life, Dorset, farming, flowers, meadow, nature, new life, photography, rambling, spring, trees, village life, walking, wildlife

Two castles, two ponds and two very different people!

This was another lovely walk, 21 miles through the beautiful north Dorset countryside and some interesting things and interesting people … More

church, Churches, country life, Dorset, farming, flowers, homelessness, new life, photography, rambling, spring, trees, village life, walking

To Spring!

Spring is such a great time of year, such a great time to be out in the fields, walking the … More

country life, Dorset, flowers, meadow, nature, new life, photography, rambling, spring, walking, wildlife

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