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Just after midday, but the low midwinter sun barely reaches through the trees.... (more)

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The church is very photogenic in good light - see TQ1949 : Christ Church for example. It... (more)

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The farm track from Bullhousen Farm after a very wet winter

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Yesterday was wet and dull all day. Maybe today will be better!

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And so it begins, in the depth of winter the promise of spring

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At the dawn of the day, and the dawn of the year, the Honeysuckle wants to be first.

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Church farm and its buildings are now purely residential.

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Two forest teams are working - one is harvesting pines, the other is stripping... (more)

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Tree harvesting is under way.

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The signs are true - deep in the woods a machine is felling and carting the... (more)

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Stream through Swarby.

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Looking out from the TF0440 : Former Well Head.

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The road-meet in Swarby, with fingerpost and former village pump-house (TF0440 : Former Well Head)

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The description comes direct from the Historic England listing. This is a grade... (more)

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A lovely grade II* church in the low sunlight of a winter afternoon. See... (more)

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The erstwhile industrial units on a raised bank have gone, and the site levelled... (more)

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On the morning that we heard that all our rivers are polluted with sewage, farm... (more)

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If you look closely you will see that the other side of this notice matches the... (more)

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The removal of diseased Ash trees has begun in Bourne Woods, and these rather... (more)

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For over a year the Forestry Commission have been talking about two exercises in... (more)

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The green moss, frost sparkled, amid the leaf litter and dried bracken makes a... (more)

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A stitch of eight images taken with my Pixel 6 phone, and merged using Microsoft... (more)

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A stitch of 8 photographs from my phone done at 07:30 as the sun was rising over... (more)

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This is Aldi Stamford, a recent development on a site which was once a potato... (more)

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Much more restrained, and rather more upmarket than the adjacent TF0407 : Mole store.... (more)

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The successor to the Central Wool Growers agricultural dealers - they specialise... (more)

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Once known as "Mole Valley Farmers", and now "Mole Country... (more)

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The VW dealership seen in TF0407 : Car dealership and bridge over dismantled railway, Uppingham Road is closed, and the building is currently... (more)

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Well-known coffee shop near the A1 (which runs on the other side of the building).

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Car park and service module at the Travelodge

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Tucked away behind a car showroom and a coffee shop this Travelodge is hard to... (more)

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What passes for blossom on this Eucalypt, the tree seen in TF0805 : Tree.

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On top of the spire, a good, old-fashioned, weather cock. - a little bit like... (more)

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Another view of the tree in TF0705 : Giant Redwood.

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Growing between the capstones of a wall in Denton. I thought it was a Spurge of... (more)

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This is a portion of the wall near SK8632 : House in Denton, which tumbled down in early... (more)

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This house has a fascinating tree near the road. It appears to be a Weeping... (more)

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A substantial estate-built house in Denton.

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The stone building at the front is "The Little Cottage", and the... (more)

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The ramped path leads to the door of the erstwhile Methodist Chapel, now a... (more)

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There is a splendid Variegated Holly in a front garden in SK8632 : Denton. This is... (more)

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There is a splendid Variegated Holly in a front garden in SK8632 : Denton. This is... (more)

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Looking down Main Road

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A 17th century house, grade II* listed -... (more)

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A niche in the wall where once there was a pump, similar to SK8632 : Restored pump. A... (more)

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A handpump restored to one of the four village pump niches along Main Street, as... (more)

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The context of SK8632 : Service valve marker and SK8632 : Service valve cover.

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This is a grade II* listed church - see... (more)

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A 4-way fingerpost in Saltby.

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