Halling Views...

Deciding on a whim to walk from Upper Halling to the Amazon and Tiger in Harvel, I chose to take a route that led me past Dode Church in...

My usual route, starting from May's Wood, through Wingate Wood, turning down through Bavins Shaw and up the other side of the valley... ...

The usual route ... The drop down to the bottom of the valley at Bavins Shaw is a wide, pleasant farm track populated by many fast-flying ...

A short walk up Church Hill and then back along in the shade under the northern edge of Mays Wood... Church Hill, looking south... ...

It wasn't all just butterflies today, as there was much else worth taking in... Despite the heat, Wingate Wood was still cool and g...

To the south of Halling Wood there is a track where, in most years, butterflies seem inordinately abundant in June and July.  These are s...