A walk out to Ranscombe to check on a patch of Early Purple orchids, and I was pleased to see that they had come up again this year...
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| Buttercups at St. Michaels |
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| Early Purple Orchids... |
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| ...as above... |
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| Cuxton/Cobham border, Hornbeams at Broad Oak Wood... |
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| Nether Bottoms (Southern Field, Ranscombe)... |
I never get tired of the seasonal changes to the otherwise familiar landscape...
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| Cow Parsley on Bush Road... |
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| Lower Bush... |
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| The access road to the pumping station at Lower |Bush - trees in blossom |
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| Brockles, looking south-west from Terry Sutton's memorial bench... |
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| Upper Bush from Brockles... |
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| Upper Bush from Mill Hill... |
The cold, wet April weather has slowed spring down, making the show of bluebells about three weeks later than usual...
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| The western end of Wingate Wood.. |
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| The ruins of "Stoneyfield House", an old gamekeepers cottage... |
Some views from around the area of White Pit, the old Hilton and Anderson chalk quarry in Upper Halling...
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| View from the top of the Warren... |
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| View from the top of White Pit... |
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| View from the top of White Pit... |
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| Pylon... |
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| From inside White Pit... |
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| Pring's Cottage... |
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| Grey Pit Lake (no, sorry, I am not going to use its swanky new name...) |
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| Primroses at Warren House... |
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| Blossom, Whiteleaves... |
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| Nether Bottoms from Red Soils field... |
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| Stubble, Park Field towards Ranscombe Farm... |
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| Green-Veined White... |
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| Stitchwort... |
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| Cobham Field, looking east... |
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| Wild Cherry blossom... |
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| Hornbeams, Cobham path |
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| Last season's Chestnut leaves... |
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| Cobham Path... |
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| Colts Foot seed heads, Kitchen Field... |
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| Dandelions, Brockles... |
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| Beeches, Brockles... |
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| Bush Valley from Brockles... |
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| Upper Bush from Brockles... |
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| Riggalls Court from Brockles... |
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| The view from Terry Sutton's memorials bench... |
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| Upper Bush from Mill Hill... |
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| Cuxton from Upper Church Hill... |
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| Church Hill, looking south... |
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| As above... |
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| Field Buttercups... |
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| As above... |
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| The bridge from Lower Church Hill... |
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| St. Michaels... |
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| St. Michaels... |
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| Mays Wood... |
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| Mays Wood... |
