Health Walk 20200423

Health Walk - Thursday 23rd April

Photos by Michael S - Please click on photos to see a larger one

Again no Health walks allowed today.

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My car was the only one on the Car Park when I arrived

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However as we set off into the Pinetum a Police Van turned up. (Photos 3 & 4 are attempts to make a 16x9 photo out of Photo 2 but I didn't get them right or couldn't get them right)
Part way down the hill Jimmy said "I was going to do the Bluebell Walk today" so we turned round, walked round the Barn and up into James' Walk.

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Sheila and Judy's favourite tree

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Now amongst the Bluebells

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Are they fully out yet?

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Jimmy said let me take a photo so here I am posing

Out on to the Drive and into the Cinder Path where fortunately we met no one

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How many of you have noticed that Photo 12 is the reverse image of Photo 11?
On the Cycle Path heading for

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Cock Cabin Wood for more Bluebells, no they aren't fully out yet or the tree-fellers have trampled them down.

Back on the Cycle Track, down Bikers Hill and over the Stone Bridge to walk

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along the Cycle Track. The Wooden Bridge from a different angle

We left the Cycle Track to walk

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along the river. These are Ransomes or Wild Garlic

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Across the Stepping Stones - Michael not sure how to use the poles here?

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Immediately across

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the Stones

We continued along the field to cross the

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Peter Wagstaff Bridge and walk back

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along the river.

We returned to the Cycle Path crossed it and walked up into Gravel Hole Wood, crossed into Dog Kennel Wood

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and more Bluebells. The light variation, not the right word, was too great for the cell phone camera. Photo 30 is a Photoshop black and white version of Photo 29 to see if it looked better

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More Bluebells this time where the Larches were cleared

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I try and get interesting 'pictures' but I'm not artistic at all q.e.d.

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Just about to drop down to the Lake. The 'purists' insist this is a reservoir but the definition of reservoir is: "a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply."

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It is not used as a source of water, it is purely a scenic feature. Because of the Dam it is governed by reservoir regulations for safety