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THE WESSEX REIVER: Flying Ant Day
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A man cannot drift up into a corner of some green lane, and stay in his cottage out of the tide of life, as was once the case. The tide comes to him." Richard Jefferies 1883. Sunday, 2 August 2015. Christmas comes but once a year was the title of a 1930's short film, and in most years this is undoubtedly true. However in August 2015 the Festive Season began early, four months early, and with a nod to Rudolph involved a species of animal we don't expect to see on the wing - ants to be precise. This mass e...
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THE WESSEX REIVER: May 2014
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A man cannot drift up into a corner of some green lane, and stay in his cottage out of the tide of life, as was once the case. The tide comes to him." Richard Jefferies 1883. Tuesday, 20 May 2014. Spring cleaning after an Orkneyinga Saga - part 1. Orkney from Thurso beach. So what has all this to do this posting? By the end of the 10 days I still had £180 left and that included paying for 2,100 miles worth of diesel. Where am I going with this? Tickets for the ferry. Hoy from Hoy Sound. Their colours, li...
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THE WESSEX REIVER: October 2014
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A man cannot drift up into a corner of some green lane, and stay in his cottage out of the tide of life, as was once the case. The tide comes to him." Richard Jefferies 1883. Wednesday, 29 October 2014. October 29th 2014 - Before dawn. Being English of course the first thing I did was to make a nice cup of tea, before switching all the lights off in the house, ventured onto the seating area in the garden. And so I experimented - 10 second exposures and hurling the camera around like a madman. I like ...
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THE WESSEX REIVER: March 2015
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A man cannot drift up into a corner of some green lane, and stay in his cottage out of the tide of life, as was once the case. The tide comes to him." Richard Jefferies 1883. Saturday, 21 March 2015. March 20th 2015 at 09.28 hours.the partial eclipse and the martins. I think so, as in the whole 90 minutes on the Levels those two dogs only barked for 5 minutes around the 9.30am maxima. As a postscript to this as I packed up the local farmer, Colin drove into the carpark to check the water levels over his ...
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THE WESSEX REIVER: November 2014
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A man cannot drift up into a corner of some green lane, and stay in his cottage out of the tide of life, as was once the case. The tide comes to him." Richard Jefferies 1883. Sunday, 30 November 2014. November 29th 2014 - Reflecting The Somerset Levels. After this, it was onto Shapwick Heath and marvelling at the sublime reflections in a still almost mirror like water atmosphere. Sunlight through Primeval ferns at the waters edge. This is not upside down - the water was that mirror like. November 25th 20...
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THE WESSEX REIVER: April 2015
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A man cannot drift up into a corner of some green lane, and stay in his cottage out of the tide of life, as was once the case. The tide comes to him." Richard Jefferies 1883. Wednesday, 8 April 2015. April 5th 2015 - Project month 4. I can't believe it is the fourth time I've been out to record the year in the local area. Easter Sunday seems to have come very soon after Christmas. How did that happen? The rooks are still doing well in the field. Still no blossom on the orchard. As I set up to take this i...
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THE WESSEX REIVER: Coquetdale Moves With Spirit
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A man cannot drift up into a corner of some green lane, and stay in his cottage out of the tide of life, as was once the case. The tide comes to him." Richard Jefferies 1883. Monday, 20 July 2015. Coquetdale Moves With Spirit. Apt then that Steve Hurst should name his company Spirit Buses. We were going on the. The similarity stops there. What Steve Hurst is doing is running a service without any financial subsidy, using his own money and driven enthusiasm. Not only up the valley, but to Alnwick ...And w...
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THE WESSEX REIVER: August 13th 2015 - Project Month 8
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A man cannot drift up into a corner of some green lane, and stay in his cottage out of the tide of life, as was once the case. The tide comes to him." Richard Jefferies 1883. Friday, 14 August 2015. August 13th 2015 - Project Month 8. August : I feel the Quickening arrive. The village photographed at 8.45pm on August 7th, dusk before the watershed. The field and orchard now devoid of sheep but they'll be back I'm sure. The River looking wonderful, willowherb in flower now. Cider apples developing well.
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THE WESSEX REIVER: June 2014
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A man cannot drift up into a corner of some green lane, and stay in his cottage out of the tide of life, as was once the case. The tide comes to him." Richard Jefferies 1883. Wednesday, 11 June 2014. The Orkneyinga Saga - part 2. These three images were taken at the Broch of Gurness. http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broch of Gurness. The Italian Chapel. http:/ www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/the-italian-chapel-p253741. Newly opened in April, with a view to die for over the Pentland Firth, the Tomb of the O...
