April 1st 2025 (no kidding) and another fine day, though rather chilly. We hop on a bus, and then another, and find ourselves where we’ve been most years around about now. Swardeston common and water-meadows. Please join us – the flowers are blooming lovely
April 1st 2025
🔼 Such a display, we’re encountering daffodils everywhere this day 🔽
April 1st 2025
🔼 Swardeston Low Common (the High Common is used for football and cricket and isn’t featured here) 🔽
April 1st 2025
April 1st 2025
🔼 The road to East Carlton, via which we’ll return 🔽 The water-meadows, which is our way this day
April 1st 2025
April 1st 2025
🔼 So many magnificent trees and while I photograph each one I must select which ones to show here 🔽 Beyond the gate and a little way over we can just see the tower of Swardeston church, burial place of Edith Cavell
April 1st 2025
🔼 A walk through a woods is always welcome, the better for not being a gigantic forest; more intimate, more cosy
April 1st 2025
🔽 Back to the lanes and the shade of ivy-clad trees
April 1st 2025
April 1st 2025
🔼 East Carlton Manor claims much of the land (and trees) here. But they’re well attended, no complaints about that from me 🔽
April 1st 2025
April 1st 2025
🔼 This signpost conveniently marks where we must turn our feet to return to the place where we began 🔽 to find ourselves dazzled by the midday sun on the remaining dewdrops
April 1st 2025
So many photos from this walk, I struggled with which ones to show you. I do hope you enjoyed.
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These pix make me so ready to go out and do some walking about on my own. All of our pavement is uncovered at last, and we have a lovely waterfowl sanctuary that is the summer home for trumpeter swans and sandhill cranes that has some paved walkways, so I am thinking the time is here. Excellent selection, and I see some promise in the photos I know you have chosen for Wednesday!
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Yay, go for it, Violet. Sitting in this forever-green land, I need you to remind me that not everywhere is the same and how lucky I am
💝
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Your pictures give the true vibes of spring season. Beautiful
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Thank you, Sadje. Flowers are opening everywhere. It’s a joy to be out there!
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Awesome 👏🏼
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I’m so happy I live where I do. I’m sure it’s this corner of land that’s given me this love of the natural world, from my very youngest days, unrelenting
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That’s just great 💞
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🙏🥰
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They’re all so beautiful and to the first picture my response was WOW! 🙂 ❤
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Thank you, Deborah. That was my reaction too when I saw that view!
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Blooming lovely!
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Thank you, Andrea. It was a lovely walk. It has become a regular part of our walking calendar
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