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[Leshy]

Haha!...what a lovely view! We are on the GU in Warwickshire not too far from leamington spa now...here's the view from the back of ours...

Nice towpath , hardstand and all ...you northern folk get all the best deals

Down here in the Kennet & Avon is all mud , snow and soon to be dreaded sludge...

Joking aside , how sweet life really is on the canal ...
Especially when it's cold like this, it's lovely to come home , brew up and get the old burner going before sitting down for a sip of the hot dust cutter...


Not exactly bushcraft, I suppose you could call it boatcraft but the bush skills are so useful in this old way of life ...

They've been cutting a few Ash trees on the towpath , and luckily leaving a lot of the wood on the side for us to forage ...
I swear I'll end up sinking the bleeming boat if I don't stop hoarding it...and Ash burns green too of course.

Can't help myself , free fuel ...

Enjoy bud

 

[uncleboob]

Absolutely true!...I use my wood/ bush craft skills every day in this boat life, which I guess is how it should be...even today when I had to make a fire to heat a kettle to thaw out the elsan so that I could use it...not one of my favourite jobs!

It's never cold on our boats is it!...We have a nice supply of ash, oak, some sycamore and occasional birch around here...ash is definitely a favourite for the fire although I do like a bit of hawthorn/ blackthorn.

Love this life, full of old ways, good people and happy days! Cheers matey, j

 

[Bishop]

Snow has finally arrived in Carmarthen!

 

[Broch]

 

[daveO]

I walked the dog over to the lake to put some food in the ducks. Only a scrap of open water left there now.

 

[chas brookes]

Snow Day
20180227_153550 by chas brookes, on Flickr

 

[snappingturtle]

Are village castle

 

[daveO]

Lapwing feathers.

 

[Broch]

badger print in the snow.
Not pretty but pleasing

 

[daveO]

badger print in the snow.
Not pretty but pleasing

Nice. Did they lead anywhere interesting?

 

[Broch]

Nice. Did they lead anywhere interesting?

This was along a track in the wood. Most of the snow has gone so all I could tell was that it had walked both ways along the track. There is badger hair under the wood perimeter fence in a few places and we have a number of small setts (two or three holes only).

 

[Tony]

Badger print is cool, I enjoyed looking at all the tracks in the snow, asking the kids what they were etc...

 

[brancho]

Here are a couple of mono landscapes I have taken recently

Here is a morning shot of Bamburgh Lighthouse which was planned as mono from before the image was framed.

Bamburgh lighthouse mono by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Here is wasdale in late afternoon sun with the looming clouds of a snow storm.

Wsadale sunshine and clouds mono by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[daveO]

Nice. That lighthouse looks like it just lost a game of hide and seek.

 

[brancho]

Ennerdale from a short trip out this morning

Ennerdale waves by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[srod]

Northern lights in Scotland, just now!

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[daveO]

A goldfinch found itself between a rock and a hard place. Or a sparrowhawk and a window. The window won

 

[OrtesPL]

Ennerdale from a short trip out this morning

Ennerdale waves by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Amazing pic!

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[Broch]

 

[Tony]

Nive pic Broch, We have a lot of Red Kites and Buzzards around here and I'm often thinking I should take the time to photograph them, usually it's when I'm speeding past them sitting on the hedge or a pole