a good ol' wander

[jonnie drake]

apart from being stung by wasps on the cheek and the thumb... I had a fab day, trying out a new trout water with the fly rod. As you can see I didnt get distracted much....

the holy grail of birch bark!

spaghnum (sp?) moss...

immature (and premature...) beech nut

thick aint it?

who dunnit? - we would like to think that deer had been grinding antlers against the trees.

foxgloves looked pretty

shelter over the stream

squirrel?

jews ear...

perfect in miniature

lunchtime fire- bacon sarnies yum!

cones...

mass amounts of green fly, especially on sycamore

another wee un- beauty's arent they?

wood...

and wood sorrel! a nice apertif!

methinks dryads saddle?

disorientating...

last one of the day

and the 6ft sqaure pocket of water it came from!

wild garlic beds

a hord of pine resin- amazing stuff!

baby arachnids!

silly golfers with there silly words

hope you guys enjoy, if you have any ideas to the mystery photo's please do tell

 

[mountainm]

Looks great! Where abouts was this?

 

[Robbi]

what a GURate day out ! LOL !

looks brill mate really good day. what did you take the wee brownies on ?

 

[jonnie drake]

not too far from me mike, but im keeping it under wraps, these are very precious fish.

cheers robbi, the first on a small beadhaed nymph, the second on a red and grey sedgehog (slightly cheating!) and the last on a proper small black F-fly (dry)

 

[mountainm]

not too far from me mike, but im keeping it under wraps, these are very precious fish.

cheers robbi, the first on a small beadhaed nymph, the second on a red and grey sedgehog (slightly cheating!) and the last on a proper small black F-fly (dry)

Soooo - west Yorkshire, with woods and a golf course and at least a small brook.... I hear google maps calling

 

[Robbi]

nice, i'd love to have a go at that perfect fishing if you ask me

 

[jonnie drake]

your not wrong robbi, it doesnt get much more fun than that

 

[Mistwalker]

Great photos, thanks for sharing!

 

[zeBarOOn]

Nice one, although the pic of baby spiders instantly reminded of that film 'Arachnophobia' 1990. *shudders*

 

[spartacus]

Good light hearted post, thanks for sharing.

 

[g4ghb]

lovely pic's mate - and I have to ask...... GUR??