A little Walk in the Woods (Pic Heavy)

[Matthew.Passmore]

I had a couple of hours spare before going to work so I went for a short walk into the local woods with the dog.

I took a few pics (They are abit small, wrong upload setting on photobucket)

Heading down to the woods

Rose-bay Willow herb

further down the path-

Himalayan Balsam

Crab Apple

Meadowsweet

Dog Mercury

There were lot's of Harebells around, I love these flowers.

Betony

Into the woods

This is a paths in the woods, it is cut into limestone which is weathered and eroded, its dark and damp and has all sorts of ferns growing and feels really prehistoric.

Coming out of the dark into a clearing of beech trees

Found loads of cramp balls

and took a few for my fire kit.

found a very nice potential camping spot in a small clearing.

Coming out of the woods into the Meadow, on of my favourite places, it's always full of wild flowers of all kind and covered in, bee's Butterflys and beetles collecting pollen and necter.

another good camp spot

someone else has had the same idea...

and then I went home and just I got there it stared to rain

I think I may head out for an over-nighter in the near future and take my SLR and get some good pics.

Cheers.
Matt

 

[wildman695]

excellent thanks for the tour

 

[andybysea]

Looks a nice spot,cheers for sharing.

 

[Bushcraftsman]

Looks great! particularly like the limestone path.

 

[swanscot]

Nice bit of beech woodland there and good variety of habitats.

I can see a face in the largest cramp ball in your hand.

Pity about the previous camper's lack of care to "leave no trace" with the unsightly fire pit damage to the ground.

 

[sandbender]

Nice, thanks for sharing.

 

[mrmel]

Looks like a really nice area. What are the cramp balls for? I found some on my last walk but didn't know what they are or that they can be useful