Afternoon Walk from Swineshead - 30 April 2006
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Leaving Swineshead |
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The bridleway to Dean, with Swineshead Church in the background |
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View south-east over the valley of the Riseley brook |
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Looking down to Dean |
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A path through oil-seed rape |
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Tea break in Sandy Lane |
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Blackthorne blossom in Sandy Lane |
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There was little mud in the lane this year - it had been closed all winter to motor traffic with benefit to the surface - but these 4X4 found the gates had been unlocked a day early |
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Sandy Lane |
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Sandy Lane near Swineshead Wood |
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Taking a diversion through Swineshead Wood |
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Bluebells - the reason for our diversion |
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Returning to Swineshead along the pasture |
Morning Walk from Wansford - 5 April 2006
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Setting out from Wansford |
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Backyard geese |
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Walking through Thornhaugh |
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Abbots Wood - a little early for the bluebells |
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Bedford Purlieus |
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Wood anemonies in Old Sulehay |
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The main track through Old Sulehay |