Monthly Archives: May 2011

Beating The Bounds

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

Every Wednesday a Silverdale Events Update lands in my inbox, a listing of what’s on offer each week  in our little community, which since there is often a lot going on is an excellent thing to have. Especially if what’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Beating the Bounds, Birds, Bugs, Caterpillars, Eaves Wood, Haweswater, Jack Scout, Walking, Wildflowers | 8 Comments

More Naming and Noticing

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

I hadn’t intended to go out. I would be out later, I didn’t have a great deal of time. But the sun shone. And there’s so much to see. I had some definite objectives in mind, but naturally there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, Walking, Wildflowers | 2 Comments

On Stopping, Looking and….Knowing Stuff

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

There are several reasons why I like to stop and look at flowers. Perhaps the principal one being the stopping. I was commuting home from Carnforth, over Warton Crag, and it being a Thursday the sun was beating down from … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, Bugs, Butterflies, Grasses, Ladybirds, Spiders, Walking, Warton Crag, Wildflowers | 7 Comments

A Wordsworthian Ramble

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

Rydal Mount TBH and I had a day off together whilst my parents took the ankle-biters to a safari park. (S particularly liked the ‘bamboos’ which ‘can take a car to pieces’ apparently) We parked at White Moss between Rydal … Continue reading →

Posted in Birketts, Church, Wainwright bagging, Walking, Wildflowers | 4 Comments

It’s That Time Again!

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

The Lady’s-Slipper Orchid is flowering. Amazing! There’s due to be an open day at Gait Barrows, on the 2nd of June I think, for people to go and see the orchids planted there as part of the Kew Gardens scheme … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragonflies, Walking, Wildflowers | 1 Comment

A Haweswater Round

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

Regular visitors will know that a walk around Haweswater is a regular pleasure for me, since there is a small lake of that name perhaps a mile from our house. Last weekend however I had more ambitious plans – a … Continue reading →

Posted in Birketts, Caterpillars, Clouds, Rainbow, Wainwright bagging, Walking, Wildflowers | 4 Comments

Milkwort

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

An early evening walk from last Friday (I’m almost as behind with my blogging as I am with my work – the two are not entirely unrelated), from the bridge over Quicksand Pool, around Jenny Brown’s point and back along … Continue reading →

Posted in Beating the Bounds, Birds, Jack Scout, Jenny Brown's Point, Walking, Wildflowers | 6 Comments

A Grand and Healthy Life

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

Just when we’d begun to forget what wet weather was like, I walked home from Carnforth and it rained. Never mind: I enjoyed the raindrops on the newish beech leaves and the bluebells in Hyning Scout Wood and most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Leaves, Music, Rain, Walking | 2 Comments

A Mosedale Round

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

Wastwater and the Screes from the southern end of Yewbarrow   The steep descent off the northern end of Yewbarrow. The Scafells behind. Steeple. Kirk Fell from the tarn on Looking Stead. Scafells seen across Wastwater. So what did you … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, Birketts, Camping, Friends, Wainwright bagging, Walking | 2 Comments

A Feast of Flowers

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

Honesty and some garlic mustard. This being the walk which didn’t quite make it into the last post, and which is now so over due for a write-up that some of the flowers featured might by now have finished flowering. … Continue reading →

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