Tegg's Nose

Time to work up a sweat under the relentless sun, with a walk around Tegg's Nose and beyond.

Elevation profile of the walk

Route of the walk, Tegg's Nose at the very bottom

Rusting machinery

Gill by White Nancy

Old quarrying machinery at Tegg's Nose

View from Tegg's Nose

Munching Horse

Field of Dandelions

Coiled steel cables

Cogs at Tegg's Nose

Library in the Landscape

Boothsdale

Blimey, it's the weekend and it's not raining, let's go! A wander around Boothsdale to see what's there (hundreds of horses on narrow tracks, apparently).

Boothsdale route

Tortoiseshell Butterfly

Harvestman

We found this Dunnock sitting in the track, dazed and not flying away. After a quick close up we moved it into the undergrowth and provided some emergency rations of crumbs. Might have had a run in with a horse's hoof but no real way of knowing what happened.

Dazed Dunnock

Cranefly

Fly on flowers

Fly on flowers

Bee

Bee

Dandelion Clock

Gill on bales

Tortoiseshell on thistle

Spotted Wood on bracken

Treecreeper silhouette

Spotted wood in grass

Buzzard

Buzzard

And in a continuing series on the perils of photography

Nettle Stings

always look where you're kneeling. Ow.