A few pictures from a walk I did with Sparky on Saturday – a nice walk, mostly along roads, but these were quiet – Walked from Burford along the Windrush Valley to the edge of Little Barrington, then up to Great Barrington and back via the road to Little Barrington to return to Burford –…
A photograph that was taken yesterday while walking the dog on a route that took in the edge of the Wychwood Forest (part of the Cornbury Park estate) – plenty of bluebells under the trees, but I particularly liked these dainty little white flowers along with the bluebells here, along side the path. #2021 #Cotswolds…
A photograph that was taken while on a long circular walk from Swinbrook – part of this was along the river Windrush, where there was a swan on the river – beyond the next bend in the river was this cygnet – not far off fully grown from its size, but still showing the grey…
In the UK, The Countryside Charity (CPRE) is asking people to participate in the annual star count (Feb 6th-14th 2021) – this involves counting the stars with the naked eye within the main part of the Orion constellation to get an understanding of the level of light pollution across the country. Finally, after several nights…
This is Comet Neowise or, more officially, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – a retrograde comet – during July it is just visible with the naked-eye (not directly looking at it, you have to use averted vision due to the way ours eyes work) – better with binoculars and better still with a long exposure photograph! Neowise…