We’re often encouraged to look at the bigger picture, but on murky days in the middle of a damp British summer and pandemic sometimes more beauty is to be found at our feet.
MrB and I though were so happy to be out walking at Danebury the other week, we didn’t really mind the weather. What is your perspective today?
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Loving the close ups.A perfect place to walk. Essence of my oriental travels today https://somerville66.blogspot.com/2020/07/squareperspectives-day-24-dailysquares.html
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It is a wonderful place when it is quiet, gets very busy though unfortunately
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Looks like a glorious walk, Becky. And the dampness has added to the photos. Like Sue, I love the thistles.
It is getting hard to avoid the crowds everywhere now. I even got held up in bad traffic on M25 last night 😦
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oh no, that’s not good. We have almost returned to normal haven’t we. Does worry me, and I can’t imagine what life is like for the thousands losing their jobs 😦
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PS Your pingback worked today! Will be there shortly
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How wonderful to find a meadow with those flowers in it. 🙂 As you say, it’s the little things that are often more interesting than the bigger picture.
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It has been a nature reserve for decades now, so lovely 🙂
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And especially nice when there are no hoardes of visitors I would think. 😉
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Love that orchid shot Becky!
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Thanks Denzil. Was so excited when I saw it. I had expected to see far more given we were in a nature reserve but either humans have found in the past or the wild(ish) horses like to chomp on them!
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Oh, and here’s mine: https://suejudd.com/2020/07/24/perspectives-24-pastel-perspective/
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Excellent, and as you can see I have caught up so should be with you in seconds
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Very good!
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Oh, love those thistle things!
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And that’s their name too!
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Jude wouldn’t agree
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ahh but what does she know – thistly thing is much better!
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Of course!! So technical
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Jude’s keeping shtum.
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lol!!
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It pays to come later and read the comments, then the kwestions have been answered. 🙂 🙂 Sounds a fascinating place!
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lol! I am daft though aren’t I not adding the info in the actual post.
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It all depends how much you want to write for 31 days!!! 🙂 And I like an element of mystery.
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Oh yes. Lovely pictures, despite the damp conditions. Come to a normally busy tourist Mecca with me today: I suspect it may be nearly as quiet there as on your country walk: https://margaret21.wordpress.com/2020/07/24/building-a-cathedral-in-144-years/
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We went back to Danebury again last Friday and it was no longer quiet 😦 whole of Hampshire out for a walk!
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*sigh*. Yes, weekends are definitely best avoided, but Friday seems a bit precipitate.
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We were a bit surprised, fortunately found a wonderful walk a few minutes away where there was no one.
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Well done!
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In that case, I like the close look better as well (although walking in damp weather can have its own rewards…). Sometimes closer is not necessarily better: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/24/dystopian-perspective/
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Intriguing . . . be there in a moment to see your closer
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Very nice, Becky. The weather can make a dramatic difference to a photo, can’t it?
My perspective today is slightly off centre: https://wp.me/pVkLb-56i
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… and to the mood.
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Oh yes, indeed! 🙂
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. . . . . . . . . . and to the number of people out. When back last Friday on a sunny day and we ran away so crowded!
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They’ve probably had enough of going to the beach, Becky. 😊
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grrrrr – they can all head back to the beach!!
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🙂
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Not my beach! Too many here already 😱
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oh no 😦 every beauty spot seems to be disappearing under hordes of people. I guess because 6million are still furloughed.
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Off centre sounds like where my head is at the moment!
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Oh no… are you a bit beside yourself?
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I nearly started replying seriously to this, and then I got the giggles. Yup totally beside myself now!
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😀 Laughter’s good! Giggle away! 😀
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Oh, that wild orchid is beautiful. Danebury is an unknown territory for me, but it looks lovely!
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I was so excited to see it . . most of Danebury has grazing horses and so not many orchids to be found!
Danebury is a lovely nature reserve, and also (probably) one of the most studied Iron Age hill forts in Europe. The fort was built 2500 years ago and occupied for nearly 500 years!
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Old indeed! I actually googled it to learn more as I didn’t recognise the name and was curious to see if the name had anything to do with the vikings. Couldn’t find any source for that though.
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ooh good thought. No much older than that, but intrigued now about the name. Will see if I can found out for you
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