It was very comfortable on the common. But, it was time to move on. Tacked down and all onboard, I pulled off and headed back the way we had come. At the end of the road, I turned left to continue on. In a few minutes, I pulled off of the road again and settled onto a wide verge opposite a farm with a sizeable duck pond.
Canada geese
Mallards
Down the side of the pond, steps lead down
pass the pond, marking the start of my walk.
The path lead pass the farmhouse and some old sheds.
Honeysuckle
Lawson Cypress
Oriental Plane
Elder
Bird’s-foot Trefoil
Greater Bird’s-foot Trefoil
Baby Oak
Cut-leaved Crane’s-bill
The path leads up to a field of Wheat
Bramble
Long-leaf Dock
Spent flowers of Hawthorn
Field Briar
Hemlock Water-dropwort
Bee in Foxglove
Spanish Foxglove
Hedge Woundwort
Hedge of Ash
Soon, I was in the woods.
Very young Holly
Beech nuts
Tufted Vetch
I then passed by a field,
before entering a forest of Scots Pine.
Queen Anne’s Thistle
Yorkshire-fog
Field Sowthistle
Water Forget-me-not
Ribbon Grass
Ash
I eventually reached Shillinglee Lake. With all the hot dry weather of late, the lake was almost dry.
Dry sluice
False-stinking Chamomile
Groundsel
Mugwort
Daisies
There are a number of properties that look out over the lake.
Sage
Flower box
Green Alkanet
Meadow Barley
Portuguese Laurel
Rhododendron
Copper Beech
White Willow
Sweetgum
Cupressus macrocarpa
Onwards, I passed by another old building,
a roofless, doorless building with a derelict machine wheel
and the carcass of a small barn.
Meadow Vetchling
Common Knapweed
Meadow Foxtail
St. John’s Wort
Ash fruit
Marsh Arrow-grass
Lesser Stitchwort
Mammoth Clover
I reached a point, just before entering more woodland where there were a lot of Blue Damselflies.
Very young Birch
Pendulous Sedge
The footpath continued through Bracken,
then Stinging Nettles.
It was incredibly busy with an array of butterflies. Sadly, I couldn’t get any photographs.
Creeping Buttercup
Just beyond, I was startled by a buzzard as it took off from the undergrowth. It happened so suddenly that I couldn’t get a decent photo.
Germander Speedwell
Little Robin
Dog-rose
Cow Parsley
Perennial Honesty
French Rose
Common Spotted Orchid
Herb Robert
Norway Spruce
Finally, I came out back on Piper’s Lane, where I could see Black Down in the distance.
There was a lot of Broad-leaf Dock along the hedge.
Very soon, I was in sight of home.
That evening, I was treated to a lovely sunset.
It was very peaceful there. The road was even quieter than the common at Ebernoe. It was easy to forget that there is a world of hustle and bustle; of noise and the constant rat-race.
I can’t help but notice that this entry in particular has an awful lot of photos. Do you think that it’s too many? Please let me know how you are enjoying the blog, or not. It’s always good to receive feedback, good and bad. It’s a good guide! To be fair though, there was an awful lot to take photos of! Would you believe that what you have here was whittled down from over 170 shots!
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