An education pack, which is excellent, can be downloaded from this link.
http://www.heritagewoodsonline.co.uk/map/019/019.html
The bluebells and rhododendrons were just starting to show.
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I am taking an interest in local pack horse trails and one of the reasons for our visit was so I could see the reconstructed pack horse bridge.
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It was strikingly elegant and deserved to be photographed from both sides.
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As I only found a couple of the sculptures mentioned in the pack I must return and make up for lost time.
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I popped over to Underbank Reservoir, on May Day Bank Holiday, to test out a lens that I had just acquired. The lens was cheap and nearly twenty years old but seemed to live up to its reputation.
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At the first mention of bluebells I set of for Blitholme Woods but I was too early. It's been a difficult years for me and the bluebells. I therefore turned my attention to the nearby Wantley Dragon.
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/news-media/england/Pages/wantley-dragon-wood.aspx#.UY6FAaKG3To
The dragon has a curved dry-stone wall body and feet and a carved wooden head. Its more of a pet dragon than a fearful beast.
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The dragon overlooks Morehall Reservoir and the trees looked lovely in new leaf.
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I have just bought a book of landscape photographs from Oxfam. Some of the images were simply wonderful, in the large format tradition, making me want to rush off and buy a view camera.
http://www.christopherburkett.com/home.html
I had not come across Christopher Burkett before but although I was overwhelmed by his sensitivity and the quality of his work it also made me yearn for a simple black and white image.
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/inspiredby/2012/08/fay-godwin-photographs-of-the-british-landscape.html
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