We actually left Tixall Wide 2 days ago but this is the first chance I've had to update the blog. I thought there was meant to be loads of time once you've retired!
It's not a very good photo, but beside the grass verge was a row of small trees which included Crack-willow
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| Crack-willow |
Amongst the grass was quite a lot of Greater Plantain & some Pineapple Weed that was quite a bit bigger than the plants at Alrewas
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| Greater Plantain |
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| Pineapple Weed |
There were also some buttercup plants. I now know that there are quite a few types of buttrecup. I think these were the Meadow variety.
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Meadow Buttercup flower
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| Meadow Buttercup leaf |
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| Meadow Buttercup fruit |
There were also a couple of White Dead-nettle plants as well as the usual Common Nettles & brambles.
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| White Dead-nettle |
A fisherman caught a 17 lb pike a few boat lengths away, so it very probably swam passed M! It was an amazing colour & obvioulsy had big teeth as it bit the chap that was helping to land it.
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| Worthy of a few fishermans tales! |
There's a link at the top of the page which says "report abuse" - if it was report neglect I might be tempted. Where has the 60ft Blog gone?!?
ReplyDeleteI know you're not ignoring your surroundings ;-)
Come along now - one less cuppa my get us a blog entry.
This life of leisure comes with a responsibility you know!