Woodland is marvellous, not necessarily for amazing views I'll give you that, but just for finding the most amazing things.
We spotted this yesterday, white 'stuff' on old dead twigs (I'll confess I thought it was soggy loo paper at first). A bit of googling revealed it is hair ice, which is 'generated' by a fungus in very specific conditions. So we popped back this morning, with my macro lens
Lovely pic @NormandyLiz. The rimed ice and heavy frost on branches etc is always beautiful, but that's a real find Always nice when you can stop at a convenient point to take a photo @Loxley. It means you can get the different seasons at the same location too. I was reminded of that when looking at @GardenerSuze's brother's pix at Loch Rannoch. There's a little bunch of laybys and bits of decent flat verge where all the photographers stop to take their pix. It's not a road you can easily stop on to take a photo, like so many of the roads up here. You see them especially at or around sunrise when you go past. It's why the view is pretty much identical on all of them, with the Black Mount hills forming the backdrop.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I like walking in woods @NormandyLiz. My last house in Dordogne was surrounded by forest. So many wild creatures lived in the forest, roe deer, hares, stone marten, European dormice, owls, foxes, badgers, red squirrels, wild boar etc. There were lots of plants and different types of trees, loads of fungi, especially in the autumn, some edible like ceps and trompettes de la mort. There were tracks through the woods and clearing where the sun shone through. Good to walk in the shade when the weather is hot.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Another fan of the woods, here. But I've lived in forested areas all my life, so it may just be that I'm used to it. When I get into wide open territory, I never feel quite right...the woods feel safer to me.
Nearby where I live there is an old logging road that leads through the woods to a wildlife management area. If you follow the old wagon road up a steep hill, you'll be rewarded with a view of one of the few uninhabited lakes in our area. It's one of my favorite walks.
Fishing is allowed, but only with barbless hooks, and it's catch-and-release only. It's surrounded by some fantastic winding trails through the woods. The diversity of woodland plants that grow in the area is amazing.
New England, USA
Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
I have to admit - I don't like walking in woodland! Too claustrophobic for me, although its probably also because I'm not usually walking on a constructed path if I'm in one, so it's slightly more hazardous. I'd rather be on an open, exposed ridge on a hill
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have to admit - I don't like walking in woodland! Too claustrophobic for me, although its probably also because I'm not usually walking on a constructed path if I'm in one, so it's slightly more hazardous. I'd rather be on an open, exposed ridge on a hill
This is a trail that my grandkids and I like to follow. Not exactly "constructed"
I think preference has to do with familiarity. If I grew up where you did, I'd probably find the forest claustrophobic, too.
New England, USA
Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
I know what you mean @CrankyYankee - that's another nice pic by the way! I think its partly because trudging through forestry is often not a pleasant experience because it's often very awkward terrain, especially if en route to, or from a hill... and the midges love it too Many of our hill paths are pretty non existent too [which is why folk get into bother] but I just don't like that feeling of being enclosed, and it's a different type of 'silence' from a summit too. It's a good thing we're all different though eh?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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We spotted this yesterday, white 'stuff' on old dead twigs (I'll confess I thought it was soggy loo paper at first). A bit of googling revealed it is hair ice, which is 'generated' by a fungus in very specific conditions. So we popped back this morning, with my macro lens
There are some more close ups here if anyone is interested: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cwvfRALLL3fwDqyd7
Worth walking in the forest for!
Always nice when you can stop at a convenient point to take a photo @Loxley. It means you can get the different seasons at the same location too.
I was reminded of that when looking at @GardenerSuze's brother's pix at Loch Rannoch. There's a little bunch of laybys and bits of decent flat verge where all the photographers stop to take their pix. It's not a road you can easily stop on to take a photo, like so many of the roads up here.
You see them especially at or around sunrise when you go past. It's why the view is pretty much identical on all of them, with the Black Mount hills forming the backdrop.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Too claustrophobic for me, although its probably also because I'm not usually walking on a constructed path if I'm in one, so it's slightly more hazardous.
I'd rather be on an open, exposed ridge on a hill
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Many of our hill paths are pretty non existent too [which is why folk get into bother] but I just don't like that feeling of being enclosed, and it's a different type of 'silence' from a summit too.
It's a good thing we're all different though eh?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...