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Re: Ray's Photos

Postby Rayge » 08 Jul 2021, 20:51

Still in Maytime, still up on the Quantocks...

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The Drove Road

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Ancient

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Trucking
This tree-lined sunken trackway along the top of the Quantock scarp has been used since the Middle Ages, and probably before that, by farmers taking stock to market in the valleys to the south

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King of the Castle

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Green

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Glimpsed

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Postby Rayge » 08 Jul 2021, 20:53

Part Two
Home again

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Flames
I may have shown these before, more than once, but I love these tulips

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Goldie
Since moving to Taunton, I've hardly seen any finches, so thrilled to see a goldfinch by the Tone

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Faultline

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Stroller

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Crenellations

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Jackdaw and Buttercups

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Postby Rayge » 08 Jul 2021, 20:54

Part Three

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Fenced

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Kitchen

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Crystalline

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Iris

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Firepool Heron

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Postby Rayge » 08 Jul 2021, 20:55

Part Four

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Patrolling

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Columbines and Comfrey

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Pondside Phlox

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Michael

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Drops

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Laburnum

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Postby Rayge » 08 Jul 2021, 20:56

Part Five
Its 27 May, Scrap's ninth birthday, and we're off for a jolly to old haunts near Crediton

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Are We There Yet?

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A Dip in the Lake

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Parkland

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Posts

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Rise

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Pines

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Postby Rayge » 08 Jul 2021, 20:57

Part 6

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Deep Devon

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Bridge

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Climb

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Avenue

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Solitary

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Once Was Beach
After frolicking in Shobrooke Park, we took him to Creedy Beach, but the May downpours meant it was under water...

Next time, the last days of May and the beginning of flaming (hah!) June
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Postby Rayge » 11 Jul 2021, 23:19

The last four days of May in Taunton

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Lemon

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Wide Open
Bridge into Longrun Meadow

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Strewn with Buttercups

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Rare Dinosaur Sighting

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Biker

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Stripes

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Postby Rayge » 11 Jul 2021, 23:20

Part Two

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Keyring

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Last Gasp
Anemones coming to an end

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Heartdrop

And just like that, it's June 1st, and off for a jolly further south, to a reservoir just north of Chard
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Still Waters

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Grebe

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Grebo

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Postby Rayge » 11 Jul 2021, 23:20

Part Three

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Streaming

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Somewhere in Somerset, or maybe East Devon
A pause on the drive to the next stop to take in a stunning view

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Churchyard
Two views of Ottery St Mary

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Postby Rayge » 11 Jul 2021, 23:21

Part Four
Back in Taunton
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Fallen
A willow crashed across the Tone a few metres downstream of Firepool Lock

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Frolic

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Floriferous

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Cells
A new tin of Chloe's Wafer Rolls

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A Walk on the Wall Side

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We Go Again

More from June soon
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Re: Ray's Photos

Postby Rayge » 29 Jul 2021, 20:39

OK, not THAT soon, but still, more from June.

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Meadow Cycle

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Needs a Mow

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Glide

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Buddahcone

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Double Bonnet

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The Shady End

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Re: Ray's Photos

Postby Rayge » 29 Jul 2021, 20:40

Part Two

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Night Rain

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Geoff Hamilton

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Desdemona

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Mating Desmoiselles

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Lily Colony

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Green Wheat Ears

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Postby Rayge » 29 Jul 2021, 20:41

Part 3
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Red
Colour Contrast in a sea of long green

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Buttercup Boyo

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Toilette a Deux

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Swingtime

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Two for Joy

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Public Service Announcement

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Postby Rayge » 29 Jul 2021, 20:42

Part Four

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Hunting

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Scything

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Flourishing
Someone elses's garden

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Snapping
My garden

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Anemones

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11pm
Night walking the dog around the time of the solstice

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Postby Rayge » 29 Jul 2021, 20:43

Part 5
At Firepool Weir, where, for once, I removed shoes and socks and joined in the frolics

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Walking the Edge

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Froth

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Strategic Retreat

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Cool
Fucking cold, actually

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Lads

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Patterns

Will try to get back in next couple of days with more.
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Re: Ray's Photos

Postby Jumper K » 30 Jul 2021, 11:32

Rayge wrote:Part Two



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Grebe

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Grebo

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I love the Grebe. We go to Stourhead every year to watch them do the mating ritual.
Not observed the Grebo as yet. Although I have seen Gaye Bikers On Acid and Lesbian Dopeheads On Mopeds.

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Re: Ray's Photos

Postby Rayge » 01 Aug 2021, 23:07

Mid-late June, starting in Taunton, then going up on to the Quantocks and back down again

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Star

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The Summer Game
Somerset County Cricket ground

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Sign of the Times
One of the UK's biggest department store chains goes bust

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Border Incident
Yet more Dog/Swan interaction

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Down in the Valley

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Dapple

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Postby Rayge » 01 Aug 2021, 23:11

Part Two

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Matriarch

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Caption Writes Itself

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Young ’Un

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Eyeballing

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Precious

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Folded

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Postby Rayge » 01 Aug 2021, 23:15

Part Three
Moving along (not far)

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Swimking
Swimming with mouth open - multi-tasking

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Sparkling

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Wending

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Blue Wall
Periwinkle goes wild in Chip Lane

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Egret Island (Temporary)

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Dog Rose

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Postby Rayge » 01 Aug 2021, 23:16

Part Four

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Nymphs

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Geoff Hamilton

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Raspberry Ripple

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Rosa Mundi

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Erigeron

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Blue Velvet

More flowers and beasts from flaming June soon
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