Another walk around the Parish

What? You are going out for a walk? Hooray! That means you won't be sitting on your chair staring up at us with your great big lens in your hand. Stalking and harassment, we call it. Give us a break and leave us alone why don't you.

 

A fine show of Michealmas Daisies on the verge of the churchyard path.

Dog Roses were in evidence in all the hedgerows we passed. And what's the difference between a Dog Rose and a Briar Rose (Sweet Eglantine)? The easiest way to distinguish them is the colour: the Briar Rose is generally pink. It also has a stronger scent.

How many ladies does it take to close a gate? Two apparently.

An anti-Covid grid. Trust a farmer to come up with a practical solution. It works as, as far as I know, Climson Farm is virus-free.

Shades of green in Rowden Lane.

Socially-distanced walkers heading back into Stoke Climsland.

Buzzard on high. There are definitely fewer of these birds around this year. There are suspicions, unsubstantiated, that they may be targeted by those looking after local pheasant shoots.

At first glance, I thought this was the cocoon of some butterfly but closer inspection shows it to be full of very small spiders. It's the 'nest' of a Nursery Web Spider, who spins the nest around its egg-sac.

And go for a walk, we did. Just over 5 miles, starting in Stoke Climsland and taking in a mixture of quiet lanes and farmland. We encountered no-one else and were passed by only 2 cars on the lanes.

For most of the walk, the church tower was visible. In the distance can be seen the eastern edges of Bodmin Moor. The largest hill on the right is Sharpitor and that to the left is Caradon Hill.

The hamlet of Lidwell. Stoke Climsland parish has several such hamlets, all associated with ancient wells. Lidwell is thought to be a derivation of Lady's Well.