Westoning: Fertile Ground

Westoning: Fertile Ground
18 March 2003

Location	Westoning, Bedfordshire, OS193. The main purpose of this walk was to sit under my favourite oak and read a bit. But the weather was gorgeous so I took some pictures too. I've been here twice before: May Flower - 19 May 2002 Glittering Gold - 18 November 2000

Weather	Sunny and unseasonably warm.

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	The first thing worth taking a picture of was some spilt fertiliser. I liked the colour and the texture.

Walking down the trail we get the usual fine view of Sharpenhoe in the distance.

	A little closer and it takes up much more of the picture.

On the north side of the bridleway an oak stands in a field. I liked the shadows on the trunk and the combination of the beige earth and the light blue sky.

	In a thicket I found this bird skull.

It looks a bit like a duck's head to me.

	Poking around some more, I found some bricks overgrown by moss.

The moss made the bricks look deceptively soft.

	The oak on the right is my favourite oak. A very comfy seat can be had at the base of her trunk.

I really like this picture even if it's a bit odd. There should be something in the area that is framed by the oaks but there isn't so it fires my imagination.

	Near my favourite oak there's a gate post that doesn't fill any function any more. Here it is seen from the top.

On the side of the post sits this mysterious piece of rusted metal.

	This fuzzy thistle was found on the new part of the bridleway.

It was a bit early but the unseasonably warmth had brought out a few sloe flowers.

	Here are a few more and some buds too.

The landscape here is pretty open.

	Some violets were basking in the evening sun.

Near Lower Sampshill Farm there's a duck pond. I wonder if the skull comes from one of its former inhabitants.

	Some cows were curious about what I was doing when taking the previous picture.

The combination of grey and rust appealed to me.

	Just grey, this is a door to a barn.

At the end of the walk, I found these daffodils.

	By the bench that I photographed last time I was here, the concrete had some interesting "graffiti".