Going Down, Coming Up!

The abandoned agricultural machinery stands on the edge of a field near Peter Tavy  in West Devon. I have walked past it many times and cannot resist taking yet another photo from a different angle each time I pass. Today I thought I would take a shot that would look good in black and white. I don't think the light though was right for this and I ended up editing it to create an image  that is more impressionistic. Here, the rusty iron seems to be sinking back into the ground as the sun goes down on a past agricultural age. As this is on the edge of Dartmoor, I thought the soil would be thin and of very poor quality. A little further on though several of the fields were completely covered in mole hills. I have never seen so many in one location. Many were newly excavated and the soil looked exactly like the soil you would like to see in your garden. I kept looking for the most recently excavated mole hill in the hope of seeing it increase in size as the mole burrowed underneath. No such luck!