Peckingell (Monday 1st May 2023)

On a sunny Spring day, the British countryside is as good as anywhere there is to be. I parked in the road Peckingell and walked the footpath towards Tytherton Lucas as far as the bridge over the River Avon as it flows out of Chippenham towards Kellaways and Lacock. It is along this stretch that the River Marden flows into the Avon.
In the past I have blipped some wonderful polo ponies that live in these fields and of course are mostly absent during the polo season but I haven't come across them since 2020 so I do wonder if they have gone. Certainly the grass and the profusion of dandelions and buttercups do not indicate any grazing.
Having reached the bridge I walked alongside the river east towards Kellaways (see Extra) but at the next bridge I instead followed a ditch back to the gate I had entered from (or, from which I had entered, for grammar pedants ;-)).

L.
Wednesday 3.5.2023 (1340 hr)

Blip #3868 (#3618 + 250 archived blips taken 27.8.1960-18.3.2010)
Consecutive Blip #007
Blips/Extras In 2023 #076/266 + #047/100 Extras
Day #4783 (1174 gaps from 26.3.2010)
Lozarithm's Lozarhythm Of The Day #3008 (#2848 + 160 in archived blips)

Taken with Panasonic/Leica DMC-LX100 M4/3 compact

Peckingell series
Trees series
Landscape series

A Walk At Peckingell, 1 May 2023 (Flickr album of 14 photos)

Lozarithm's Lozarhythm Of The Day:
Gnoss - Keefa Hill (2023)
This was also played by Cerys Matthews on Sunday's show.
"Gnoss are a Scottish quartet, nominated three time for the Scot Trad Awards, who have their own distinct view of what traditional folk music is. Orcadians Aidan Moodie (vocals, guitar), and Graham Rorie (fiddle, mandolin and electric guitar) are joined by mainlanders Connor Sinclair (flute, whistle) and Craig Baxter (bodhran, percussion) so they sounds like a traditional band probably playing traditional music, but they’re not. As Graham Rorie said in a recent radio interview “All traditions were new once. There’s a huge responsibility on artists to be respectful and faithful, but a shared responsibility to develop it and bring it to a new audience.” Stretching Skyward does that with ten new songs and tunes with a common theme at its heart of change being the only constant." - Skyward Records

One year ago:
The Woodland Garden (Copper beech leaves)