A Walk on the Downs

Most of my photos tend to be taken from our garden, but I do occasionally go further afield, not least because we are located on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (a technical/legal definition, but certainly true). There are also moves to makes significant stretches of the South Downs a National Park.

Here's why:

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Dew Ponds are an ancient way of preserving water. Clay lined, they hold dew in otherwise chalky areas.

There are plenty of rabbits

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The Dog Violet clings on in the grassland

Gorse grows just about everywhere

More photos in the South Downs album. And here's some information about the origin of Dew Ponds

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This Post Has 4 Comments

  1. Flying Red Fox Blog

    8 Apr 2007

    They are lovelly pics:) I love the South Downs countryside its such a nice place, we are so lucky to live so close or in it.:D

  2. anonymous

    8 Apr 2007

    Anonymous writes:

    Great pics!

  3. BlackNightBirdie

    8 Apr 2007

    wow! this is really nice! and at least you can see REAL SPRING 🙂 not like we are 🙁 but thank you for this photos — they reminds me a normal spring, sun and warm weather 🙂

  4. SittingFox

    9 Apr 2007

    Interesting collection :up:

    I don't think we have dew ponds up here in the North Downs. We just get desiccated in hot summers :ko:

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