Still

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Golden November

Fairy song through mellow mist

Caught by cheeky elves

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Joining with Cathy and RainbowJ for our Photo Challenge Prompt of STILL

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Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge, prompts: GOLD and SING

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On Sunday I went for a walk in the footsteps of my ancestors up Lewesdon Hill, which is likely to be the highest point in Dorset (or is that Pilsdon Pen?)

It was a very STILL November day and a gentle mist hovered over the top of this ancient hill fort. Especially noticeable after of our recent fierce storms. It was hard to choose just one photograph, so have a wander with me.

This is my 15th walk of more than one hour, only one more to go to fulfil my 16 for 2016 challenge.

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Joining in with Cee’s Which Way Challenge, so many paths to the top to choose from.

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an air of misty magic

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Also posting on the Facebook Page ‘Sunken Lanes and Historic Curiosities’

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Then back to the New Inn in Stoke Abbott for the most delicious roast beef and Yorkshire pudding I have had in many a year – lashings of gravy and generous portions of perfectly cooked fresh vegetables, the cauliflower cheese mmmmmmmm! – a perfect treat.

One of my forebears opened this pub in 1895, and with his wife, there they brought up their 13 children and ran the pub for over 20 years. The pub still holds it’s character and I love to think of my relations sitting by the inglenook and supping a pint of home brew.

Please leave a link in the Comments for us to share in your STILLness

Next Week our prompt word is CREATION

Very apt as we have just created a new list for your enjoyment for next year – we hope to be able to show it to you next Tuesday. 😉

 

35 responses to “Still

  1. Pingback: Photo Challenge Round-Up: STILL | Wild Daffodil

  2. Beautiful photos! I’ve missed so many of your blog posts recently. Just subscribed by email so hopefully I can keep up now! 🙂

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  3. Your beautiful pictures really take me away. I love how you captured that single drop on the branch. Lovely haiku too. 😀

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  4. Pingback: 16 for 2016 November | Wild Daffodil

  5. Lovely photos, loved your still… I’m out of kilter as I did the ‘Extra’ prompt…

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  6. A wonderful walk, Daffy and a lovely way to finish off by having a good old roast. Even better knowing your forebears once lived there 🙂

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  7. Your photo with the many tree roots is one of my favorites in your collection.

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  8. You have some absolutely wonderful trails for this week. Great post.

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  9. Looks like a wonderful place for a walk! Great photographs.

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    • Thank you RainbowJ, glad you liked the photos. It is a great place for a walk, a steep climb every so often to get to the top allows one to feel that lunch has been well and truly earnt.

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  10. I LOVE this post! That walk looks so wonderful and your photos are terrific–I especially like the ones with the tree roots in the pathway. And the description of the Sunday roast at your ancestors’ pub . . . perfect!

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  11. Such dreamy photographs of a picturesque walk, all topped off with a lovely pub meal – perfect!

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  12. Beautiful! Lovely poetry and photos. Love the shoutout to Sunken Lanes, too!

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  13. Fantastic pics. Makes me itch for my walking boots.

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  14. Really lovely photos, so atmospheric and magical.

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  15. Stunning pictures and isn’t it marvellous to step in your ancestors steps.

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  16. Murtagh's Meadow

    Beautiful photos, it looks like a magic place;-)

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