Golden November
Fairy song through mellow mist
Caught by cheeky elves
Joining with Cathy and RainbowJ for our Photo Challenge Prompt of STILL
and
Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge, prompts: GOLD and SING
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.
Joining in with Cee’s Which Way Challenge, so many paths to the top to choose from.
an air of misty magic
Also posting on the Facebook Page ‘Sunken Lanes and Historic Curiosities’
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. 😉
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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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Lovely! Thank you. ❤
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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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Oh Vashti, thank you – it is so good to know you enjoyed the post. Looking forward to taking you on another walk sometime. 😉
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Lovely photos, loved your still… I’m out of kilter as I did the ‘Extra’ prompt…
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Thank you Marje, I’m glad you enjoyed it. And thank you for adding to our EXTRA collection – it certainly fits the flavour of your post. 😉
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Thank you so much glad you enjoyed! 🙂
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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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Thanks Eddie, that roast was truly scrumptious. I have a strangely powerful feeling of belonging as I sit in that pub and of being at home there – nice! My Great-great grandmother was a sailcloth weaver who lived in that village all her life. I’m so glad I know that now.
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That must be a wonderful feeling, Daffy xx
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Your photo with the many tree roots is one of my favorites in your collection.
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Those tree roots certainly add to the atmosphere of the place. I’m glad to know which is your favourite picture Denny.
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You have some absolutely wonderful trails for this week. Great post.
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Thank you so much Cee, I’m glad to know you enjoyed it.
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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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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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Oh! Thank you for letting me know Kerry, it is lovely to have you along for the walk.
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Such dreamy photographs of a picturesque walk, all topped off with a lovely pub meal – perfect!
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With hindsight I should have taken some photos of the food and interior of the pub – I’m thinking of all those lovely mouthwatering photos I see on your Sunday Sevens.
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I did click through to their website, but there weren’t any photos of the interior – we love a good pub photo!
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I’ll take some next time I go there!
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Beautiful! Lovely poetry and photos. Love the shoutout to Sunken Lanes, too!
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Thank you so much Valerie – and thank you for introducing me to ‘Sunken Lanes’ – I’m really enjoying it. So glad you enjoy my blog, you are with me on my walks!
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Awwww… 🙂
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Fantastic pics. Makes me itch for my walking boots.
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My work is done! Ha! So glad you enjoyed the wander on Lewesdon Hill.
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Really lovely photos, so atmospheric and magical.
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Thank you Deb, the mist definitely added to the air of magic. See you soon I hope!
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Stunning pictures and isn’t it marvellous to step in your ancestors steps.
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It does feel strangely special doesn’t it Cathy – I expect you have uncovered some places where you can do the same with your family history searches.
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Beautiful photos, it looks like a magic place;-)
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Thank you MM. It certainly feels magical to me.
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