Author: David

In the churchyard and (bottom picture) a small wood by the crossroads in the centre of the village.

A cluster of oak apples. The hole the insect emerged from can be seen in the nearest one.

A gorse bush on the far bank of the Staffs & Worcs canal.

The locks at the Bratch (above) with the small octagonal building originally built as a toll-house. The more distant building is a lock-keeper’s cottage, still used for that purpose.

Below, a narrowboat approaches the algae-lined Ebstree Lock.

Seen in the middle of February. Both plants had short stems with the flower close to the ground

This cluster of snowdrops grows every year at the opposite side of the bridge to the violets which featured in yesterday’s post.