Rocky Lock is just downstream from Greensforge on the Staffs and Worcs canal. This is one of the sections of the canal which is cut through sandstone, which can be seen forming the cliff on the opposite bank. The cliff supports a healthy growth of plants and lichen.
Category: David
May in April
Sandstone cliff by river Stour aqueduct
This is from a springtime return to the section of the Staffs and Worcs canal pictured when the canal was frozen.
Razor strop fungus in Sutton Park
Apple buds
View of The Million
The Million is Forestry Commission woodland north of Kinver.
Frogs spawning – Northycote Farm
Lichen covered sandstone cutting
Essex Bridge, Shugborough
Essex Bridge is a medieval packhorse bridge which crosses the river Trent immediately downstream from its confluence with the river Sow.
It is reputedly the longest surviving packhorse bridge in England.
There are now 14 arches in the bridge, which originally had 40.
The bridge connects Great Haywood with Shugborough Park.
This hole in a sandy bank was originally dug by badgers as part of a sett.
In 2010 it was taken over by foxes, which used it to raise cubs.
Now there are signs that more work is being done on it – fresh sand on the pile downslope of the hole. Could be foxes, or perhaps the badgers have reclaimed it.
Notice the plastic wrapping being dragged into the hole: perhaps for use as bedding material.