It's been a year since I finally walked along the footpath over the top of the local golf course with Son the Elder - having been driven off at the age of ten by an angry but factually incorrect golfer - and discovered the meadow with its hollowing oak, sunsets and views to the Severn estuary, the little wood at the bottom, and Charlton Common beyond. This encounter was to transform my experience of lockdown, and possibly also the Northerner's (though he is less prone to magical thinking than I am) and also our dear Ted's, who missed going to new places and smelling new smells, but who nevertheless had somewhere beautiful and interesting to spend his final months. As for our new dog, Cwtch, she has little idea what constitutes jaunting, but she whimpers with excitement when I turn up the lane and loves running between us and keeping tabs on us as we irritatingly refuse to stay in a neat herd.
First encounter, 5th April 2020
Apart from autumn when we didn't go up there that often, owing to having had our hearts broken by a certain dog, I have a huge collection of photos through the seasons. I'm going to post ones of the oak tree, which I think might be my most important tree apart from my grandmother's apple tree, especially since we also lost the ash tree from our bedroom window just before lockdown.
Moon rising, 6th April 2020
7th April 2020
Daybreak, 16th April 2020
Sunset, 2nd May 2020
To be frank, there are a lot of sunsets, this on 6th May 2020
12th May 2020
7th June 2020
12th June 2020
Summer solstice, with the sun is setting at its furthest point over the Welsh hills.
Ted wasn't that interested in sunsets himself, 11th July 2021
28th July 2020
30th July 2020
8th August 2020
11th August 2020
The empty meadow, 5th September 2020
Autumn equinox 2020
26th September 2020
4th October 2020
10th October 2020
3rd November 2020
22nd November 2020
A new puppy wants to GET DOWN, 22nd November 2020
Moon rising, 26th November 2020
Cwtch finding her feet, Winter solstice 2020
New Year's Eve, 2020
New Year's Eve, 2020
21st January 2021
6th February 2021
10th February 2021
26th February 2021
The sun is setting in the meadow again, 26th February 2021
3rd March 2021
7th March 2021
17th March 2021
Spring equinox 2021
24th March 2021
Forever Ted
This is a lovely set of photos, and a beautiful record of a strange yet memorable time.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It's been comforting to have somewhere to go that gives the illusion of being countryside and has views.
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Ah, Trooper's Hill ... lovely! Thank you.
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