March 2012: What Diya saw up on the hill?

We went for a nice little walk up near Old Redding Way.

Parked the car and came across a pub

The main entrance seems to be a bit around the way

Lovely pub, I have been here several times for a bite to eat.

Great name, eh? the case is altered, lol

With the sign up on the tree

And then there is a skip..all the way from Punjab…lol

A tree has been cut down..

We enter the Copse Farm

Start walking down the roat

Scrubby grasslands

Birds flying around

A hint of mist in the valleys

The white cottage, 18th century…

Looks brilliant, no?

Keeping on walking into the farm



the view over the valley

A rather dilapidated farm…

Its falling down…

The roof tiles are manky

With the end tiles all slipping off

Yep, its in real danger of collapsing

Drunkenly leaning picket fences

Hmmm, ok, i will avoid them then..

The backend of the barn



Really looking very dangerous

Some ugly trees

Some of the bark has been removed

We keep walking down the footpath

We saw a squirrel…..

Down the path we go

London, well, west London to be precise.

This tree is going to take a tumble any time now..

The sloping meadow goes down and then meets Harrow…

Very strange tree there.

Fences, presumably this is the horse farm…

Green and browns, life amongst the dead

Eroded away

Lovely, stark white tree..

Gosh, Baba is SOOOO slow….

Another view of the white tree

We explored a little log…

An eagle coming into land

Looking back up the hill

Trot trot

More trot trot

What a lovely gnarled trunk

Its a green tree

Nice skin

Big huge leaves

Striding away

What is that?

Peeking closer

Its a tree which has fallen across the little stream and is like a bridge

The funny looking trees

Now heading back



I am a little monkey

dry grass

I love this white branch

View of the farm

It seems to be brightening up

This tree really was in the wars, the bark has been stripped away

The birds on top of the horse barn



Lovely little cottages

As I said, 18th century..





Lovely dried leaves

Walking up the road

Dark woods

Trees covered with mushrooms

Heading into the woods

Come on Baba

The winding road

Another chopped tree



And we are back to where we started, its lovely taking a walk with little children, they find everything so new and fresh and curiosity is all over the place.