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Chie and Erika looking at the sheep across the road from the car park for the Devil's Pulpit.10:44:34
10:46:43
The footpath to the Devil's Pulpit.10:46:45
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The path took us through woodland to begin with.10:58:35
Then across open fields.10:58:41
...with views of the Severn in the distance.11:03:55
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Thegirls walking across the fields.11:07:25
Blossom. Hawthorn perhaps?11:10:56
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Flowers in the field.
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Onto Offa's Dyke path now.11:13:37
Sign for the Devil's Pulpit.11:14:29
Very nice stretch of path here atop Offa's Dyke.11:16:16
...and now at the Devil's Pulpit. I love this view.
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The girls and the view.11:17:10
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Hard to know how best to compose the photo here.11:21:30
Nearby the Devil's Pulpit a curious yew which appears to be growing out of this rock.11:24:17
11:25:01
Back to the Devil's Pulpit for some more photos.
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Zoomed in a bit.11:25:39
...and a bit more more.11:26:12
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Still not quite sure how best to compose this shot.
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I thought I'd try portrait instead.11:29:23
...and also a guaranteed way to spoil the composition by putting myself in the shot.11:38:26
The girls heading back to the car.11:59:20
The trig point near the car park.
12:42:31
Now at the New Fancy View picnic spot in middle of the Forest of Dean.12:42:39
We had leftover lasagne from last night's dinner. Yes, cold! It was surprisingly not bad.12:53:00
Walking round the spiral path to the top of the New Fancy View.12:53:03
The view from part of the way up the little hill.
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The view from the top. It's pretty much just trees as far as the eye can see!12:54:40
Erika looking at the view.12:55:48
Fluffy clouds and trees.12:57:33
Heading back down again now.
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Now at the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail. I don't think these dens / wigwams were part of it though.13:36:52
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More dens along the way.
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Some very straight tall trees.13:57:47
Erika walking along a felled tree.14:07:45
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Erika standing on a tree stump.
14:13:17
The second sculpture we saw, the first was just some metal plates on the ground. We decided at this point the sculpture trail might not be for us and decided to head back to the car park.14:13:48
14:14:58
Chie feeding Erika some dried fruit and nuts with chopsticks.18:10:22
Back at the cottage, where we spent the remainder of the day watching movies and playing board games, having slightly run out of ideas for things to do.
18:10:50
Got the fire going as well of course. I had thought I might be able to boil water in my billy can on top of it, but it never really got hot enough.19:16:46
Fridge full of cider and perry.19:46:38
The sunset, or as much of it as we could see from the cottage.19:57:12
Good night!