I Almost Bought a Woodland
Wednesday 26th May 2021
Took the afternoon off to race down to Sussex to view a wood which was for sale, but dithered slightly when I got there, and ultimately found it had been sold already.
London May 2021
John's Pictures

15:49:13
Three Bridges station.

16:06:11
The country lane leading to the wood.

16:06:49
Some horses in a field.

16:10:13
Confirmation I was in the right place.

16:10:46
The track leading to the wood.

16:12:17
The edge of the wood.

16:13:31
Bluebells everywhere.

16:14:23
The biggest draw of this particular bit of woodland was the stream running through it.

16:14:28
More bluebells etc.

16:14:36

16:18:11
It really did all look quite pleasant, but...

16:20:13
Next door was what appeared to be a clay pigeon shooting range...

16:20:17
...with various buildings associated with this activity...

16:25:49
...and in amongst the bluebells...

16:26:19
(brief pause to admire the stream again)

16:26:28

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16:28:02

16:28:45

16:29:06

16:29:20
...there were broken clay pigeons absolutely everywhere.

16:29:29
In some places it was almost like a carpet. The unbroken ones perhaps weren't so bad, but the shards would have been very hard to clear up... and presumably unless the shooting range was about to shut down, they'd keep raining down on you.

16:31:23
Such a shame considering the bluebells.

18:33:43
Back at Kentish Town station now, where oddly there was a swarm of bees.