Ancient Forest

[Clicker]

Mortimer Forest is an ancient woodland just a few miles outside Ludlow on the Shropshire Hereford border.  It covers about a thousand hectares  and  is a diverse habitat  for a large number of creatures .. Whilst still wary of areas with a higher density of people  during this pandemic  we had an afternoon out after driving to this Forest about 40 minutes away .    I'd forgotten just how  beautiful it was as it must be three years since I Iast walked  here....Mind you   the bench in the distance  was  a welcome sight . After  6 months  of just walking around the garden I   obviously   need to up my fitness routine !!

[johntwo]

Know just how you fell Clicks.  I soon feel the strain these days if we walk any distance.  Looks to be a nice place.

[Clicker]

We chose   a route  that was just  under two miles and   I was really glad it  was a circular route and I was back in the carpark after  a couple of hours  dawdling along with my camera  !   Before Lockdown and  tearing  my  medial  knee ligament  16 months ago,  I would regularly  do an  eight mile walk  twice a week ...  it's easy to take ones mobility for granted  isn't it ... 

[Stravinsky]

Looks lovely, strangely living in a city I have an area like that just five minutes walk from me 

[Clicker]

It can be underestimated just how important green spaces are especially if one lives in a busy city  suburb ... It great  that  you have an area  just  five minutes away Strav  ...During Lockdown spaces like that must have been a real sanctuary for people living in places  with little garden  space .. Green  has always  been a calming peaceful colour it is in the centre of the spectrum is often associated with balance and emotional stability .

[Denis]

What a blessing that walk must have been then clicks! looks a nice place to go and stroll if the rest is like it!

We are lucky in that the town we live in has very large green open areas between developments. but it is still a detestable place for other reasons !

But a move is on the cards for us, we have been house hunting in Norfolk the last few days

[JohnP]

Lovely capture Polly! I haven't been to Mortimer Forest for a few years, when I was younger and fitter I often used to go there, it's a beautiful place.

I walked about 4 miles in Haugh Wood near Hereford yesterday hoping to get a few late butterfly shots, I didn't get any any worth showing, it seems everything is finishing early this year (not just butterflies) as I've always seen butterflies in September in this wood in previous years. I used to walk 10 miles but my darn bunions are stopping me now and having an ulcer on my shin for 3 months doesn't help either but that is very slowing getting better now.

[Paul]

I feel I want to walk down the path and go around the corner...

Paul.

[Clicker]

It's a beautiful Forest, Mortimer  just outside Ludlow ... it's  both coniferous and deciduous... Some of the trees are huge ...  just  for the size, here's a photo I took on the walk to show just that .