Parkrun pooches #Parkrun #ParkrunUK #ForestofDean I forgot Archibald Spanner

Parkrun pooches #Parkrun #ParkrunUK #ForestofDean

Three Mile Smiles #Parkrun #ParkrunUK #ForestofDean

Ooo had one of those in my garden last week #ForestOfDean

#Autumn Reds today #ForestOfDean UK #Plant

#Autumn Reds today #ForestOfDean UK #garden

#Autumn Reds today #ForestOfDean UK

In this month’s blog I reflect on the difference between knowing about a place from a map, and sitting on a wooden stile in the late afternoon sunshine with an old horse for company.
You can read it here: www.theconcisequill.com/blog
#ForestOfDean #NatureWriting #WritingCommunity #PlaceBasedWriting

Looking for a multi day adventure, what about a trip to the Forest of Dean, Monnow Valley and the Wye Valley

www.countrywalks.uk/walks/long-d...

#backpacking #whyvalley #camping #forestofdean #hiking #leavenotrace #adventure

Parkrun pooches #Parkrun #ParkrunUK #ForestofDean

Three Mile Smiles #Parkrun #ParkrunUK #ForestofDean

After 3 years my grape vines are proper fruiting!

Not bad for a hill in the #Forestofdean in #Gloucestershire.

#grapes

Three Mile Smiles #Parkrun #ParkrunUK #ForestofDean

Parkrun pooches #Parkrun #ParkrunUK #ForestofDean

Oh so That’s what I have been seeing #ForestOfDean Wonderful they are really very yellow !

A walk around the Crabtree Hill area in the #ForestofDean this morning, of note - 5 Ravens, 2 Jays, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Buzzard, several flocks of Goldfinches and two pairs of Stonechats (pictured). Also many Clouded Yellows. #birds #GlosBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Wow !
Wood warbler ? on fennel seed heads

I feel so privileged

#Birds #birdwatching #garden
#ForestOfDean

Three Mile Smiles #Parkrun #ParkrunUK #ForestofDean

Parkrun pooches #Parkrun #ParkrunUK #ForestofDean

Another story 'from the other side' on Granny's Tales - an enslaver, a maltster and a midshipman on HMS Victory. The Milson #FamilyHistory from the #ForestofDean www.grannystales.co.uk/post/forest-... #Genealogy #NapoleonicWars