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Pylons in the Snow
Rowney Woods

Pylons in the snow

We’ve not had any pylons for a while – so here are some from earlier today on the edge of Rowney Woods 😉

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Walking in a winter wonderland
2012 - 366 Project

042/366 Walking in a Winter Wonderland

We went for a walk today in our favourite woods. Rowney Woods are about 8 miles from where we live in Great Dunmow and we had them to ourselves today. We regularly see deer here – today we only saw their tracks in and out of the woods.

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Rowney Woods moonrise and sunset
HDR

What a grey day…

We visited Rowney Woods today, unfortunately it was incredibly grey and dull and the photos taken showed that all to well. So let’s step back to the 28th December of last year when we saw this sunset and moonrise as we left the woods.

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Deer entering Rowney Woods
Bugs and Critters

Deer Entering Rowney Woods

We’re heading back to Rowney Woods this weekend, but here’s a shot from our last visit of some of the many deer entering Rowney Woods.

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Looking out of Rowney Woods
HDR

What a difference a few months can make…

If you’ve been following this blog for a few months then you may recall the Viper’s Bugloss, sea of purple photograph taken looking out of Rowney Woods back in July. That field now looks like this.

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Rowney Woods Sunset
Rowney Woods

Rowney Woods Sunset

We finally made our escape from the confines of the house and Christmas and took a stroll around Rowney Woods this afternoon. Plenty of wildlife on view today including 3 hawks of some variety, a large variety of tits and finches, a number of grey squirrels and 29 deer. Not

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Left or right
Rowney Woods

Which way to go?

Winter had certainly arrived on Sunday when we arrived at Rowney Woods, we even had the remains of some light snow in parts and the wind was very cold. The woods, as you would expect, are now looking very forlorn. Not long since, this junction was shrouded in green vegetation,

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The Last Fungus
Rowney Woods

The last of the fungus?

We finally got out and about again after 3 weeks either stuck indoors ill or out visiting family so it was nice to visit Rowney Woods today. Having just commented that we hadn’t seen any fungus in the woods we immediately spotted these.

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Umbrella Mushroom
Rowney Woods

Umbrella

A small family of these had gathered on the lawn in front of a delightful thatched cottage on the edge of Rowney Woods.  

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Trapped
Rowney Woods

Trapped

On the way into (and, indeed, the way out of) Rowney Woods there is a long, quite dreary walk down a stony road with old nissen huts down one side (presumably left over from the Second World War) and a field on the other side. The road is lined with

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Mark Seton

I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys music. I'm a past Chairman and Digital Secretary of the Bishops Stortford Camera club and I hold both LRPS and CPAGB distinctions. I have recently moved to Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders.