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Tree and Moon, black and white
Black & White

West Wood – Between Thaxted and Great Sampford

We’ve been to West Wood before but not for a few months so it was nice to get out there on Monday before the weather closed in. We had lovely bright weather and the moon followed us around all day. So here’s a black and white shot of the moon

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Oxlip
The Essex Countryside

Rarity

We’ve been going through this years pictures to put together a retrospective off the year. It’s amazing how many pictures I have completely forgotten taking. Take this one for example. I’m told this is an Oxlip and is a protected species. This picture was taken in West Wood near Thaxted.

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Hanging Around
Bugs and Critters

Hanging Around

We’ve not had a song title/reference for a while so see if you can get this one. We visited West Wood just outside Thaxted at the weekend (actually on our way back to Dunmow from Rowney Wood) and found this chap hanging around in a most peculiar position!

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Almshouses and the moon at Thaxted
Churches

Dusk at Thaxted Church

I popped out to Thaxted again to capture the sunset…one day it won’t be so cloudy…anyhow, I took this photograph of the setting moon coming down over the Almshouses and graveyard – it looks straight out of a fairy tale.

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John Webb's Windmill Thaxted Sunset
The Essex Countryside

John Webb’s Windmill, Thaxted

It looked like it would be a good sunset this evening so I jumped in the car and headed for Thaxted. I had no real idea what I was going to photograph, but knew that there was always the church or the windmill to fall back on. As I approached

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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.