30/04/10 - Camping

Camping

Now this is what I really call tent fit for purpose!

29/04/10 - Gargoyled

Gargoyed

Old gargoyle - new fountain

28/04/10 - Reach for the sky

Reach for the sky

Brand new and out into the spring sunlight ... catkins balance precariously pointing to the sun.

27/04/10 - Wot No 'ed?

Wot no 'ed?

PGCE student measuring the height of a tree by looking back through legs at the top of the tree to get an approx angle of 45 degrees. Then measures distance to bottom of tree and by some high powered maths (isosceles triangle) knew that the height of the tree was her distance from it !

26/04/10 - Who lives in a house like this?

Who lives in a house like this?

Seen under a woodpile in the Attenborough Arboretum in Leicester.

25/04/10 - What a spread !

What a spread!

This magnificent tree is in the grounds of Bolsover Castle

24/04/10 - Bark - texture

Bark - texture

I seem to be getting a 'thing' about bark ... hmmmm !!

23/04/10 - The rough with the smooth

The rough with the smooth

On one of my favourite walks there is a lane along which there is a great number of very, very old oaks ... this is one of my favourites. The texture of the bark and the twists of the trunk really tell a tale.

22/04/10 - Waiting ...

Waiting

Went to the Attenborough Arboretum in Leicester today in preparation for a visit there next week with my PGCE students. Next to the pond where the dipping takes place were these tiny stools obviously waiting patiently for tiny people.

21/04/10 - Big cheese

Big Cheese

Play equipment is getting better and better ...

20/04/10 - Bark

Bark

I really am a tree person

19/04/10 - Texture

Texture

A wall, not a floor ...

18/04/10 - Tic, tic

Tic, tic

Notice seen at the British Elite Middle Distance Orienteering Championships in Lake District.

Found 7 of the little ********* in one leg !

17/04/10 - From a railway carriage

From a railway carriage

People, peeking through aged windows slowly, under steam, clackerty-clack ... seen through ivy clad trees ...

16/04/10 - Tree for Lisibo

Tree for Lisibo

Saw this amazing old oak and thought of Lisa's tree photos

15/04/10 -Willow tunnel

Willow tunnel

When this grows up to be a big tunnel it will be an exciting place to be.

14/04/10 - Circularly

Circularly

Just caught my eye, the water falling on a still day ... no one else appeared to appreciate it.

13/04/10 - Under the claw

Under the claw

This wooden sculpture is in Brocks Hill Country Park just to the south of Leicester Race Course.

12/04/10 - Stinging

Stinging

The sun is out and the ground is warming up and the stinging nettles are pushing thier way through in all of the places that I will walk and run ...

11/0/10 - Eye Eye

Eye Eye

The 'Eye' in the centre of Nottingham was the start and finish of the first Nottingham City Urban Orienteering Challenge ... held today around the streets and alleys of central Nottingham. A good day on a very professional map drawn by my friend David Olivant.

10/04/10 - Pooh stick

Pooh stick

Wonderful morning ... just could not stop myself throwing a stick into the stream.

09/04/10 - Straight as a ***

Straight as a ***

... and very difficult to navigate your way through !

08/04/10 - Squirrel proof

Squirrel proof

This iron barred cage is said to be 'squirrel proof'. Nothing else has been so far. So to celebrate the sun coming out and it getting warmer at last I have invested in a new bird feeder. Is this a question of hope over expectation I wonder?

07/04/10 - Patterns in the car wash

Patterns in the car wash

As I sat there in the car wash with the rotary brushes going ' well' sort of rotary, the images on the glass seemed to be very exciting ...

06/04/10 - Inside the car wash

Inside the car wash

Picture taken through the windscreen at the car wash - needed to get the weekend's mud off quickly !

05/04/10 - Room 101

Room 101

An interesting room allocation in our hotel ... hmmmmm !

04/04/10 - The pain is showing ...

The pain is showing ....

Day 3 of the JK Orienteering Champs - Braunton Burrows in Devon - deviously difficult to orienteer on!

Coming into the finish area .

03/04/10 - The long and winding road ...

The long and winding road ...

The loo queue is definitely getting shorter ... I think !

02/04/10 - The last control ...

The Last Control ....

Control 70, the last control on the sprint course, of the JK International Orienteering Champs. You can see the pain !

01/04/10 - Money, money, money

Money, money, money

This green/blue ceramic money box, a Terramundi, is nearly fill of silver coins. As you can see it weighs in at 4.3Kg. I just wonder if it is time to break it yet and how much in £ will be in there when we do?

You could try a guess or two.

31/3/10 - Upside down

Upside down

At the Wellcome Centre in London yesterday for the BectaX Conference and saw this Anthony Gormley Statue (like those called 'Another Place') hanging from the ceiling. I think that it is called 'Feel'.