Sandy soil, no rain for a couple of months, fifth heatwave of the year, grass beaten into submission by the relentless sun. A solitary ragwort still struggles on to produce the only flowers in sight. #wildflowerhour
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Just about the most "north Kent specific" image for #fingerpostfriday. Taken on a beautiful, baking hot run from Rochester to Swale
The most southerly point of Devon, beautiful Prawle Point on a glorious, madly blue sky day for #fingerpostfriday
Home from a bivvy on the Dorset cliffs to find the corn marigolds outside my gate in Syon Park in full flower! #wildflowerhour
Delightful Orchis pyramidalis growing on the road verges, spotted while walking the diversion around the Purbeck ranges #wildflowerhour
Nearing the end of the mighty #vanguatdway, my running project from London to Newhaven over the winter #fingerpostfriday
Belated entry for #wildflowerhour. Orobanche minor appearing out of the blue in a bed at #syon. First time I've seen it there and I've worked at Syon Park for 28 years.
At the very end of the path at the very tip of the Isle of Grain for #fingerpostfriday Definitely an "end of the world" vibe
No apologies for yet more bluebells #wildflowerhour. These from my favourite (and very well hidden) wood in The Chilterns, not quite at their peak so going back in a couple of days. Impossible to catch the full impact on a photo, but one of the most transcendent experiences I know.
Out for a run in The Chilterns in a spring heatwave, revelling in the wonder that is a bluebell wood #fingerpostfriday
The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon
Rather a poor photo of Cowslips at Syon Park in West London, struggling in the chilly wind. I personally introduced these about 20 years ago and they've been spreading a little more each year, good few hundred every year now #wildflowerhour
We therefore learn from this learned commentary made by a Babylonian scribe over 2000 years ago, that in the Akkadian language, the word shitti means "shit"
@thegreenrunners.bsky.social Do you have any guidance for where I can find information on repairing kit, particularly clothing? Trying to avoid binning kit which needs minor repairs....
Directions from Erith on the Thames Estuary to Juan Fernandez Island in the Pacific Ocean #fingerpostfriday
Cheating a bit with Grevillea acanthifolia in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales! #wildflowerhour
