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We had driven up the precipitous Bur Way from Church Stretton to reach the top of the Long Mynd in the Shropshire Hills, and reached a small car park where we stopped. Several sheep and their lambs were wandering around, and they were obviously used to visitors and the snacks that some brought with them. I couldn't resist taking a shot of this family group, with the mother keeping a close eye on me.
Today we hiked the Carding Mynd Valley Long Mynd circular walk. after a 3 hour hike we were treated to this.
According to the BBC, ponies have grazed on the Long Mynd at Church Stretton, Shropshire, for centuries. Another source in a recent daily newspaper said they were related to Welsh pit ponies. Wikipedia says there is evidence of organised management of the Long Mynd as a grazed common as long ago as the 13th century.
The Long Mynd Commoners’ ponies and sheep grazed here are hardy animals and are well adapted to the harsh conditions of life on the hill. They graze selectively and very close to the ground, leaving patches of long vegetation which benefits insects and small mammals. The Commoners are local farmers who have held grazing rights for perhaps many generations.
Mynd frá strandbænum Sarande í Albaníu við S.V. strönd Adríahafsins. Photo from the city Sarande in southwest Albania the city lies to the Adriatic Sea.
Ober un dro e-kreiz ar goañv
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Amuigh ag siúl ann am meadhan an gheimhridh
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Amuigh ag siúl i lár an gheimhridh
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Ibilaldi bat negu erdian
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Out walking in the depths of winter
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Caeau Llandaf, Pontcanna, Caerdydd (Cardiff)
11 images (hand held) stitched in Lightroom.
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It reached a staggering 32 degrees during our Long mynd walk last Tuesday. Starting out from the shooting box car park things didn't seem so bad..... we dropped down to Bridges and Ratlinghope and then the mid day sun got serious and the climb back up to the Portway via Darnford brook was scorchio.
Mynd frá Kravica fossinum í Bosníu og Hersígóníu. Photo from Kravica waterfall in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A small spring stream trickles by, heading slowly downhill. The distant sound of a picnic, bees, people in the far valley below. But most of all, nature warming up.