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Thursday, 30 July 2015

Cloudy Walk

The weather forecast wasn't great for this morning walk and apart from the odd ray of sunshine it was very cloudy most of the time. There was also the occasional spot of rain in the strong wind.
Finding butterflies was a little taxing as they shelter from the wind and only venture in the open in sheltered sunny spots as they occur.





These next four shots are for David at 
http://grosmontine.blogspot.co.uk/





Green Burdock


The Greylag are gathering.



I found this female Gatekeeper in a sheltered sunny spot.




Here she is neatly joined by a female Small Skipper for scale.


Just to accentuate the dull cloudy conditions I thought I would throw in a few monochrome shots.




White Campion


Female Meadow Brown.



Meadow Crane's-bill.



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26 comments:

  1. The Herald30 July 2015 at 08:33

    Roy, you still managed to capture some beautiful colours on a grey and damp day, you've got some lovely images there.
    Just been checking my notes...it was sunny and 27° this time last year!...[;o)

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    1. Roy Norris30 July 2015 at 12:22

      Thanks Trevor, well hopefully its going to return to better numbers towards the weekend according to the forecast, but not those dissy heights though.

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  2. Grosmontine30 July 2015 at 09:21

    Lovely walk Roy, especially with little saddle tank (Ring Haw?) passing through the meadows. I assume that is the Nene Valley Railway? Great to see the Gatekeepers, judging by yours and other peoples blogs they seem to be having a good year :-)

    Kindest regards & thanks for the mention :-)

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    1. Roy Norris30 July 2015 at 12:19

      Thanks David. Yes that was the name on the side when I zoomed in to look and its that NVR as well.
      It runs through part of one of my regular haunts. Yes the Gatekeepers have really recovered from last year.

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  3. Midmarsh John30 July 2015 at 11:08

    Ah. The good old days of railway travel when carriages had corridors and compartments to get away from unruly, noise kids - not that there were so many then.

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    1. Roy Norris30 July 2015 at 12:16

      Yes and the trains were probably on time then as well John.{:))

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  4. The Furry Gnome30 July 2015 at 13:58

    Lovely looking countryside to walk through.

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  5. Simon Douglas Thompson30 July 2015 at 14:17

    The only butterflies I've seen out on these windy days have been strong flyers like large whites and not much else!

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  6. grammie g30 July 2015 at 15:03

    Hey Roy... I love your walks you always have wonderful photos from them even when it is cloudy. I love the morning glory or maybe you call it bind weed around the pink flower . No matter it is gorgeous shot.
    Also like the train shots,and the monochrome ones with the gate and the tracks.

    It has been awful hot here, with high humidity, severe thunderstorm,high winds and quarter sized hail ( I know quarter size you have no idea the size) Large enough to scare me, and the high winds blew over half the large maple tree in the front yard. "Yikes"

    So enjoy a cloudy day ;} it could be worse :} .


    Grace

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    1. Roy Norris30 July 2015 at 21:48

      Thanks GG.
      A Quarter ? Ah! you mean a Quarter dollar (25 cents)
      The one that measures 24.3 mm across and weighs 6.25 grammes. (You wont know what that means).
      Ha! Ha!. {:))
      No, I wouldn't want to be hit on the head with one of those either.

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  7. Ian Doyle30 July 2015 at 15:16

    Super shots Roy.

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  8. Wilma30 July 2015 at 16:17

    A lovely, relaxing photo album, Roy. The monochromes work very well. I find the backlit burdock shot particularly pleasing. Cheers!

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  9. Kelly31 July 2015 at 04:27

    The clouds made for very dramatic skies, and I loved the black and white shots...they always look so artsy! The butterflies are beautiful too...as well as the fuzzy bumblebee!

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  10. Millymollymandy31 July 2015 at 11:03

    Some lovely photos here despite the cloudy conditions - the burdock looks superb lit up like that. Love the pic with the Gatekeeper and the Skipper. :-)

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  11. Ana Freire31 July 2015 at 16:58

    A remarkable sequence of images... as always, Roy!...
    I'm going away for some time, next week, so I will make a break on my blog for a while.
    Thank you so much, for your visits and kind words, Roy!
    Enjoy your Summer!
    All the best!
    Ana

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  12. Amanda Peters1 August 2015 at 18:48

    Lovely images Roy, I like the train shots too, have done well with butterflies over the last few days, rain has stopped play again to day though..
    Amanda xx

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    1. Roy Norris2 August 2015 at 21:40

      Thanks Amanda. You just cannot trust this weather sometimes.

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  13. Nathailes SANTA MARIA1 August 2015 at 21:43

    Dur dur ce temps gris, mais cela ne se ressent dans la qualité de tes photos Roy et tes Amaryllis sont superbes !
    Bravo

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