Why we don't Fell Walk very often

Apart from the fact that life has taken over, and the fells will always Be There Tomorrow; there is one very good reason why we don't often get out onto them. From our door we can walk pretty much where we like. On farm land, woodland, common land and roads alike. The opportunities seem endless, and there is nothing like a nature walk!
I've said it before, but the roadside verges here are protected and for good reason. Wildflowers abound, changing as the year progresses. Meadowsweet, vetch and geranium are the most prevalent at the moment



Other species can be found not far away like this Great Burnet
And the Giant Bell Flower

Going 'Off Piste' through the woodland where we can pick our way through the undergrowth and never see another human soul
a chance to encounter other species of flora and fauna, such as this Wintergreen (sorry about the blurred pic, it kept moving!)

Lovely woodland glades with long forgotten becks
and evidence of wildlife all around. This wood pigeon's egg showing that the jays we see and hear above us have been busy robbing nests
more sad than the wood pigeon was this Song Thrush egg which had obviously fallen to the same fate.
Once out of the shade of the woods, we are back into Orchid country. They are everywhere 'round here, including in the woods.
And finally, walking through some long term setaside, we were inundated with Ringlet butterflies, oh and not forgetting the blasted cleggs which were using me as a handy picnic.