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Pollards, near the Tate

We went in to the Tate Britain in London, to see the Lee Miller show. On the block leading up to the Tate, walking from Victoria, we saw this long row of pollarded trees.

What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow
Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man,
You cannot say, or guess, for you know only
A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,
And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,
And the dry stone no sound of water….

The Waste Land, T S Eliot

Blue Heron and the Batiquitos Lagoon

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Autumn Leaves

Branching Out

In late August we took a walk along a footpath that starts at the Northwest corner of the University car park.

Magnificent Trees

We saw many magnificent and ancient trees on the heath.

Parakeets

After the Serpentine Galleries we walked back through Hyde Park to the Lancaster Gate tube station, not too far from where I lived in Bayswater in the ’80s. We were stunned to see a lot of parakeets fluttering around until one of our Indian classmates explained to us that they had arrived here some years ago, escaping the homes of Indians in England who had brought them from someplace in India where they’re common.

Three Trees

As we walked back from Bowers Lock via a different path along the River Wey Navigation, we passed many supported, falling down trees. Click images below to enlarge them.

We walked along the River Wey Navigation which paralleled the actual River Wey for some distance. Click either of the pictures below to see them enlarged.

A few weeks ago we took the train to Guildford and then walked the Riverside Nature Reserve along the River Wey Navigation. (click any of the pictures below to see them full size.)