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  1. gess
    04-10-2008 05:11 PM - permalink
    gess
    Hi Pete
    Thanks for your comment on the Chase photos, I had a quick look at your walks! wow! Mine are itty bitty walks in comparison!... I shall have to re-visit your page, theres so much to look at...
    regards
    Gess
  2. ellen h
    29-09-2008 04:19 PM - permalink
    ellen h
    Well I shall keep an eye out for your future sunrise/sunset shots then lol
    Will look forward to them,
    regards ellen
  3. ellen h
    29-09-2008 03:50 PM - permalink
    ellen h
    Hi Pete, I have got used to getting up early as I start work at 7! But then again I am up early weekends as well,am definitely a lark!!! Hope you try the early mornings though,everything appears different and the sunrises in autumn can be spectacular-well they are here
    best wishes ellen
  4. ellen h
    29-09-2008 03:27 PM - permalink
    ellen h
    Hi Pete thanks for comment-much appreciated- on sunrise photo.Love early mornings-I have no problem getting up,was out at 6.45 on the morning I took the photo!
    regards ellen
  5. Hedge Witch
    20-09-2008 07:48 PM - permalink
    Hedge Witch
    Hi Pete - That's OK. We have a lot of fun together, don't we ;-) Still pondering your last clue. Catch you later. HW

    PS You think up good clues too :-)
  6. KeenTeen17
    20-09-2008 06:47 PM - permalink
    KeenTeen17
    thanks for your congrats about me reaching 500. :)
  7. PMG
    28-08-2008 11:05 AM - permalink
    PMG
    Ah bless Pete - I'd advise - just in case then that you make the absolute most of the next 4 years! I couldn't be in a sorrier state if I tried at the min - there's only one way to go and that is up and better - t'other way doesn't bear thinking about...........
  8. PMG
    27-08-2008 08:46 PM - permalink
    PMG
    Thanks Pete - yes I do seem to be coming off worst at the min - perhaps thats what happens when one turns 55?! I wish it would all just go away and leave me be - I've so much I want to go out and do but this pain is severe and no-one is entirely sure whats causing it - which has me worrying - can't help it - thank goodness for wab and our new website - otherwise I'd be clinging upside down under the dining room table!!!!!
  9. ron1863
    29-06-2008 05:52 PM - permalink
    ron1863
    Hi Pete,

    Taking a camera on a walk is fatal, I do the same, taking me hours to walk a five mile circular route. Mind you, without the camera I don't think I would notice as much wildlife or flora.

    Ron
  10. ellen h
    28-06-2008 09:48 PM - permalink
    ellen h
    Hi Pete, Hope you dont mind me popping onto your profile page!I was looking at your photos,then read you have an fz18-me too!I purchased it about a month ago and I am still finding new things about it.I love it ,as you say its light enough when walking(I walk a lot with my dog over the country park) I always take it with me.If you look at my gallery I have uploaded some photos taken with the fz18. One day I would like to get a dslr but will never part with this one.Anyway hope you dont mind me having a nose!
    regards ellen

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  • About Pete Collins
    Biography
    I'm a 15-year old boy cruelly trapped in the body of a 50-year old man
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    Kensworth, Bedfordshire - a village in the Chiltern Hills
    Interests
    Walking (especially long-distance paths), bird watching, wildflowers, butterflies
    Occupation
    Retired - I used to unintentionally cause havoc with computers!
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Posted 10-09-2008 at 04:32 PM Comments 0
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Gosh! It's months since I wrote a blog entry here!

Today I did a 12-13 mile walk south from near Royston, Herts., passing through the villages of Therfield, Kelshall and Sandon. I saw numerous Speckled Wood butterflies, one Small Tortoiseshell and two Red Admirals. I also saw a couple of Buzzards, and a female Muntjac deer.

I saw a Nettle-leaved Bellflower, lots of Clustered Bellflower, Wild Mignonette, both Red Campion and White Campion (though both very faded), and...

Posted 04-07-2008 at 07:44 PM Comments 0
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Usually when I go for a walk, I photograph only wildflowers that I don’t recognise or maybe those that I’m seeing for the first time this year. Today I decided to do a long walk (10-11 miles) that I knew would be good for wildflowers, and to photograph or record all the different wildflowers that I came across.

Starting from my home in Kensworth, I walked down the lane to Church End (the old part of the village) - along here I saw: Nipplewort, Herb Robert, Russian Comfrey, Agrimony,...

Posted 29-06-2008 at 04:36 PM Comments 0
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[Image] Ringlet

This afternoon I had a short walk at Bison Hill, a steep area of chalk downland that is so-called because Whipsnade Zoo has a paddock containing American Bison (or Buffalo) on one side of the hill.

Immediately above the car park is a small level area of grass where I found numerous Pyramidal Orchids - I expected to see them, as they were here last year. I also saw some...

Posted 22-06-2008 at 04:17 PM Comments 0
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[Image] Common Spotted Orchid

I went back to the reserve at Totternhoe Quarry again this afternoon. I found no less than 5 Man Orchids, but all were past there best. When I first went I found just one, but found four the next time I went. As I discovered today, the one on its own is just a few feet from the other four. On the opposite side of the track were a couple of Bee Orchids.

[Image]...

Posted 08-06-2008 at 05:54 PM Comments 0
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[Image] Man Orchid

This afternoon I visited the nature reserve in the old chalk quarries at Totternhoe, Beds., a few miles from where I live. I was really looking for wildflowers, but hoped to see some birds and butterflies as well.

I was lucky enough to see a Man Orchid - I know they are found at Totternhoe, but this was the first time I'd managed to spot one. The much more common Common...
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