Does this look like a skull to you? It did to us!!
The NOISE of the water flinging itself down over the waterfall onto the rocks.
There were lots of these slabs which had been hauled into rows to serve as fencing. In this area too were the footings of old Medieval houses. I thought that these were a row of them to start with but no, fencing they were. Hence I was looking in the wrong spot for the Medieval footings.
I think it's a Fox Moth caterpillar, but I could be wrong! The wind was blowing him across the road, so we rescued him with a frond of bracken and put him in the long grass, hopefully heading away from the tarmac.
Fly Agaric - an easy one!
We'll be back. More words in the morning - I started this too late in the day.
I have never seen a stone 'fence' like this. Stone walls, yes, but never this. That rock (?) absolutely did look like a skull. I was intrigued by the eye holes. How would they have been formed by the water flushing beneath them? I love the views. Was Keith able to go along with his new scooter?
ReplyDeleteKeith didn't come today but that lane is just right for his mobility scooter so we are planning an outing on the next sunny day. I've seen walls like these in North Wales, but there they are made of slate. The "eye holes" are made by the strength of the water, and sometimes by stones being trapped in them and whirled round and round. On the Cothi (where we used to live), those stones would still be in the (smaller) holes.
ReplyDeleteSome really lovely mushroom photographs there with you. Yes, pareidolia strikes with the skull indeed. It has quite an alien feel to it, I think. The power of the water has to be heard to be believed, doesn't it? One of my favourite waterfalls in Iceland, you could actually climb behind if you were careful. The noise was deafening. Lovely photos of your day out.
ReplyDeleteA new word to me, pareidolia, but have experienced it many times. I think there's a waterfall in the Brecon Beacons you can go behind. That would be something to experience!
DeleteI have never seen such a thing. That is amazing to me.
ReplyDeleteThe skull? Yes, very unusual but our minds are programmed to see faces or shapes from shadows and lines.
DeleteI love your photos BB. Is it an old railway bridge in the second photo? The fly agaric toadstools are just appearing on our woodland walks - and the fox moth caterpillar is new to me - he looks just like a bushy foxtail. The streams that crisscross our local walks are still running dry after the summer heat and drought and we desperately need rain in this dry corner. We see the occasional Red Kite here but the geese are returning to the water meadows and we are often treated to an air show by the family of buzzards who live in our big oak trees which grow on the dismantled railway line embankment. We also have a Victorian railway bridge that allowed the Drove Road (that runs alongside our meadow) to cross the railway line. Will be garden visiting Sussex Prairies this afternoon and I went to the series of talks at Trotton church yesterday afternoon after a morning in the bookshop so this morning (while son is still in London and husband is out on a cycle ride) I must get on with some domestic economy. Am I in the mood for cleaning? Not at all, but if I start now I can finish by elevenses. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteYes indeed - although that stretch of railway of course fell foul of Dr Beeching. We have had a fair bit of rain recently so there was a good head of water in the Marteg again.
DeleteI hope you enjoyed Sussex Prairies today. I thoroughly enjoyed the talk (by an archaeologist who has worked a good deal on the site) about little-known Snodhill Castle in the Golden Valley. Nice to get my brain cells going again.
A beautiful walk and reserve. Really lovely and great to see so many fungi. Yes I agree looks like a skull!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI used to enjoy the Autumn Fungi Forays back in Hampshire and Dorset. This is the best array I've seen for some time.
DeleteVery different stone fence. Yes, I definitely saw a skull as well.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
In N. Wales, they wired together lengths of thick slate.
DeleteGreat pics, I love the skull in the rocks and the the colourful fungi
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
It all made for an interesting walk.
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ReplyDeleteGlad you went to visit the reserve, I have been there a couple of times with my wife and should go again for a picnic. I went to get photos of the old railway which came across the bridge to the tunnel, it's not a bad walk along the path that was the old track bed. The Crambrian Railway
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DeleteWe've had several walks at the reserve - want to try different routes in future. We normally come back along the old railway line route, but this time went back along the St Harmons lane.
I have just recently noticed British people say fungi/ funghi instead of mushroom/ toadstool. I wonder why? Is that a new way of describing them? You never say mushroom? I loved your photos.
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Mushrooms are - well the common edible Field Mushroom - everything else counts as Fungi here. You've just reminded me I have Chestnut Mushrooms in the fridge which I need to wipe, slice and freeze!
DeleteI wonder what chestnut mushrooms are..must look them up.
DeleteNot sure how I missed this post the other day. You certainly have some fantastic places to visit not far from home - brilliant photos
ReplyDeleteWe are very fortunate. This is about 17 miles from home, but well worth the drive - which is along a fairly good road (for Wales!)
DeleteI am intrigued by the stone walls there uniformity in size, now they couldn't come from prehistory could they? A friend has been sending me photos of King Arthur's Hall, where the stones are intermittently lined around a rectangular enclosure that encloses an old pond. They excavated a couple of weeks ago, but when the findings come out heaven knows.
ReplyDeleteWell, there were so many of them - several hundred yards at least - that it would have had to have been a very big version of Arthur's Hall!!
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