Before the walk we drove along the narrow lanes to Luxborough for a light lunch at the Royal Oak as I was cooking in the evening. The food there is stunning. T had moules, I had terrain with onion marmalade. The bread is to die for
I firmly believe that all the trees we are surrounded by keep the air pure and - oddly tend to give the roses black spot.
I hope you can read this
Their bark is worse than their bite.( for Rog)
Can you see the little mice hiding in the cone with just their tail and feet showing?
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Love the tree carving.
These are all FABULOUS Pictures of a very Beautiful place....It looks so peacefil---and tranquil....The trees are stunning! And the food looks great, too...
What mice? Are you joking?
Rog: near isn't it?
Naomi: somehow the rain made it even more peaceful.
UB: you are funny! If you click to enlarge on the notice above the cone it explains it is an Americn myth that the cone was designed like that so mice could hide there during forest fires.
Love the pics, can't see the mice.
Enjoy....
Oh, I love the Douglas fir!!! My favourite tree... there are a few planted here in Manitoba, but the West Coast is loaded with lots of huge ones! How lovely that you have them there.
I at first looked for mice on the ground around that tree stump and it wasn't until I read the plaque that I figured out the "mice" thing. hehe
A lovely place to walk, Pat. Just gorgeous.
Lovely forest. The trails look very well maintained.
Cheers.
I like the history trunk!
What is the tallest tree of 2011?
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That photo with the history of the tree was very interesting! Nice to see it wasn't raining either!
Wow that looks quite a bit of food for a light lunch!
Rog: that should have been 'neat'!
Sausage Fingers: they are mythical:)
Ponita: glad you worked the mice out. You have to explain it to the boys:)
I bet yours(firs)are bigger than ours. We saw some whoppers near San Francisco.
Randall: when any place looks well maintained it is usually down to The Forestry Commission or the National Trust.
Scarlet: sorry I don't know the answer - have e-mailed my son.
LL Cool Joe: I did have my brolly up some of the time.
The lunch was actually taken from their 'starter's' menu.
Amazing post from the food to the trees to the mouse hidden in the pine cone. I could not spy the mouse however, not a bit. Will keep looking.
Granny Annie: you have to shrink your brain - think VERY small and under each leaf of the cone are two tiny feet and a tail. It took me a while:)
What wonderful post today.
Love the name Nutcombe Bottom. The photos are wonderful, so different from were I live.
cheers, parsnip
Parsnip: when I come over to yours I really enjoy the contrast.
Hello Pat. With Rog, I loved the tree stump carving, gives a real idea of time passing.
Took me a little while to work out the mice in the pine cone, but when I spotted them I was amazed at the sheer number of mice hiding (not altogether successfully) in one small pine cone.
Regards, Mike and Ann.
Haha, I'm going to tell the young ones in the family this one about the mice. tee hee. They'll love it.
Trees are so good for us, we only know the half of it.
This makes me want to go right back and cross that North Sea again! We went to Scotland for our honeymoon last week and really enjoyed the beautiful nature in the highlands. It made a wonderful break from life in the big city!
- Marjolein
Mike and Ann: believe me -it took me a while before my son could convince me.
GG: have fun with the little ones:)
Marjolein: golly I didn't realise the big day had happened. Scotland is really special isn't it? People always say how romantic to drive south with someone you love but for us it was Scotland
You can't beat some stomping around in a wood.
Not heard the 'mice' thing before.
Rashbre: me neither:)
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