Woodland Path
The Load
Roman (Edible) Snail
This the first day for which I anticipated rain - but luckily throughout the 6 hours of the walk it rained for perhaps a minute. I'd read in one of my guidebooks to the trail that the Romans had introduced the edible snail to the area, not finding ours to be tasty enough I suppose, so I was not altogether surprised to find one of these monsters, relatively speaking, at the edge of the path.
I discovered a hitherto unexpected benefit of walking the path in both directions. About 30 minutes after having reached the farthest point from my day's start, so, whilst I was on my way back I found lying on the path a piece of my tripod that had worked loose and fallen from my backpack. An expensive item to replace had I not doubled back and found it, without knowing I'd lost it!
The scenic aspects of this walk are truly beautiful, but it's hard to prise out an image that suits my B&W treatment. I found myself often watching my feet and where I stepped as parts of the path were very muddy and slippery rather than being head up and looking for pictures. My B&W subjects were a wheat field and a barley field.
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