Wednesday 19 February

Damp & very mild

Canada Geese

Carving near the weir with Ivy garland and fire snorting berries

Mick has been here with his coins :)

Dipper still busy

No mistaking the sticky bud of the Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

Also the horse shoe like leaf scar Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

River Yarrow

Rucks Path

Take Care

Wednesday 6 November

Damp but rewarding morning

The coin tree near the lodges ;ooks like it's had more out than put in :)

Tiny Fungus

Work in progress at the lodge edge

The find of the day a new one for me Orange Peel Fungi, amazing I honestly thought it was peel from an orange, I just love nature and it's surprises.

Take Care

Sunday 6 January

Damp & Mild

This is the latest fallen Beech in the valley, a huge tree. The reason for the coins well there are a few trees around covered in coins, one I know is near Ingleton, North Yorkshire. So someone (not me) has done this to start the trend we haven't put any in as yet.

There is another tree stump at Dry Bones with a few coins in - it is probably not noticed by most people that pass it.

Copper has been used to kill tree stumps for years - so it probably evolved into hammering coins into the stumps then people thought it was lucky to do and so you get a tree trunk filled with coins, the one at Ingleton is stunning.

Take Care.