Category Archives: Surrey Hills

Travel Theme: Autumn

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Barbara

Autumn has been very late this year, on Halloween, the temperature was a record high of 23.6 C (74.3F) ! Warmer than many of our summer days in years gone by! As a result strawberries are still ripening, crocuses are … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Photography, Surrey Hills, Walking | Tagged Ailsa, Autumn, Box Hill, Halloween, Indian Summer, Weekly Travel Theme | 4 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreamy

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Barbara

I’ve only just learned how to do this on my camera…. take a photo of running water and make it look all steamy and blurred! On Auto, my camera would have taken a very clear picture of the water at … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Surrey Hills, Water | Tagged dreamy, ISO, running water, shutter speed, Silent Pool, slow shutter speed, Taking my camera off 'Auto', The Daily Post, Waterfall, Weekly Photo Challenge | 3 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dialogue

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Barbara

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge asks us to consider Dialogue Dialogue is an engaging conversational exchange. When it comes to photography, dialogue can be perceived as a consensual interaction between two images.Placed next to each other, each photograph opens up … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Chichester Harbour, Photography, Surrey Hills | Tagged Alpacas, dialogue, Itchenor, Llama, St Martha on The Hill, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 8 Comments

Does anyone eat Llama?

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Barbara

Out walking this weekend, we came across a flock of llamas. From a distance they look like strange sheep, but not up close!

Posted in Animals, Photography, Surrey Hills, Walking | Tagged Farming, Llama, Sheep | 7 Comments

Walk up Reigate Hill

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Barbara

Since we have come back from New Zealand where we did lots of walking and some very steep hills at times, we have decided to keep up the level of fitness that we achieved there and to try and improve … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cocker Spaniels, Keeping Fit, New Zealand, Photography, Spring, Surrey Hills, Walking, Water | Tagged 100m climb, Bull, Cow, Postaday, Reigate Hill, Weekly Pet Challenge | 20 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; Beginning

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Barbara

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Beginning. Here is my favourite one 🙂 The beginning of our married life together 🙂

Posted in Photography, Surrey Hills, Weddings | Tagged Beginning, Postaday, Postaweek, St Martha on The Hill, Wedding Day, Weekly Photo Challenge | 18 Comments

Travel Theme; Winter

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Barbara

To see other entries to this weeks Travel Theme, hop over to ‘Where’s My Backpack?

Posted in Photography, Snow, Surrey Hills, Winter | Tagged Panasonic DMC-FZ62, Postaday, Travel Theme, Winter | 9 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Barbara

As Michelle says in the Weekly Photo challenge, having a dog does indeed mean going for walks daily, often more than once a day. Where the habit comes in for us is where we chose to go for our walks. … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Cocker Spaniels, Keeping Fit, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Photography, Surrey Hills, Teenagers, Walking, Wilson | Tagged habit, Photography 101, Postaday, Postaweek, St Martha on The Hill, Weekly Photo Challenge | 13 Comments

If you go down to the woods today….

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Barbara

Al’s post about the strange garden he passes on his walks sometimes reminded me of a very strange sight we found a few years back when walking in the woods near Farnham in Surrey