(Click for more pictures of the people and the walk and scenery as given in my next posting)
Forced march - Frolic - or - Fungus foray -
Foot it out with us in the Fresh air
Reflect on faith, philosophy and fantastic scenery
with two and four footed furry friends.
2011 is the twenty fifth (ish) pilgrimage from Ripon to Fountains Abbey.
Four miles of mud, greenery, and friendship
to the Abbey, founded by Bendictine (later to become Cistercian) monks in 1132, and dissolved in 1539.
Right: Passing the ancient Small-Leaved Lime as we approach Studley
Below: Walking in the Studley Park grounds (no deer in sight)
Fungi
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| Passing Pholiota squarrosa* Scaly-cap |
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| More Pholiota squarrosa* on the other side of the same three |
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| Field Blewit - Lepista saeva* in the grass, amongst beech nut shells |
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| Fungus on Sweet Chestnut tree |
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| Young Velvet-Shank fungus (Flamulina velutipes*) on sweet chestnut tree This can withstand frost and is edible |
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| This is an Amanita - poisonous, even if the slugs did not think so - with fine white gills, ring and hidden in the beech leaves, a swollen base. This was found near the high western path. |
Flowers
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| Ivy-leaved Toadflax - still in flower on the walls of the Abbey |
Ferns
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| Hart's tongue fern |
Feathered Friends
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| The swans are unperturbed by all the crowds |
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| As are the gulls |
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| And Greylag Geese |
The Dogs enjoy the carol service from the outside of the Abbey
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| And make new friends |
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| Hart's tongue fern |
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| Dogs on and off the walk - through the avenue of Sweet Chestnut Trees The younger ones planted fifty years ago after the Big Storm which blew many of the old trees down in 1961 |
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This dog at the footbridge as we returned to the entrance
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| Look how many breeds we have seen. |
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Farewell Fountains Abbey. Come with us again next year 2012!
Below: Video of Singing in the Cellarium
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