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Covid 19/Lockdown

So here we are at the end of week 7 of lockdown.   I have quite enjoyed it in a funny sort of way, but Im one of the lucky ones with a house and a front and back garden, a husband who is my best friend and a dog who is also my best friend!  Its been lovely and quiet.  The airport is silent, even though it’s not normally intrusive for us, it is noticeable that there are no flights in or out of Leeds Bradford airport.  So I’ve done loads of gardening and loads of online shopping!  I’ve walked, cycled, read, cleaned and completed lots of jobs that needed doing but i just never got around to them.

Above are some of the most peaceful scenes I’ve come across whilst out on my bike.  The top one is looking over to the airport which is just full of parked up planes.  The second is of a deer I saw whilst cycling through the Harewood estate.  Next looking across newly ploughed fields where the Red Kites circled above. A mother with her foal, more horses and beyond the silent airport.  Ending with a map of my ride that day.  

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Theres so much beauty all around from the bluebells in Adel church, to the deer beyond my bike and on the path at Harewood to the gorgeous blossom on the trees.  The lock down has given me more “down” time to appreciate these things.

It could just be something as simple as a blackbird taking a dip on my patio or the thousands of tadpoles we get in our pond every year.  (Where do they all go?)



Or the mighty beautiful awe inspiring trees that I pass under on my local walks.

And then theres the wildlife – mainly birds…..but that’s for another post.

Golden Acre Park Leeds (My Patch part 3)

Golden Acre Park is the next part of what I consider to be “my patch”.  Carry on following the path from Paul’s Pond and you will reach the park.  It is a really well managed park for children, adults and children, with fantastic plants and trees, a lake with plenty of wildfowl, woods and a more open area.  It is well frequented particularly with dog walkers within the woods and open areas.  You can nearly always fine a quite spot to watch the birds, of which there are plenty.
MAP OF PARK
I am fascinated with trees!  So many shapes, sizes, height, width, colour, bark, patterns and leaves.  I love the different seasons, seeing the deciduous trees change with time.  I love it in the autumn when there are such gorgeous colours.  Golden, brown, red, yellow and various shades of green.
Then spring when the leaves bud and start to uncurl.  The beautiful fresh new born light green leaves that take up their own particular shape and pattern of veins underneath their surface.
In summer, the sunlight filtering through the leave paints dappled colours on the forest floor and in winter the snow coats the branches with pure white crystals.


There is a clearing in the park where some trees have been chopped down and the stumps left.  This has become a favourite area to feed the birds and squirrels and get some photos.  I have had great tits, robins and squirrels feeding out of my hand here.
The squirrels are quite tame and even though a lot of people see them as a menace, I love them, they are so funny and cute.  Although it has to be said that our native red squirrel in by far superior in the looks department.  More of that in another post.  Its a real thrill having a wild animal eat from your hand.
There are some resident jays here who also will come quite close in order to pick up monkey nuts that I bring.
I love Golden Acre!