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Canal |
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Lock |
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River Gade |
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Blackberries |
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Burdock |
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This enlarges a lot |
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Eupatorum purpureum Joe Pye Weed |
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Gull |
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Cinnabar caterpillar on Ragwort |
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Thistle |
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Possibly red admiral caterpillars |
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Bee on a thistle |
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Artemisia |
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Willow herb |
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The white form |
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Bumble and ragwort |
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Umbellifera |
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There were a few plops of rain, but it did not last |
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Ragwort and cinnabars |
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Curled cinnabar caterpillar |
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Robin's pincushion |
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Magnificent ragwort |
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Meadowsweet |
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Restharrow
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There was a susurration in the reeds as the ducks
swam past |
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Convolvulus arvensis |
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Water forget-me-not
Myosotis scorpioides
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Water mint |
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Blasted tree |
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The Gade flows under a railway bridge used by the Metropolitan line tube
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I was too slow to get a sharp shot... |
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Willow herb again |
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Knapweed |
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Grasses |
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Yarrow with hoverfly |
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Heron still out of focus |
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Buddleia for insects |
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Narrow boat approaching to go through the lock |
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Working the lock gates |
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Letting out the water |
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Coming through the gate |
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We did not manage to take the circular tour, presuming
that the path was not useable in the summer. The petrol
warning light came on and H got some info from a kind man in a car park.
There was some panic until we found an Esso
station.
Home in time to put on the lasagne |