granny's nightcap
An Aquilegia vulgaris (also known as common columbine, granny's nightcap and granny's bonnet) I photographed in Jo and Becky's backyard in Cotton End while sitting Meg and Mog in August 2022.
stinking willie
A Jacobaea vulgaris (also known as ragwort, common ragwort and stinking willie) I photographed in Jo and Becky's backyard in Cotton End while sitting Meg and Mog in August 2022.
untitled #90 [cotton end, bedfordshire, england, 2022]
untitled #91 [cotton end, bedfordshire, england, 2022]
untitled #88 [cotton end, bedfordshire, england, 2022]
untitled #89 [cotton end, bedfordshire, england, 2022]
untitled #18 [river great ouse, bedford, bedfordshire, england, 2018]
RIP Yasmin Jafferali Riaz.
untitled #21 [river great ouse, bedford, bedfordshire, england, 2018]
bedford burials [st paul’s church, bedford, bedfordshire, england, 2018]
untitled #2 [st paul’s church, bedford, bedfordshire, england, 2018]
untitled #4 [st paul’s church, bedford, bedfordshire, england, 2018]
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public footpath [cotton end, bedfordshire, england, 2022]
For those who aren't aware, England, Scotland, and Wales have a system of public footpaths and bridleways collectively recognised as rights of way.
They allow folk to travel across private land without fear of a charge of trespassing. Or threat or reprisal from landowners.
In rural areas, they can make getting from Point A to Point B on foot a much quicker journey than if you had to stick to the footpaths alongside roads. They also make for interesting routes for those of us inclined to photo walks.
The entrance to this public footpath can be found north of Cotton End.
I didn't take it while I was cat-sitting for Jo and Becky this time, but hopefully, if I have the chance to cat-sit Meg and Mog again, I will be able to explore it further.
Or, at least, others not far away which lead to places that seem enticing to my photographic eye.
If you want to see how extensive the right-of-way system is in the UK, check out the Footpath Map.
untitled #61 [priory country park, bedford, bedfordshire, england, 2018]
In 2018, on a drizzly November day, I met my friend, Khanisa, for a walk and a late pub lunch in Bedford.
untitled #60 [priory country park, bedford, bedfordshire, england, 2018]
We wandered along the River Great Ouse out to Priory Country Park and back, despite the rain.
untitled #62 [priory country park, bedford, bedfordshire, england, 2018]
I didn't manage to get out and about as much as I'd have liked while cat-sitting in Cotton End last week, though I did attempt something of a photo walk one day.
untitled #57 [priory country park, bedford, bedfordshire, england, 2018]
And I did catch up with Khanisa for an afternoon for a long overdue face-to-face chat.
So, I thought I'd edit and share some photos from our walk that day in 2018.
untitled #58 [priory country park, bedford, bedfordshire, england, 2018]
untitled #2423 [river great ouse, bedford, bedfordshire, england, 2018]
This is a diptych I created for my submission to Issue #149 of Shots Magazine but decided not to submit because it didn't translate well to black and white.
I took these images of the River Great Ouse on a walk around Bedford with a former work colleague back in November 2018.