I’ve recently returned from a trip to the UK, where I met up with some of my old friends to play golf and go for a couple of walks. I’ll skip quickly passed the golf and show you a few photos of a walk I did with Ian, Martin and his wife Jan, who had recently bought a camera very similar to mine. So we took it in turns to snap away at anything and everything and a few of the photos below are courtesy of Jan (as watermarked).
The day was noted for a rather cloudy start, which thankfully improved, and a Collie dog which adopted us in the car park and followed us, or rather, we followed it, for most of the way, around the walk. We left it in the good care of 2 ladies who were doing the same walk and knew it lived near the Abbey.
For more information on Byland Abbey, please read here, but it was founded in 1135.
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That’s a LOT of different butterflies!!! Wow!!! Beautiful pics as usual!
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Yes, I was surprised too, especially on quite a short walk. It’s amazing what you see when you take your time and the sun comes out. 🙂
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Wonderful nature images, Mike. Such beauty to find all around us. Your butterfly and bee close-ups are terrific and the dog waiting tugged at my heart strings. Lovely post.
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Thank you Jane. The dog was a delight. He or she started by dropping what looked like a crab apple for us to throw in the car park, then proceeded to follow us across the field and along the path. There was nobody around to send him/her back to, so we figured we’d return it when we got back! I included the bee picture because I thought its eye was, well, eye catching. 🙂
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Great photos. Colorful butterflies.
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I’m glad you liked the pics. 🙂 I was surprised how many different butterflies there were. Farming in Britain has wiped out a lot of the wild flowers and habitat, so it was good to see so many.
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