Perrier Pictures

The Adonis Blue looking like 'a piece of summer sky fallen on the downland turf'. [quote from 'Photography Wiltshire' by Robert Harvey.

We listened to the sounds of the breeze whispering through the bleached blond sedge and the stridulations of grasshoppers like a string ensemble providing backing to the main performers – the butterflies, creating a soft flutter and the occasional rustle as they clashed wings. 

We were rendered speechless by the sudden sight of the Covid Wall. It was an emotional and moving discovery - a wall covered in hearts.

Our booted feet crunched their way through the copper carpet, leaves whispering, as the path swept alongside Hampton Court.

At Chertsey, where smooth waters glide under the bridge, reflections danced on the Purbeck stone arches under which, a fisherman's tent sat.

Hurley Lock to Boveney On Monday 2nd September Michala and I had the luxury of yet another local leg along the Thames Path National Trail....

Walking the Thames Path National Trail from Mapledurham Lock to Sonning.

From Wallingford the Mapledurham Lock we walked the Thames Path where the fields were jubilant and all the trees in the forest sang for joy.

Before us lay a sublime scene of wispy willows overhanging the gleaming blue ribbon of the Thames, with of Clifton Hampden bridge beyond.