Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Tag: Crataegus monogyna

  • A hawthorn in Bransdale

    A hawthorn in Bransdale

    Have you ever noticed the sudden drop in temperature and light by the shadows cast by drifting Cumulus clouds? Shadows that creep over the ground on a sunny day. The flowers of this hawthorn tree are blazing in the sun whilst across the dale, the hillside is dark and gloomy. Many hawthorns are now losing…

  • Hawthorn hedgerow

    Hawthorn hedgerow

    And so into October, the eighth month of the old ten-month Roman calendar. Eventually, they cottoned on that having 60 days of winter “monthless” wasn’t such a good ideal so January and February were added and October became the tenth month. And one of the delights of October is that the countryside still retains some…