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Overcast sky for slightly lethargic tour de #Royden this morning. Modified route to view heather. Ducklings in split locations, some dozing on bale. Benty’s onto pyo raspberries.

A winding dirt path runs through a field of purple heather with dense green trees in the background.A landscape featuring dense purple heather bushes in the foreground with various green trees under a cloudy sky in the background.A narrow dirt path winds through a field of purple heather with a backdrop of green trees under a cloudy sky.A duck is resting on a small floating island in a pond surrounded by trees in the first photo, while a group of ducklings swim near blooming flowers in the second photo.

Cloudy this morning in #Royden. Gardeners busy in walled garden so view from gate without going in and photos of adjacent v small Garden of Tranquility (lovely seats, never seen them used) and back gate. Charlie Landsborough new to me.

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Cloudy this morning in #Royden, relatively cool after recent excesses. Just a brief visit. Coffee and carbs at the courtyard.

More temperate weather so a slow return to business as usual, 5 miles, mostly fast walking. #Royden predictably busy on the main routes, fairly quiet elsewhere.

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Pleasant early morning walk in #Royden as temperatures drop closer to summer norms. Up to Thor’s Stone and adjacent Thor’s Pebble (?) Shaggy cows in the shade and some cute ducklings on the mere. Raspberry scone at Benty’s v nice and surely 1 of my 5 a day?

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Not exactly the best night’s sleep ever but off to #Royden before the midday heat for a quick plod. Spotted some hairy cattle and an actual fish in the mere. All also feeling the heat, I expect. Cooling off a bit after today (hopefully).

A sunlit forest path is surrounded by tall trees and dense green foliage.A sunlit forest path surrounded by tall trees with a wooden bench on the left side.Several cows are standing and grazing among trees and ferns in a wooded area.Green leafy plants are growing near the edge of a calm body of water with trees reflecting on its surface. There is a fish near the surface.

Gentle plod round #Royden, sticking to shade as much as possible. Heather starting to show more prominently. Greasby brook exposing its sandy bottom. Distant view of lavender growing at Benty’s (used for wax melts apparently). Moorhen chicks growing fast.

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Gentle meander around a warm and fairly quiet #Royden. Heard a couple of nuthatches and spotted a few more fungi whose appearance is apparently more to do with humidity than temperature.

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Have bought one of those cheap and cheerful electronic hand fans. Only problem is I keep wanting to refer to it in faux Lady Bracknell tones as “A handfan?” and I think that’s going to get old very quickly.

Out a little earlier than usual and keeping to the shade in #Royden. Bit of a breeze in the courtyard cafe.

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Pleasantly warm this morning in #Royden. Cooling effect of the trees is going to be welcome over the next few days. Noticed a few fungi fruiting.

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Birkenhead Park this afternoon. Given the number of Canada geese, surprised to see so few goslings.

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Warm this morning in #Royden, a little cooler in the shade beneath the trees. Birkenhead this afternoon. Big hat weather. 🤠

A sunlit dirt path winds through a dense forest of tall pine trees and lush green ferns under a clear blue sky.A sunlit dirt path winds through a dense forest with trees casting long shadows.A narrow dirt path winds through dense, green foliage under a bright blue sky.A sunlit dirt path winds through a lush green forest with tall trees casting shadows on the ground.

Busy this morning so an afternoon visit to a fairly quiet #Royden today. Shoulder-high bracken in places and rosebay willowherb starting to flower on the way. The odd drop of rain at Benty’s, nothing more.

A field of sweetcorn with purple wildflowers in the foreground is set against a backdrop of trees and a partly cloudy blue sky.A narrow dirt path winds through dense green ferns and tall trees under a partly cloudy sky.A hillside covered with green vegetation and purple wildflowers under a cloudy sky.A winding dirt path cuts through dense greenery under an overcast sky.

Plenty of cloud but forecast showers a no-show in #Royden. Benty’s as usual doing pyo strawberries. Roodee looking good but green woodpeckers to left looking worse for wear if signpost is to be believed. Haven’t heard one for a while.

Bought a digital art frame that uses electronic ink. As expected, it’s fairly low resolution and not intended for close inspection. For some photos, however, there’s a nice textured effect.

Fleeting visit to West Kirby this morning. Bit of a breeze for the windsurfers. Still trying to get a decent photo of Hilbre.

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Pleasantly warm and sunny in #Royden this morning. Trees in the orchard coming along nicely. Not sure whether they are free to pick.

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Brief foray to #Royden this morning. Bright initially but light showers on return leg. Ducks in good voice. New entrance to Hillbark approaching completion. Flowers in the gatepost urns, lighting draped between the trees.

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Birkenhead Park for a lunchtime meetup, then #Royden in the afternoon. Benty’s reopened and moving into pyo strawberry mode.

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Strong breeze this morning at #Ness. Herbaceous border a highlight. Coffee and carbs at RSPB Burton.

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