Adventure on the North Downs.

[herecirm]

Current thoughts on my mule: bbhdsfwerjeot[g ADORABLE. I love him so much I can't talk about him coherently. He's awesome. He's put his nose into the halter two days in a row, now, when I go to catch him. And when I take his halter off at the end of our session, he stays with me

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[nell]

So beautiful! :) I love the sight of old buildings being taken over by nature too, they almost feel magical. Glad things are going well with Marty the mule too!

[herecirm]

Yeh, there's something strangely satisfying about seeing man-made structures return to nature; also something quite humbling.

[meowmensteen]

I usually call the white ones snowdrops. I have no idea what they're really called. I have way too many bluebells in my garden and back yard. Now I'm tempted to secretly plant them at a nearby city trail.

This whole adventure looks amazingly beautiful and fun.

[herecirm]

Snowdrops and bluebells are different plants, here; we tend to get snowdrops very early on in the year, like February time. This one was definitely a white bluebell, apparently you can sometimes find them in the wild (although I think they're more common as a special garden variety).

Oh you totally should plant some in secret! That would be an awesome thing to do.

[re_vised]

The moss covered building is stunning. I used to ride on some state land that had buildings (communication look outs or something) from WWI. Very cool, and near and dear to my heart.

I like Action Ben! ;)

[herecirm]

That must have been a fun area to ride through! There were a lot of bridleways here - and some went past the gunpowder mill - but we'd have to box our horses over in order to ride there. Still, maybe one day. :)

[re_vised]

It was a blast. My friend and I spent all of our summers exploring the area. We'd pack a lunch and make a day of it. It would be fun to ride through! Especially if there were more buildings to explore!

[siberian_angel]

That post just killed me! ♥ I definitely have to get out of London the next time I'm in the UK.
In a way, it reminds me a lot of the forests we have here, although we don't have enough of them for my taste (let alone any decent explorable ruins). There's only one "Wald" in my immediate area and I've done all those small and bigger trails to death. Especially in spring, the forest is my favorite place to be.

[meri_sielu]

You live in such a beautiful area, we're both lucky to live around the Downs I think. Both North and South are equally perfect <3