Tree by Abbey Lake.

I think we've finally crossed into 2025, so a new thread. The old thread ended at https://mastodon.scot/@carusb/114351947348113749 .

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Pleasance moat. The Pleasance is a square raised area surrounded by a double moat, now mostly dry, built as a party site by Henry V, nearly a mile from Kenilworth Castle.

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Trees in the hedge, 2. Very different light.

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Castle with long shadows. Huge stone windows, too. #FensterFreitag

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Icy lake and birds. That's the ancient Abbey Barn in the background.

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Light snow on a thatched cottage.

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Finally got my #FolderWeek photos scanned and uploaded to C1Pro. This is the other end of the small row of thatched cottages from my post earlier today

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Abbey Fields in light snow. Sometimes you can sledge here, right in the centre of town! Good reason to settle...

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Another #FolderWeek post: two more thatched cottages. The second has just been re-thatched; if you look closely just above the upstairs window, you might see that there are at least 3 different layers of thatch here! I love the fluid shapes that thatched roofs can have, but they must be seriously expensive to maintain!

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Two square castle photos for #FolderWeek and #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday .

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One more square castle (!) photo for #FolderWeek. This is taken in the undercroft of the Great Hall.

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Snowy walk.

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Snowy walk again. This couple are walking towards the castle, unseen.

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Frozen lake.

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After the thaw, the flood... behind the castle.

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There's always one! Van almost up to its windows in the flooded ford, for #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday.

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Road block. This 150-year-old oak tree has fallen across the ford during Storm Éowyn, blocking the road completely.

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Flood behind the Castle again.

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Poplar reflections.

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After the flood, frost again. Water birds gather in a small patch of open water on Abbey Lake.

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The hornbeam.

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Across the icy lake. That building tucked into the trees is the 800-year-old Abbey Barn, one of only two remaining buildings.

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Icy bulrushes.

(It feels a bit weird posting these frosty photos when we're in a long sunny spring, but hey, nevermind!)

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Frosty teasels.

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Waterbirds among the frosted reeds. The swans help to keep small areas of water clear of ice; this is the first time I've seen them [EDIT: keep the water clear] this far up among the reeds.

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Frosty log. This is from a tree that came down in last year's storms.

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I've had to go back and edit a few of these; I had pasted in the wrong information, not spotting that I'd changed the lens, film and dev scheme! My apologies. I've left the original information on the first of this roll, but replaced it in later frames, for simplicity.

Reeds in the ice. The floods had not fully subsided when this cold snap arrived.

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Frosty reeds and castle!

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Frosty, foggy castle!

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Catkins.

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Path in Crackley Woods.

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Winter rose and shadow.

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@carusb Post away! They are lovely.
@tomnorthfilm Thanks Tom. Hard to break the one-a-day habit!
@carusb Lovely calm landscape
@carusb Amazing. And somehow moody.
@nichni Thanks Niels, the weather gods were definitely on my side during that couple of weeks!
@carusb Is this Kenilworth Castle, England, or somewhere in Scotland?
@JamesAshburnerCBR Kenilworth Castle in England. I live maybe 200 metres from the castle as the crow flies, maybe 3 times that by road! It looks quite dramatically different from different viewpoints all around, and being local means I see it in all weather conditions. Town citizens also get free access except on special events (theoretically the castle belongs to the town, just managed by English Heritage!).

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#climatecrisis would have been another appropriate hashtag

@carusb what's the story here Chris? Just poor choices and not heeding warnings?
@shom Yes, basically just that. This route is used hundreds of time s a day. Normally the brook runs through pipes under the road. In high rainfall the pipes fill up, a bit of water over the road. We're all used to going through it, 6" is fine, a foot if you're careful. So we're all ignoring the warnings. But 2 foot, that'll be fine... until it isn't!
@shom Last year there were 3 stuck vehicles, and a fire truck was preparing to pull some of them out. A car came slowly, snaking between the stuck ones... and got through. Another car came behind, snaked through, got just a bit past where the back of this van is, then, click. Engine stopped, right in front of me. Guy's sat in his car with 30 people laughing at him from this side, looking at the fire truck guys also creasing themselves! Great entertainment whenever it floods.