From, A Country Diary

Allendale (second)

of spruce

of ferns

ivy and ferns

spruce, larch

ivy and ferns

larch, sycamore

ivy and ferns

sycamore and ivy

and ferns and birch

ivy and ferns

birch

beneath lies –

 ivy and ferns

beneath lies a muddle

ivy and ferns

a muddle of fallen –

ivy and ferns

of fallen branches

ivy and ferns

branches and ivy and ferns

and plants

ivy and ferns

plants that –

ivy and ferns

that jostle one –

ivy and ferns  

jostle one another

ivy and ferns

another bramble

ivy and ferns

bramble, dog’s mercury

ivy and ferns

dog’s mercury

ivy and ivy and ferns

ivy and ferns

ivy and ferns

ferns

From, A Country Diary

Haslington Trail

and green

and like grass

like green shoots

the grass shoots

raindrops in the raindrops glitter

glitter in glitter

bright yellow

bright path

well-trodden path

yellow flowers

well-trodden path

flowers embroider

well-trodden path

embroider the well-trodden path

the well-trodden

well-trodden path

well-trodden path

well-trodden path

From, A Country Diary

South Uist (second)

now and again

now and then

seas and then again other seas

and then other waves

seas and then waves

presumably seas

and then presumably in seas

and then in response to seas

and then response to underwater

seas and then underwater rocks

seas and then rocks form at –  

seas and then form at right angles

seas and then right angles to the seas

and then to the oncoming seas

and then oncoming seas

and seas

and then seas

and then seas

and then

From, A Country Diary

Wenlock Edge (eighth)

raven or raven

– it, what was it?

or buzzard

– what was it?  

buzzard, see  

– what was it?

see it

– what was it?

it up there

– what was it?

up there or

– what was it?

or did they

– what was it?  

did they only

– what was it?  

only look

– what was it?  

look down

– what was it?  

down, could

– what was it?  

could the

– what was it?  

the smaller

– what was it?  

smaller furtive

– what was it?  

furtive birds sense

– what was it?  

birds sense anything  

– what was it?  

anything in the

– what was it?  

in the sky

– what was it?  

sky

–what was what?  

was it what was?  

– it, what was it?