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Nature thread

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I though it might be nice to have a thread that we can take into the summer and beyond, as the Spring thread will soon be redundant.

Please remember not to upload an image in the same post as words or it might break the thread - please add your words by replying to the image.

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Yesterday  sent me down a rabbit hole when she mentioned this book on the 3 Good Things thread:

https://lithub.com/a-book-to-conjure-nature-when-we-need-it-most/

I then looked at this book:

www.thelostwords.org/.../

The reason for the book made me sad:

“When the most recent edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary — widely used in schools around the world — was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. The words were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these ‘lost words’ included acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Among the words taking their place were attachment, blog, broadband, bullet-point, cut-and-paste, and voice-mail…."

Please add anything related to nature that interests you.

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  • I took these the other day outside my workshop, the crown of the tree and hedge had already been removed before I took the first photo. The tree was nowhere near the cables, it’s just my camera angle, the tree trunk was over 2ft across and no disease. I now have a view of the metal hoarding that was once where the village pub stood. The hoarding runs the length of the road, never mind though, it has pictures of trees printed on it. The train route has seen tree copses removed, farms and cottages. I think mankind will bring about its own end.

  • in reply to Roy

    this makes me want to cry...its another death...but what has it had to die to make way for? Maybe time will tell Roy. Pensive

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  • in reply to Homebird

    I do understand that development happens, I don’t imagine people were impressed when a canal went through their land. The money that has been misspent on this project is massive.

  • in reply to Roy

    The field they own was fenced off recently, their tenant farmer asked for two 12ft gates to get a combine in and out. 

    Spot the mistake,

  • in reply to Roy

    The County I grew up in had no motorway, the nearest one was about one and a half hours drive. It was several years before I drove on one. Now I live near several and people drive quickly, I have given up driving.

    Also on the subject of development I guess with all the housing it won't be long before hoses are banned completely. We didn't bother to replace the last one and now everything has to manage with watering cans. 

    The sad thing with development is wildlife having to move to narrower corridors or gardens. I remember when a road was built years ago in a heathland area it disturbed a lot of adders.

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    They have done that sort of thing many times, they have local meetings and tell “ the locals” that they are listening to their concerns and are fully onboard with their needs . A consultation is held and they then carry on and do whatever they were going to do.

    You wouldn’t believe some of the incidents they have covered up. This all started in 2009, the trains were supposed to be running in 2026, this is now 2036 - 2039. The business model is changing quickly, people don’t travel so  much for business. I hopefully will be in Cornwall full time next year, we don’t even have a motorway in the County.!

  • in reply to Roy

    I hope you don't mind a quote from Wikipedia. It wasn't far from where I used to live, and a friend used to walk there all the time.

    "The Cubbington Pear Tree was a wild pear tree located near Cubbington in Warwickshire, England. Around 250 years old, it was the second largest wild pear tree in the country and a noted local landmark. In 2015 the tree was voted England's Tree of the Year. A Parliamentary petition was launched in September 2020 to save the tree from being cut down for HS2 and a month later had over 20,000 signatures triggering an official government response. It was felled as part of the High Speed 2 railway development on 20 October 2020."

  • in reply to Lonehare12

    In about 10 years time, you might get to Birmingham 20 minutes earlier. That’s if cheaper slower trains haven’t been purchased.