Messing - Tiptree Walk
There was a powerful thunder and lightning storm last night. But the temperature went up to 26 degrees Celsius. It's a hot day with strong sunshine after the heavy rain. We went for a walk. Perhaps it's about 5 miles? We got a route map from the website, but we partly changed the last route. We started from the pub in the pretty village of Messing. According to Wikipedia, Messing is the birthplace of Reynold Bush, ancestor to the Bush family, former Presidents of the USA.
It was already hot. We saw some plants on the field.
There are interesting flowers poised on the edge of path.
Hey, how on earth can you wear business trousers for walking??? Also I sometimes see some people wearing shorts for walking and moving deeper into bushes. I wonder if they are ok with nettles and other plants. I always bring a jacket as protection even it's hot weather.
We kept walking under the sun.
We passed through the wood. It was like a place with full of spirits of nature. I was thinking about the film 'Into the Woods' which I watched in the airplane.
Every person we saw was talking about last night's storm. A man passed by recommended us to see a pond near there because there were many dragonflies. We went off the path to see a pond. Actually it was nice. There were many big dragonflies and colourful small dragonflies. They are invisible on this picture, but they were flying over the pond.
There was a nice hut, someone created.
We corrected the route, and kept walking.
We crossed the camomile field where the smell was good. And the peaceful farm view was nice.
Below is the Rampart, the ancient defensive barrier. But now also looks like rabbits' warren. The big mouse said it is called the Rampart. I thought he is so clever and knowledgeable at first as he recognised it from the shape. But in fact, this explanation was on the directions note... Anyway, the village Messing is close to a site 'The Rampart', which according to legend is where Boudica was defeated by the Romans. Boudica was a queen of the British Iceni tribe and fought against the Roman Empire. That means the Rampart is very old, about 2000 years.
But here was very dry and hard as if it's a concrete-covered path!
This plant must be 'foxglove'. It's interesting name, isn't it? According to Wikipedia, many suggestions for the derivation of the name 'foxglove' has been offered.
At this point, proper directions leads you back to Messing, but we decided to go to Tiptree, because it was not so far.
I like Tiptree. We could see the mill. It was a hot but nice walk. Oh, by the way, I got fix the trainer sole at a shop, which was unglued at the last walk. It seemed be perfectly fine, but the sole of opposite side of trainer was unglued this time... oh dear...
It was already hot. We saw some plants on the field.
There are interesting flowers poised on the edge of path.
Hey, how on earth can you wear business trousers for walking??? Also I sometimes see some people wearing shorts for walking and moving deeper into bushes. I wonder if they are ok with nettles and other plants. I always bring a jacket as protection even it's hot weather.
We kept walking under the sun.
We witnessed an eggshell of a bird after the event of the natural world. Tragedy...
We enjoyed watching plants this time.
We passed through the wood. It was like a place with full of spirits of nature. I was thinking about the film 'Into the Woods' which I watched in the airplane.
Every person we saw was talking about last night's storm. A man passed by recommended us to see a pond near there because there were many dragonflies. We went off the path to see a pond. Actually it was nice. There were many big dragonflies and colourful small dragonflies. They are invisible on this picture, but they were flying over the pond.
There was a nice hut, someone created.
We corrected the route, and kept walking.
The ground was not so bad actually, even though there was heavy rain last night. The ground dried up so quickly.
We crossed the camomile field where the smell was good. And the peaceful farm view was nice.
Below is the Rampart, the ancient defensive barrier. But now also looks like rabbits' warren. The big mouse said it is called the Rampart. I thought he is so clever and knowledgeable at first as he recognised it from the shape. But in fact, this explanation was on the directions note... Anyway, the village Messing is close to a site 'The Rampart', which according to legend is where Boudica was defeated by the Romans. Boudica was a queen of the British Iceni tribe and fought against the Roman Empire. That means the Rampart is very old, about 2000 years.
We crossed another wood. It was partly very muddy...
But here was very dry and hard as if it's a concrete-covered path!
This plant must be 'foxglove'. It's interesting name, isn't it? According to Wikipedia, many suggestions for the derivation of the name 'foxglove' has been offered.
Face like wood and animals.
At this point, proper directions leads you back to Messing, but we decided to go to Tiptree, because it was not so far.
I like Tiptree. We could see the mill. It was a hot but nice walk. Oh, by the way, I got fix the trainer sole at a shop, which was unglued at the last walk. It seemed be perfectly fine, but the sole of opposite side of trainer was unglued this time... oh dear...
