Hi everyone, dear friends and Hivers ! I hope the year is off to a good start for you ! Once again, as is accepted for the month of January in general, I'd like to wish you all the best :)
Today, I'd like to invite you to the first walk of the year, but as dates can be deceiving, I'm going to confess that it's actually the last one we did on the afternoon of 31 December...
The weather was fine and rain was forecast for later in the day, so we decided not to take the car and just set off on foot from the house... The points I wanted to reach weren't along any footpaths, so we decided to set off across the fields !
Here, behind the coppice, is a house typical of this part of Normandy, with its brick door and window surrounds.
No, that little speck above the crown of the trees is not a speck of dust on your screen, but a bird of prey in full flight over the silent forest.
But here we are, in the forest...
The slope was quite long but not too hard and, in any case, how could it be tiring to walk with the sun in front of you, playing between the trees and producing these vivid alternations of light and shadow ?
One of the things that makes these walks both exciting and peaceful is always the trees ! I'll never cease to be moved by these organisms that can live for millennia in peace and symbiotic exchange.
Each crown of each tree respects its neighbors, and I imagine that this is often a little difficult to imagine for humans, who sometimes alternate between too great a distance and too great proximity, but rarely a balance between the two...
The walk continued and we arrived on the outskirts of this house that I wanted to see a little closer ! We stayed under cover so as not to disturb the people and after a few moments, we set off again...
Discovering an alley in a plot of artificially planted fir trees. I love these long corridors, which remind me of the burrow in Alice in Wonderland, and you can tell that you won't be quite the same when you come out !
The first signs of logging appeared after we left the avenue of fir trees...
We came across one of the roads running through the forest, but we didn't stay there long... Just across the road, a new route, just like the new year that's just around the corner, opens up before us !
I hope that this year it will be slightly less rectilinear than that alley, even if the visual effect with the sunbeam is striking !
Finally, we reach the pile of wood that we've been seeing on the horizon for quite some time. I'm still wondering if it's just for firewood, but I think it must make up a good part of it...
Back on the road, we passed a number of different crossroads, some with signs and some without... The one above, particularly poetic " Half Moon Crossroads "...
We resume our walk on a more natural path that follows the slopes of the landscape. We come across this charming little wooden hut, which tells us that we are not far from a hamlet...
Just a few minutes later, we pass through this small group of houses...
Bucolic views of green fields, agricultural facilities and, above all, that old tractor you can see in the second image...!
After the hamlet, back into the forest...
Once again, we come across some majestic specimen trees, such as this chestnut tree which is several meters in diameter and whose bark reveals the movements of its growth...
New road, new hamlet, a few drops of rain on the way...
Our last finds before I run out of battery on my camera ? A ball of mistletoe on a branch, which will go over the fireplace this evening, and in a vast enclosure by the side of the path, a whole group of birds, geese, hens and above all, a pair of peacocks, who, curious, come towards us as I take their photo in this beautiful light at the end of the day !
And that's the end of my first/last walk of the year. I hope you enjoyed it and thank you for your visit !
I hope you enjoyed this one and thank you for your visit! I wish you all the best for the rest of the day, and take good care of yourselves,
<3
All text and images - taken with a Nikon D5500 and 35mm lens - are my own.
Salut à tous chers amis et Hivers ! J'espère que l'année commence bien pour vous ! Une nouvelle fois et comme c'est admis pour le mois de janvier en général, je vous souhaite mes meilleurs voeux :)
Aujourd'hui, je vous convie à la première balade de l'année, mais comme les dates peuvent être trompeuses, je vais vous avouer qu'il s'agit en fait de la dernière que nous avons faite le 31 décembre dans l'après-midi...
Il faisait beau et on annonçait de la pluie pour plus tard dans la journée, c'est pourquoi nous avons décidé de ne pas prendre la voiture et de juste partir à pied depuis la maison... Les points que je voulais rallier ne se trouvaient pas le long de sentier, c'est pourquoi nous avons décidé de partir à travers champs !
Ici, derrière les taillis, une maison typiquement de cette partie de la région normande avec ses contours de portes et de fenêtres en briques.
Non, cette petite tâche au dessus de la couronne des arbres n'est pas une poussière sur votre écran, mais bien un rapace en plein vol et qui survolait la forêt silencieuse.
Mais nous voilà désormais dans la forêt...
La pente était assez longue mais pas trop dure et de toute façon, comment pourrait-il être fatiguant de marcher avec le soleil face à soi qui joue entre les arbres et produit ces alternances vives d'ombres et de lumières ?
Une des choses qui rend ces balades passionnantes et paisibles à la fois, c'est toujours les arbres ! Je ne cesserai jamais de m'émouvoir face à ces organismes qui peuvent vivre des millénaires dans la paix, l'échange symbiotique.
Chaque couronne de chaque arbre respecte ses voisins, j'imagine que c'est souvent un peu difficile à imaginer pour les humains qui alternent parfois trop grande distance ou trop grande proximité, mais rarement un équilibre entre les deux...
La marche continue et nous arrivons aux abords de cette maison que je voulais voir d'un peu plus près ! Nous restons à couvert pour ne pas déranger les gens et après quelques instants, nous nous remettons en route...
Découverte d'une allée dans une parcelles de sapins plantés artificiellement. J'adore ces longs corridors qui me font penser au terrier dans Alice au Pays des Merveilles et dont on peut se dire que l'on ne serra pas tout à fait le même à la sortie !
Les premiers signes d'exploitation forestière apparaisse après que nous soyons sortis de l'allée de sapins...
Nous croisons une des routes qui traversent la forêt, mais nous n'y restons pas longtemps... Juste en face, un nouveau tracé comme la nouvelle année qui s'annonce s'offre à nous !
J'espère que cette année sera tout de même légèrement moins rectiligne que cette allée-là, même si l'effet visuel avec le rayon de soleil est saisissant !
Nous finissons par atteindre le tas de bois que nous voyons à l'horizon depuis un bon bout de temps. Je me demande toujours si cela est destiné uniquement au bois de chauffage, mais je pense que cela doit en effet constituer une bonne partie...
Reprise de la route, nous croisons pas mal de carrefours différents, certains avec ou sans indications... Celui de ci-dessus, particulièrement poétique "Carrefour de la Demi-Lune"...
Reprise de la marche avec un chemin plus naturel et qui suit les déclivités du paysage. Nous tombons sur cette petite et charmante cabane en bois et celle-ci nous indique que nous sommes non loin d'un hameau...
En effet, quelques minutes plus tard, nous traversons ce petit ensemble de maisons...
Quelques vues bucoliques des champs bien verts, des installations agricoles et surtout, ce vieux tracteur que l'on peut voir sur la deuxième image..!
Après le hameau, retour dans la forêt...
De nouveau, nous croisons quelques spécimens d'arbres majestueux comme ce châtaignier qui fait plusieurs mètres de diamètre et dont l'écorce laisse entrevoir les mouvements de la croissance...
Nouvelle route, nouveau hameau, quelques gouttes de pluie sur le chemin...
Nos dernières trouvailles avant que je n'ai plus de batterie sur mon appareil photo ? Une boule de gui sur une branche et qui ira au dessus de la cheminée ce soir et dans un vaste enclos sur le bord du chemin, tout un groupe d'oiseaux, des oies, des poules et surtout, un couple de paons qui, curieux, s'avancent vers nous tandis que je les prends en photo dans cette belle lumière de fin de journée !
Et voilà comme s'achève cette première/dernière promenade de l'année, j'espère que celle-ci vous aura plût et je vous remercie pour votre visite !
Je vous souhaite une excellente journée, prenez bien soin de vous,
<3
Tous les textes et les images - réalisées au Nikon D5500 et objectif 35mm - sont les miens.
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Have an happy new year ! But maybe, your mainly/also on the Indian calendar ? When is it new year for you ?
Thank you @Ewkaw !
Have my best wishes for this new year 😇😘
a beautiful walk it looks so green there
and I will admit the walk I shared today was also from the last week of last year :)
Wishing you and years all the best for 2024 and Thanks for joining the Wednesday Walk :)
Haha, it's often the case ^^ !
Many thank dear @tattoodjay, I wish you the best too, to you and your family !
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It looks like you had a beautiful walk in the forest
I’ve never had a forest walk though
I may do it someday
Oh, this is a must ! Enjoying the calm of Nature, nothing (or almost) is better :))
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Many thanks dear @dimascastillo90 ! I hope you're doing well and I wish you the best for this new year 😇 !!
I wouldn't have forgiven myself if I had missed this virtual forest walk for anything. It's so amazing! I love the view
Thanks very much @iskawrites :))
Really happy that you enjoyed this stroll 😇 !
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Indeed a walk through such a place is welcome especially after the past holidays.
The attached photos are very beautiful.
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I seize the opportunity to wish you a very happy New Year, may it be kind to you !
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What beautiful images!
Everything fills one with peace and tranquility.
This is how we should welcome the year: serene.
Thank you so much for showing us these beautiful pictures.
Thank you @emiliorios :)
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Hello anttn,
Happy New Year. I see you've been having a lot of fun in the middle of the forest.... they are really very nice photos, to look at them in detail and to accompany you, but you have lied to us! It's the last hike, not the first as you said in the title. Hahaha... Kidding. You have been sincere.
Hi dear @nanixxx !
Many thanks ! Yeah, indeed, we switch a bit our schedule in the countryside to more strolls in the nearby forests :)
Haha, always ! I've always been incapable of lying, it's a special skill of mine 😅
Have a very happy New Year, hope this one will be pleasant as successful to you 😘
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