Category Archives: Fen Landscape

Fen landscape – Cottenham

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Brian

Soft early morning shadows at Great North Fen, Cottenham. Note healthy level of water in the Lode – compare with picture posted 23rd August 2022

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Fen Landscape – Broad Lane

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Brian

4th October 2022.  Mid-afternoon walk along Broad Lane, Cottenham, across Great North Fen as far as Archie’s Bridge (Archie was a horse).  It’s about 1.1 miles, so no great distance, but always a pleasure: far horizons; changing crops; vast, ever-varying … Continue reading →

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New Ponds, Cottenham

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Brian

Three new shallow pond have been dug at the end of the dog-walking area off Broad Lane, Cottenham.  They are still completely dry, which is no surprise seeing the wide cracks in the surrounding meadow – there is now water … Continue reading →

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Fen Landscape – Cottenham

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Brian

There are not many days when a walk along Broad Lane across Great North Fen, Cottenham, doesn’t produce something of interest.

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Fen Landscape – Cottenham Lode

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Brian

I wasn’t sure whether to post this picture under fen landscape or only colour.  The Lode has been drying out for weeks now and on the 19th the last trace of water at the Broad Lane bridge had disappeared.  But … Continue reading →

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Fen landscape – Cottenham

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Brian

August evening walks out along Broad Lane after the harvest.

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Fen Landscape – Cottenham

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Brian

Saturday 6th August – sundown on the stillest of evenings, swallows twittering in migration restlessness, the harvest done.

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Fen Landscape – Rampton

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Brian

Walk along Cow Lane, Rampton, 23rd July 2022

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Fen Landscape – Cottenham

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Brian

Cottenham Lode and Great North Fen, 15th July 2022, in a prolonged dry period.

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Silver steps

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Brian

I’ve walked past this pole in Broad Lane, Cottenham, many times, but never before noticed the silver stairway to heaven. Are the steps new, or is this just a happy accident of timing as the sun began to set in … Continue reading →

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Fen Landscape

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Brian
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Fen Landscape Revisited

Posted on May 12, 2022 by Brian

Roy Hammans made reference to photographic trips exploring the fens in his comments on my post of 8th May. Here are two pictures from 1979: my view of silver birches at Holm Fen; and Roy’s photograph of me (I was … Continue reading →

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Fen Landscape – Cottenham Lode 2

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Brian

Spring reeds and cow parsley along Cottenham Lode, May 2022.

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Fen Landscape – Cottenham Lode

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Brian

Cotteham Lode with spring reeds and cow parsley from Rampton end, Amy 2022.

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Fen Landscape – Rampton

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Brian

Two photographs from a walk at Rampton in 23rd May 2022.

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