Rye Fawkes 2012 video

Last Saturday was Rye Fawkes, so as usual we went to watch and capture the event on video - so here you go:

The parade was good, as ever:

Thankfully the early rain stopped for it! Certainly didn't stop the bonfire burning anyway!

Mike

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Ashden Awards ceremony webcast 2012

Just a quick note to say that the 2012 Ashden Awards ceremony will be webcast for the first time. To see it, go the Ashden website at 7pm on Wednesday 30 May 2012, and follow the link to view it. The ceremony starts at 7:15pm.

To get an idea of what you'll see, check out the video from 2011:

Mike

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Snow scenes from the woods

Yesterday I posted pictures of snow in Rye, and now here's some from the woods. I'm just going to post a selection of the ones I took, you can view the full set on Flickr (higher resolution there too).

It was pretty chilly, but we were wrapped up warm, and took along some food for the birds...

We didn't stop to sit round the camp fire...

But we did get the same photo we've taken in the past, with snow on the Sweep Wood sign:

There were a few trees that had managed to catch enough snow to bend or fall, like this Birch and Hazel:

The wayleave had something of a blockage too...

Sadly our Alder Buckthorn had also fallen over:

So we grabbed a bow saw and did some emergency coppicing so it could go back into the ground. Hopefully it'll recover...

I'll finish of with some of my favourites from the pics I took:

Mike

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Snow in Rye, Feb 2012

Ever since we moved to Rye in summer 2007, it's snowed every winter. The weather has not let us down this winter either...

This time the snow has stuck to everything it can - check out these telephone wires sagging...

and these trees and shrubs too:

The river Tillingham was frozen over:

and I just about got a picture of this Bullfinch there:

Then on to Deadmans Lane, which always looks good in the snow. This time though, the stickiness of the snow means that two branches from evergreens were down in the road:

The broadleaf trees are fine, as with no leaves they can't collect much snow:

And finally Rye Hill, which is passable if you know how to drive in snow. But of course, not everyone does!

Mike

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