Almost Spring

The sun shone on a Sunday afternoon walk from Arnold to Bestwood.

I've been here before on 365, this is Collier's Pad, the path along which miners from Arnold and Redhill walked to get to and from their shifts at Bestwood colliery / Coal Mine.

I'm at the top of a hill, looking down, you can see Jane ahead of me and Ruby our whippet is just out of picture behind her

Sony RX100 VII, edited in GIMP

[Mags]

Beautiful green fields!

[LManning (Laura)]

A beautiful sweeping view. Love the lines, and Jane really gives the scene some scale.

[Christina]

Fab use of lines :)

[Boxplayer]

Lovely undulating landscape and interesting history.

[Judith Johnson]

Lovely spring like view

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful shot and landscape. I like the leading lines of the footpath.

[Hazel]

A lovely landscape, Phil. I am intrigued as to how the path is kept black?! Fav

[Nada]

Love the green and that leading line.

[Peter Dulis]

can't wait :)

[Mike]

Great lines in this.

[Phil Howcroft]

@quietpurplehaze haze the path has high side bushes and is in the shade from the low sun , making it look black 📷😁x

[Carole Sandford]

A lovely view. Not heard of this, but have heard of Arnold, a friend lived there some years ago.

[Pat Knowles]

That is a very u usual foot path. Can’t make out why it’s so dark….ah I just read what you answered @quietpurplehaze question with. I couldn’t make it out at all. Even began to think it was made of coal because it went to the mines. You have to look at it & concentrate on the hedges to get the perspective. Very striking photo. Fave. A rather nice way home after being underground for hours….they would be breathing in that lovely country air in deep breaths!

[Phil Howcroft]

@carole_sandford thanks Carole, we live in Arnold

@caddick thanks mike

@pdulis cheers Peter

@njmom3 thank you so much for the visit

@sangwann thanks Dione, I like this too

@busylady the sun wasn't exactly warm Judith, but it was great to see it !

@boxplayer thank you , it is a great walk on our doorstep

@christinav thank you Christina

@ljmanning thank you so much Laura, it Dows make for a good photo

@marlboromaam they are indeed Mags

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat thanks Pat, it is quite a long walk to the old Pit head

[Hazel]

@happypat @phil_howcroft

I was having similar thoughts about the path and coal mining! Thanks for the explanation, Phil!

[Gavin.J]

Wonderful looking scene here:)