It was on Sunday the 22nd of February 2026 when I last visited Bogend, and well it was just on the cusp of the seasons changing, yes it might have been the last part of Winter but in the back of the mind - I knew that Spring was just awaiting in the wings, that being said though there was a complete lack of any decent light and instead I had to capture Bogend quite simply,
"In Black and White, stepping back in time perhaps and stepping in the shoes of Ansel Adams to come up with some photos that highlighted the bleakness and rawness of the latter part of Winter and of course a rather flat light, but to make that flat light into something else to make it work."
Fast forward to Saturday the 28th of March 2026, and "hold on what is that?" For Meteorological Spring/Spring so far has been something of a rather mixed bag, yes warmth, yes a reminder that even in the Spring, winter elements can be felt, but again though this time around - thankfully the conditions were on my side, and there was a glorious Spring light, the skies blue and clear and this time around well I captured some photos from the top end of Bogend, near where there is some car parking, before taking a walk down the pathway towards the brook, initially I was somewhat nervous as to the following question, "will it be claggy?" But instead it was not claggy, the footpath towards the brook and via the glorious woodlands was just delightful to walk along, and whilst the woodlands of Bogend might have been somewhat bare, there was a glorious Spring light, just gently seeping through the woodlands, and whilst the woodlands were bare, they seemed beautiful, and in a somewhat early stage of awakening, for it might have been bare, but life, yes wildlife is slowly returning and I wonder what it will look like next time. But below are the photos that I managed to capture today, on Saturday the 28th of March 2026.
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| "The Square, The Blue, The Slow Return to Green." |
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| "The pathway to Bogend Spring." |
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| "Blue Skies, Framed." |
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| "Along the pathway, The Slow Return." |
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| "Bare Woodland, Spring Light a Glow." |
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| "The Green, The Cherry Blossoms." |
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| "The Bridge over the Brook, The Cherry Glow of Spring." |
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| "Shades, Light and Mystery." |
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| "Within a Spring Light work of Art." |
