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The plan was to walk across to Withymoor Farm which can be seen in the distance, but we were driven back by nose-high rapeseed and a path overgrown with nettles and thistles. Obviously not used very often.
©Pauline Eccles
As you stagger up the slope (or down it!) from the car park of the Penny Farthing pub, stop and take in the view of the countryside. Withymoor farm is in the middle distance with the Malvern Hills in the far distance.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>View looks northwards towards the village of Gorsley with the Malverns in the far distance. Withymoor Farm can be seen on the left.
©Roger Davies
Dist:0.2km<br/>View looks south across the hedgerow and fields towards the village of Aston Crews.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>An unnamed brook runs across the centre of the image, marked by the line of trees and shrubs. The wooded area in the distance is the Forest of Dean.
©Pauline Eccles
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Dist:0.3km<br/>I know it's a weed but up close it is so delicately beautiful.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>With May Hill backdrop.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>A flock of mixed breeds and their lambs, including Jacobs, running downhill in this pasture behind the Penny Farthing at Aston Crews. The trees surround an irrigation pond.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>This passes Withymoor Farm and Withymoor Wood before entering the tangle of lanes which is Little Gorsley.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Great views of rolling countryside from this pub which dates from 1867.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Both sexes, and the lambs of Piebald Sheep, or Jacob Sheep, have horns, clearly visible on this youngster out on the pastures in Aston Crews. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_sheep http://www.jacobsheep.co.uk/frames.htm They even have their own society, http://www.jacobsheepsociety.co.uk/ See also [[1879416]]
©Pauline Eccles
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©Roger Davies
Dist:0.3km<br/>Grass silage is usually produced by stock farmers two or three times a year, however it is the first cut of grass in late May that is the most important. Growth at this time of year is vigorous and the grass is rich in energy as it produces leaf rather than going to seed. Grass crops for silage are fertilised to increase production and can look very much like a conventional arable crop. Source:http://www.ukagriculture.com/crops/silage_making.cfm
©Pauline Eccles

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