crazylegs
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Had a day off and went out with my camera today to a place called High Beech in Epping forest, its where I used to live and grew up there until I was about 9 years old, its a very ancient part of the forest and has now become quite a well to do area as most houses there are in the half a million pound mark and upwards..
Beautiful place to take photographs of and so I thought I would post up a selection so you good people could take a looksee..
Lots of old Beech trees everywhere
This ones a bit rude..
This ones a real optical illusion..
Sadly the great Storm of 88 brought a lot of these ancient Beech trees down, the remains are littered all over the forest floor..
Excellent for the wildlife though, I wonder how many bugs are in there..
Horse Paddock next to the road I used to live, remember scrumping pears from the tree at the end of the paddock, god they were sweet and juicy, seems to be used for crochet now..
Tree in Bud
I do love Magnolia trees when they are about to flower, they look so beautiful..This was up by the Golf course which is nearby and backs onto the forest, I remember me and my brother nicking golf balls from the first tee and selling them back to there unsuspecting owners for 10 pence each on the 5th tee..
Thats what you call enterprising..Alan Sugar eat your heart out..
This is now used as a Y.H.A but was once a holiday shack back in the 20's and 30's I believe, when people used to visit Epping forest and stay..
Heres the plaque on the building stating Holiday Home.
This little lane leads down to where Dick Turpin used to hide out in a cave in the forest, people living there don't like strangers going down there so this was as far as I went, They had dogs too which were loose..So I took this pic quick and I was off..
There I was when I heard mr Magpie up above my head looking down at me wondering what I was up to..We used to have a pet magpie years ago when I was a kid living here, made me wonder if this was a relative of our pet peggy..
Right in the heart of the forest is this old ancient lake, no one knows about it..Its only if you have lived in these parts that you would know where to find it..It was really beautiful today with the dappled sunlight and the ducks..
She is a beauty ain't she, not sure what sort of duck she is...Maybe Muck's or Niv can enlighten us...She certainly enjoyed the tranquil setting of the lake..And not a soul insight or around anywhere..
Just look how clear that water is..Superb..
Walked up past our old Village church.
A church right in the middle of Epping forest.
A really nice silver birch tree with lots of bobbles all over it, god knows how old it is..
Hope you enjoyed looking at the pics as much as I enjoyed my walk in the forest and taking them, brought back a few memories of my childhood aswell growing up here.. 
Beautiful place to take photographs of and so I thought I would post up a selection so you good people could take a looksee..
Lots of old Beech trees everywhere
This ones a bit rude..
This ones a real optical illusion..
Sadly the great Storm of 88 brought a lot of these ancient Beech trees down, the remains are littered all over the forest floor..
Excellent for the wildlife though, I wonder how many bugs are in there..
Horse Paddock next to the road I used to live, remember scrumping pears from the tree at the end of the paddock, god they were sweet and juicy, seems to be used for crochet now..
Tree in Bud
I do love Magnolia trees when they are about to flower, they look so beautiful..This was up by the Golf course which is nearby and backs onto the forest, I remember me and my brother nicking golf balls from the first tee and selling them back to there unsuspecting owners for 10 pence each on the 5th tee..
Thats what you call enterprising..Alan Sugar eat your heart out..
This is now used as a Y.H.A but was once a holiday shack back in the 20's and 30's I believe, when people used to visit Epping forest and stay..
Heres the plaque on the building stating Holiday Home.
This little lane leads down to where Dick Turpin used to hide out in a cave in the forest, people living there don't like strangers going down there so this was as far as I went, They had dogs too which were loose..So I took this pic quick and I was off..
There I was when I heard mr Magpie up above my head looking down at me wondering what I was up to..We used to have a pet magpie years ago when I was a kid living here, made me wonder if this was a relative of our pet peggy..
Right in the heart of the forest is this old ancient lake, no one knows about it..Its only if you have lived in these parts that you would know where to find it..It was really beautiful today with the dappled sunlight and the ducks..
She is a beauty ain't she, not sure what sort of duck she is...Maybe Muck's or Niv can enlighten us...She certainly enjoyed the tranquil setting of the lake..And not a soul insight or around anywhere..
Just look how clear that water is..Superb..
Walked up past our old Village church.
A church right in the middle of Epping forest.
A really nice silver birch tree with lots of bobbles all over it, god knows how old it is..
Hope you enjoyed looking at the pics as much as I enjoyed my walk in the forest and taking them, brought back a few memories of my childhood aswell growing up here..
