The Lost Naturalist was both temporally and spatially lost yesterday, having got up at the ridiculously early hour of 3.30AM in order to get a 6.30AM flight to Krakow.
Taking to the air though, was worth while, for we were soon above the blanket of cloud that has regularly covered the UK for the last few months. Above this cloud layer, the sky was blue and the sun was a burning ball of fire in the sky. Just as summer should be.
Heading east, the cloud soon began to break and the patchwork landscape below opened up to reveal large agricultural fields in a range of greens and browns, linked together by small areas of woodland, now in the rich green hues of summer. Heading east the fields gradually decreased in sized and were knitted increasingly together by the greens of hedges and large areas of woodland.
Patchwork Countryside at 30,000 Feet – 09 July 2012 (Copyright Carol Jones)
Not sure exactly when, but at some point the fields changed from small irregular shapes into long narrow strips. Almost as though someone had begun to weave the countryside together, from long strips of fabric. Every now and then the maximum size of fabric was reached and the next piece would be sown on at a different angle, as though a new square had been added.
The Woven Fabric of the Countryside – 09 July 2012 (Copyright Carol Jones)
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