There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
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I love not man the less, but Nature more,
– from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (Canto iv, Verse 178) by Lord Byron
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Hampstead Heath, London, November 2016
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 29 July 2021
Posted as part of Becky’s TreeSquare
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Travel with Intent 
Hampstead Heath … with Dracula lurking, his blood red eyes in the mist, just beyond the grasp …
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Such imagination – now I’m too frightened to return 😉
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It was one of the first books I’ve read in English so maybe the place names stuck in my head because of this. Whitby Harbour and Abbey, Exeter, Purfleet, Hull, Charing Cross and – of course, Borgo Pass. 🧛♂️
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I think some books just do that to us. And sometimes just the sound and rhythm of the words.
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Oooh, I like this! Possibily not the reality.
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I’ll be right back. I think my contacts are fogging up. (Steps away from her laptop.) Hmm, I guess that’s not it. Ahh, fog. 🙂 Hee,hee. Love the shot and love the quote.
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🙂 🙂 I never really enjoyed fog until I got into photography!
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Ah, great capture on a Misty morning
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The sun struggled to get through that morning!
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Yes, you did say it was cold!
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I love it to leave the paths (where it is allowed) 🙂
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It might be better where it’s not allowed 😉
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Wonderful sight!
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Quite atmos0pheric Debbie. That quote could be my mantra 🙂
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Can’t do better than a mantra written by Byron 🙂
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By Byron for Brian 🙂
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Perfect!
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very moody and atmospheric
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thank you for braving the freeze to take this!
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Oh. What atmosphere!
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It’s a beautiful part of London that I really should visit more often!
That morning was freeeeezing! I was out with fellow photographers and none of us took many shots – we were just desperately waiting for a coffee shop to open
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It always helps to have a red jacket!
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Doesn’t it just
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Awesome!
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Thank you
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Thank you for sharing it!
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Great picture!
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Thank you 😀
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