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This first photo is deceptively easy - that is, if you know the answer! However, you probably do, so where are these stepping stones?   Answer in a few  days.             _______________________________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                                                                         This next photo is in Trotton Road and the building is the Dumpford Manor Farm. So the question is - when was the photo taken please? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________     Answers to the last quiz - the pig looking over the wall is in Ashfield Road, Midhurst.  The second one with the field full of barley and walkers was between Locksash Farm and Grevitts Copse, on the way to Up Marden from West Marden. SU7862 1370. It was a very hot day and we were all gratefull of the woods giving us some welcome shade.                                                                  Hope you are all keeping safe - don't eat too much - it's very easy!  

Many of us don't really want to wear a mask and we can easily say we can't get one - when the real reason is that some of us think we'd look silly. However this explanation FACE MASKS may help you to help others. The video at the end really says it all.      If you don't fancy a white medical thingy obscuring your mouth, why not be a trend-setter and just use a scarf or buff and perhaps tuck a paper towel in the folds?  It's not perfect but so much better than nothing!

A surprising plant, found by Denis, is this Purple Toothwort near to Penns Place in Petersfield.                                                                                                                                                      This parasitic plant lives on elder, poplar and willow roots. Not especially rare but not often seen growing quite so profusely as it is here in Petersfield. The What3words location is retraced.fine.chess but for those not familiar with What3words it's not to hard to find. Leaving the Rugby pitch, follow the footpath next to the River Rother upstream and keep an eye on the right hand side. There were at least 25 clumps of these extraordinary plants growing there last week. The plant has been in England since 1908 and can be cultivated, however you may need to wait 10 years before it chooses to flower. A guide to the spot is available by appointment and at a distance!

First photo is an easy one, especially if you live in Midhurst.                                                                                                                                                                           This next one is not so easy, but will be a very familiar bend in the landscape to some, with the footpath heading for the woods further on.  Taken on a walk last summer - hey, those were the days!                                                                                                                                                                                           If all these puzzles are too much for you, here is a question, complete with an answer. NB Please don't practice at home. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                                                                                                     Answers to last weeks puzzle - the lady on the footpath is of course Maddie. The Church is St Beuno's Church in the village of Culbone, near Porlock Weir. It is reputed to be the smallest parish church in England - well worth a visit, especiailly if you walk from Porlock Weir.                                                                            The Hayling Island photo yielded no answers as to the correct name for that invasive tree - one suggestion was that it could be a bumma tree. Sadly a google search came up with quite a lot, but nothing to do with trees. Even the supplier of the photo had not a clue, which is a bit of a cheek.

There has been much discussion about what is allowed and different Police forces interpretation of the law. This document  Police guidance    is the National Police Chiefs' Council considered advice. It advises that driving to a walk location is OK as long as the walking time is longer than the driving time.  Might be worth taking a copy with you, just in case your local policeman hasn't had time to read it!  Stay safe.