The Royal Military Canal is a canal running for 28 miles (45 km) between Seabrook near Folkestone and Cliff End near Hastings, following the old cliff line bordering Romney Marsh, which was constructed as a defence against the possible invasion of England during the Napolionic Wars..
As you walk along this canal it is quite strange to think of its past, because it is usually so quiet. You can just hear the sound of traffic on the road which fades as you go further inland. After that it is just the sound of birds..... warblers, (I think) black-headed gulls and the odd sound of moorhens.
We had a late walk for a change...about 5 p.m. It had just rained so we were anticipating what we might see.
We were not disappointed.
Elderflowers still blooming......
......a wonderful array of grasses covered in pollen......
......transparent orbs of raindrops
on the reeds....
.....an unidentified moth.....
......black spiky Peacock caterpillars all over the nettles....
.......delicate damselflies.....
......and cinnabar moths on the thistle flowers.
I keep pulling up thistles at Freshwinds Garden. Now I am wondering if I should
leave some for these stunning moths.
And finally on the way home a bank of wild orchids between the Methodist Chapel
and the post office.
Plenty to gladden the heart.
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