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Bluebell Time on Boars Hill - May 2010

Bluebells on Boars Hill -  May 2010
Bluebells on Boars Hill -  May 2010
Bluebells on Boars Hill -  May 2010
Walking among the bluebells on Boars Hill -  May 2010

Out and About on Boars Hill

Dreaming Spires - The famous view of Oxford taken from Berkeley Road, Boars Hill

Dreaming Spires - The famous view of Oxford taken across the Old Golf Course from Berkeley Road.

Foxcombe Road from Berkeley Road with the Old Golf Course on the left.

The view of the Dreaming Sprires from this location is world famous - see first picture.

An Autumn Day on Foxcombe Road - looking East at the junction with Bayworth Lane.

Please observe the 40mph speed limit!

The same view of Foxcombe Road taken in August 2009 and showing the newly installed cats eyes.

A footpath through Jarn Wild Garden laid out by Sir Arthur Evans between 1929 and 1931

and now maintained by the Boars Hill branch of The Oxford Preservation Trust.

The top of Old Boars Hill taken from Jarn Wild Garden.

Descending Old Boars Hill towards the Vale of White Horse.

Wootton Cricket Ground at the foot of Boars Hill

The beautiful setting of Wootton Cricket Ground at the foot of Old Boars Hill.

The Fox Inn which can be found half way up the hill on Fox Lane.

At the top of Fox Lane looking North at the junction with Lincombe Lane.

Sunningwell village from Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill

The footpath to Sunningwell village from Lincombe Lane.

Note Wittenham Clumps on the horizon slightly left of centre which featured, in exaggerated manner, as the inspiration

for several Boars Hill paintings by surrealist Paul Nash who often visited his friend Hilda Harrison who lived on the Hill.

 

Some winter scenes on Boars Hill - January 2010

The top of Hinksey Hill from Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, facing East Jan 2010

The top of Hinksey Hill from Foxcombe Road facing East

Looking down Hinksey Hill towards Oxford, Jan 2010

Looking down Hinksey Hill towards Oxford

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A view along Red Copse Lane, Boars Hill, Jan 2010

A view along Red Copse Lane

Looking West along Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Jan 2010

Looking West along Foxcombe Road

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Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, facing East, Jan 2010

Foxcombe Road facing East

Foxcombe Rd, Boars Hill - looking East at the junction with Bayworth Lane, Jan 2010

Winter on Foxcombe Road - looking East at the junction with Bayworth Lane. Compare this picture with the similar summer and autumn scenes shown earlier.

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Foxcombe Rd from Berkeley Road, Boars Hill, Jan 2010

Foxcombe Rd from Berkeley Road with the Old Golf Course on the left.

Compare this with the summer scene shown earlier.

Berkeley Road, Boars Hill, facing West, Jan 2010

Berkeley Road facing West with the Old Golf Course on the right.

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