Passing Chequers, the Prime Minister’s Summer Residence.

Air traffic, natural and manmade, over Chequers.

Amazing bird call. I think it is the Red Kite, a bird of prey that nearly vanished from England. They have since been protected, restored, and are a great environmental success story here, taking their place controlling rabbits, rodents, and wood pigeons in the countryside. They soar over fields, but I can’t seem to catch them in the lens of my camera.

The next two photos and audiofiles are about kissing gates. They come in both metal and wood. I think they are called that because the swinging part kisses both walls, but in my fevered imagination, like getting trapped in a revolving door, you can get caught in the middle of the gate briefly, as the door swings, with just time to kiss….

Sunset from along the Ridgeway National Trail in Buckinhamshire, near Chinnor.