Kyleshill Plantation

Wind-felled trees beside the B6456

Farm track near Polwarth

Hedge-lined minor road between Polwarth Mill and Polwarth

Looking south-eastward.

Peter Wood

Rough pasture and arable fields at Polwarth Mill

Looking south-westward.

Peter Wood

A6105 towards Greenlaw

A6105 towards Duns

B6456

The B6456 west of Choicelee.

Bridge Over The Foul Burn

The B6456 passes over the Foul Burn. Dirrington Little Law and Dirrington Great Law can be seen in the background.

A Scots Pine On Hanged Man's Hill

As viewed from the Choicelee to Westruther road.

Casting Shadows

Scots Pines on Hanged Man's Hill cast shadows across the bleak snowscape.

Woodland edge

After a heavy snowfall. The snow was very wet.

Woodland, Camp Moor

After a period of snow and easterly gales.

B6456

After a day and a bit of heavy snowfall.

Minor road from Polwarth

Leading northward from Polwarth, joining the B6456 to Westruther near Polwarth Mill. Comparing with NT7450 : Country Road near Polwarth, the only change in five years seems to be that the white line has worn away a bit! The tree in my picture has a bit of catching-up to do in the next twelve days to look as verdant as it did on 10th June 2008 - this has been a very late spring: there's still some snow on The Cheviot.

Barbara Carr

Track to Steel Plantation

Barbara Carr

Wheat, Polwarth

Awaits harvest while behind me, next year's crop was germinating.

Straw chopper

The dusty end of the combine, a New Holland CX8070 with the straw chopper in action. My last attempt at getting a shot of this process was a bit heavy on dust and initially rejected from Geograph. This time the wind was favourable and the dust less of an issue. More straw is produced than there is a market for and there are several solutions. Burning has been outlawed, but chopping up combined with growing short varieties of crop is commonly used now.