The fields to the east side of Gallowhill, with a crown of Sitka spruce and autumn larch.
Moffat spreads from the south end of the hill This 'Collection' of pages takes Gallowhill as its centre piece; previous pages showed the area to the south and east, while this, and the following pages, bring you closer to the hill, and into its woods. Below are photographs from the fields on its eastern and southern flanks. For those familiar with the area some details and names are given, for those less acquainted I hope you can gloss over any excess of information. Freestanding beech oak and fir are the main interest on this side of the hill, they dot the fields and form two noticeable lines - the strip-woods - that lead up from the town to the walks around the hill.
From a distance the two fields on the south-east slopes of Gallowhill show clearly; one of the strip-woods
sits between these two fields
A very different photograph looking down from 600 feet above, with Gallowhill disappearing to the right of the photograph, here the hill is shawn of its larch and sitka. But shows the trees in the fields, on the hill's flank, to good effect
The square field has a strip-wood on either side, the left-hand one (less clear-cut) hides a path leading to a gate at the field's top. The base of the field is lined by Hartfell Cresent
Shadows on the winter snow replace the dark green of the last photo. The picture was taken in the top left corner of the square field, the gate is on the left...
...and looking back from the main gate over Moffat, on a day in early autumn...
...then on a summer's day from the pedestrian side gate, the trees framing Hunterheck Farm
The other strip-wood, down the east side of the field, lacks the well trodden path of its westerly neighbour, and gains in the size of its trees
Standing in the field looking left/west in autumn...
...and looking right/east, before the leaves start to fall
An autumn dewed morning on the path that bounds...
...the bottom of the field. Above, on a summer's morning
From the east flank of Gallowhill looking south across the town to Coxhill Farm,
and to the right Oakrigg Farm
Looking out from the hill in early autumn, with colours just beginning to turn - Hunterheck Farm at the right...
...and a little later with the colours in full swing, above Hunterheck Hill is changing hue
Moving away from Gallowhill and looking back: above, the wooded nature of the slope as it runs down into...
...the town of Moffat. Then, with this autumn shot: to the right, the fields on the slopes, with their isolated trees
Here and below some of those trees which have been able to grow to the shape that suits them, un-encroached by fellows. This beech, above in full autumn, with Craig Fell beyond it, is the centre of interest in the following photographs
Left, above, and below, that same tree: in winter, mid autumn, and early autumn. Right, a Scots pine in winter sun
Two shots of a group of trees at different times...
...from two angles - the same tree uniting the photos
A lone beech complimenting the bracken
Putting these trees in the context of Craig Fell
A beech being allowed to take its full shape
Different shedding times of oak (left) and beech trees' leaves
Last word to saplings' shadows
Trailers...
The next Picture Posting page is to have more snow; and also views to the south and west of Gallowhill.
The next page
of the Mosaic Section
is to be headed 'Time'.
Or go to the contents Go to the contents of the Mosaic Section. of the Mosaic Section. Monitors can keep the layout, which phones may need to discombobulate.
The last page had photos from around Frenchlands
One shot of jungle trees - then a page on de-forestation (U.S.aided!) in Vietnam
...guide to this site