The Animal World, Horses Social Distancing near Dover, UK

The photo was taken on the 3rd of April, 2020 about 200 yards west of Elms Wood House on Elms Vale Road, a Dover to West Hougham country lane.

The view is looking west towards West Hougham with part of Long Wood visible at top left:

A few minutes earlier I had seen a large fox padding along the lane some 80 yards in front of me.

I stopped to take a photo (my camera has a 250mm zoom lens)  but a car coming up from behind alarmed the fox and it disappeared into the hedgerow.

Oh well, better luck next time!

The location the photo was taken from is marked "P" on the  map:

Cycle route: Dover to Capel-le-Ferne via West Hougham then returning to Dover via the B2011 Folkestone Road after joining it at the Winehouse Lane junction at Capel.

Original map and biometrics are on this Polar Flow web page.

Abbreviated versions of this post are also on Facebook and Twitter.

Ordnance Survey information on West Hougham.

A permitted coronavirus lockdown bike ride.

Pergola Bridge of Trees, Elms Vale, Dover, Kent, UK

Located on Lowslip Road between West Hougham and Dover.

Some of the beautiful scenery that makes a bike ride along the country lanes from Dover to Capel-le-Ferne (via West Hougham) so enjoyable.

Part of the North Downs, clay over chalk.

The location this photo was taken from is marked "P2" on the route map:

Start and end point of cycle ride is the green dot below the "S" at top right.

Original map and biometrics at Polar Flow

Abbreviated versions of this post are also on Facebook and Twitter

Ordnance Survey information on West Hougham.

Permitted cycle ride under the Coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown rules. 

Elms Wood House and Farmland, Elms Vale, Dover, UK

White-painted Elms Wood House, an unlisted period house, is situated between West Hougham and Dover in the Elms Vale or Valley:

Photo taken on a bike ride from Dover to Capel-le Ferne via West Hougham.

View is looking west with "Long Wood" at top right.

The location this photo was taken from is marked "P1" on the route map:

Start and end point of cycle ride is the green dot below the "S" at top right.

Original map and biometrics at Polar Flow

Abbreviated versions of this post are also on Facebook and Twitter.

Ordnance Survey information on West Hougham.

Permitted cycle ride under the Coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown rules.