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Following on from my post about pub names, seeing this lichen-clad lion, I thought the Green Lion would be a great name for a pub… I can only find one listed, in Rainham in Essex, and another one in Malmö in Sweden… … and here is a link to it: http://www.greenlion.se/
MoreWe went to the sculpture ark at Roche Court today; due to the risk of copy-write infringement we couldn’t take any pictures to share of the actual sculptures, but here are two hounds I lichen a lot!
MoreHow did this one brick end up covered in different lichens… maybe the wall was rebuilt?
MoreThis mossy growth is completely natural, it’s just developed into a heart shape on this patch of lichen covering an eighteenth century gravestone!
MoreA holiday can’t be complete without finding some lichen… here is some growing on a very old church gate.
MoreSome ordinary golden lichen, and some reindeer lichen… … but look at this strange grey-black stuff growing on a thatched roof! I have no idea what it is, I will have to investigate!
MoreYet another church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, this one is in Thornbury in Gloucestershire; the church is just next to a Tudor castle, now a hotel.
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