I’ve not been doing much painting recently but I have been visiting a lot of places and taking photos. One of these is Paxton Pits Nature Reserve in Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire. It is off the tourist trail, so the only people you’ll meet are locals with their dogs.

You will see lots of dragonflies, damselflies, wild flowers, butterflies and birds if you decide to visit in July. Visit in April for the best time to see nightingales, visit in August for bat spotting in the evenings. There are two walks to do that are well signposted and either of which will take you around one of several lakes past meadows and among trees. This is a great spot for fishing too.

The only odd thing was that on one part of the walk, the path borders a housing estate and you walk past people in their back gardens. It also goes past some allotments. So don’t imagine you are in a nature reserve out in the wilds of nowhere. Here are a couple of pictures I took on my mobile phone. Enjoy.