One of the themes the Greenteeth team like to follow in our meditations series of pages is the beauty and sense of oneness to be found in places that in the fairly recent past have been ravaged by human activity but have now been reclaimed by nature. This sunset scene with the tree line on the far side of the water silhouetted against the warm sunset tones of the sky may appear to have been taken in a remote place that would appeal to seekers of peace and solitude but in fact is a flooded gravel pit near London. There are many such pits in the area, excavated as he city expanded rapidly with the growth of the British Empire in the eighteenth century. Aggregated were extracted from the pits until early in the twentieth century then they were abandoned to nature. Many have now been adopted by local authorities and are now open to the public for water sports, walking and relaxation.They make welcome islands of natural beauty in the urban sprawl if south east England.

Photo source Ian R Thorpe at Flickr

MEDITATIONS The front page to our Meditations menu contains the article "Have We Forgotten How To Be" and some good advice in rediscovering the art of just being.

Sunsets Heading For Harbour
In The Skerries
The Old Gravel Pit
Walks Wycoller.
A Walk In The Park
Strolling On The Beach
Aysgarth Falls
Industrial Nightmare
Moments To Linger