Surrey Hills
CHANTRY FIELD OF DREAMS Chantry Woods, Guildford, Surrey, UK A fresh April night as I stood amongst these warming golden fields and away from the town. It really did feel like a temporary escape from the nonstop hustle and bustle of modern life. The stars still seemed so magical as they twinkled elegantly despite the surrounding of so many neighbouring street lights. A true self-healing and therapeutic escape on the doorstep of Guildford Town.
ENTRANCED UNDER MOON LIGHT Chantry Woods, Guildford, Surrey, UK. A night when the whole atmosphere upon and surrounding the gorgeous rolling yellow moonlit field just seemed to make me feel so at peace. It felt like I was in a completely temporary soothing and calm thought-provoking world as faint mist had begun to form. The light patches of clouds were drifting right towards and over me; where my own thoughts purely became about enjoying this very place and moment, letting go completely of anything that had been on my mind from life back in the real world.
WARMING SOFTLY Newlands Corner, Guildford, Surrey, UK. A fresh therapeutic winters morning view from Newlands Corner. Fog had covered the Surrey Hills over night yet on this calm morning; the rising sun was burning through and softly illuminating the blanket of fog, delicately warming the whole landscape around me.
QUIETUDE OF THE CHANTRIES Chantry Woods, Guildford, Surrey, UK. So close to town yet can seem so far when allowing ourselves to be absorbed by nature. I was here before the sun had begun to rise; traffic noise levels still quiet and very few people around. The softening hues of the sky, warming fields and welcoming songs from the birds; such a peaceful way to start the day.
SERENITY AT ST MARTHAS St Marthas Church, Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey, UK. A church with so much history located on the well known ‘Pilgrims Way’ in Surrey. Peacefully it sits on top of a hill; amazing views of the Surrey Hills, and as I viewed it under the stars there was such a calming feeling of being there.
St MARTHAS HILL STILLNESS OF THE NIGHT St Marthas Hill, Guildford, Surrey, UK. The rolling hills of Surrey can have such an amazing way of portraying peace and tranquillity. On this fresh moonlit night, as most of the town was sleeping; I stood feeling as if time had temporarily slowed down and watched soft blankets of mist roll delicately through the hills. As the whole environment had gone quiet; so too had my worries and stresses of modern life as nature once again seemed to prove just how soothing it can be on the mind, body and soul
A BRUMOUS MARCH NIGHT Chantry Woods, Guildford, Surrey, UK. As temperatures slowly dropped on this bright moonlit night it was on my journey home that I saw dense blankets of mist slowly form and drift through the valleys on the south side from the Chantry Woods, Surrey, UK. Towns and villages slowly became submerged in mist on this very quiet and peaceful night.
CHANTRIES WOODS MYSTERIES Chantry Woods, Guildford, Surrey, UK. The Chantries is considered an ancient woodland and I have no doubt it is a place with many tales to tell. On this foggy night there really was quite a magical and enchanted feeling as these soft moonlit beams appeared to be reaching from behind the tree fuelling my fascination into just how many mysteries do these woodlands hold?
St CATHERINES UNDER MILKY WAY St Catherines Chapel, Guildford, Surrey, UK. The ruins of a chapel full of history sat peacefully under a starry summer’s night. I always wonder just how many tales and mysteries this chapel holds as it continues to stand proudly and echo throughout time.
TRANQUIL MOONLIT CHANTRIES FIELD Chantry Woods, Guildford, Surrey, UK. I sat in peace watching soft blankets of mist calmly cover Surrey on this calming moonlit night. I had temporarily left life in town behind; modern life stresses felt as if they had been absorbed and comforted by the mist itself too. This wonderful hill on the Chantries temporarily felt like a scene from a fairytale on this night; a pure place of tranquillity.
CHANTRIES CHARM Chantry Woods, Guildford, Surrey, UK. Woods I have visited at different times of the year, different times of the day and even at night. I can honestly say it is a woods that I can never get bored of visiting; such character and such a relaxing place to be. The more I visit the more I feel a place of belonging. One of its many gifts and charms being the time of year its well-known bluebells temporarily take centre stage.
COMFORTING CHANTRIES DAWN Chantry Woods, Guildford, Surrey, UK. Before the neighbouring towns awake, roads became busy and modern life would pick up where it left off yesterday; such warming, comforting and peaceful mornings like this become a reminder of the simplest enjoyments and gratefulness’s in life can come at no cost.
WATCH TIME GO BY Chantry Woods, Guildford, Surrey, UK. We all need time to reflect and think alone sometimes. Time to temporarily step aside, stop in our tracks and allow our minds to freely process our journeys through life. Spending time under the stars can be so deeply therapeutic, freeing and a reminder just how healing time in nature can be; day or night.
TIME GOES BY Chantry Woods, Guildford, Surrey, UK. Nights spent under the stars outside of town can have a way of completely absorbing and captivating your thoughts. Stay in a location long enough at night; and you too become part of it; a shadow equally absorbed by nature itself as it sits under the vastness of a night sky. Your eyes start to notice the delicate flickering of light, sometimes slight changes in colour of the stars themselves as they continuously twinkle across the night sky. Yet, what becomes hard to notice as you truly feel at one and at ease with the environment; is just how much the stars move across the sky in just 5 minutes. They always say special moments can pass us by so quickly and from my own personal experiences; being under the stars is certainly one of them!