{"id":6117,"date":"2020-09-15T16:06:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T16:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6117"},"modified":"2020-09-15T16:06:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T16:06:04","slug":"first-visit-of-the-year-to-downs-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6117","title":{"rendered":"First visit of the year to Downs Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although it is not far from where we live, for some reason this year we hadn&#8217;t got round to visiting the National Trust site of Down&#8217;s Bank, until yesterday&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This place is mostly a wooded area on the side of some hills with a stream running through the middle. It has some good views and is a pleasant place to walk being quite popular with dog walkers, some joggers and the occasional cyclist. Here are a few photos and panoramas that I took during the visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7483r1x3j1-600x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7483r1x3j1-600x171.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7483r1x3j1-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7483r1x3j1-150x43.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7483r1x3j1-768x218.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7483r1x3j1-1536x437.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7483r1x3j1-1200x341.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7483r1x3j1.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Panoramic view across an adjacent field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7528r1x2j1-600x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7528r1x2j1-600x278.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7528r1x2j1-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7528r1x2j1-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7528r1x2j1-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7528r1x2j1-1536x712.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7528r1x2j1-1200x556.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7528r1x2j1.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Many silver birch trees were just the remains of broken stumps &#8211; I presume this was wind damage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7566r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7566r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7566r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7566r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7566r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7566r1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7566r1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Another broken tree stump<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7576r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7576r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7576r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7576r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7576r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7576r1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/L20_7576r1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>A view west(ish) through the trees &#8211; on a clear day you can see for miles&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All together, an enjoyable mornings walk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although it is not far from where we live, for some reason this year we hadn&#8217;t got round to visiting the National Trust site of Down&#8217;s Bank, until yesterday&#8230; This place is mostly a wooded area on the side of some hills with a stream running through the middle. It has some good views and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6117\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;First visit of the year to Downs Bank&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,96,3,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landscape","category-national-trust","category-photography","category-staffordshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6122,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6117\/revisions\/6122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}