About a month ago I shared some photographs I'd taken of bodies of water around Loughborough. One of these was the Summerpool Brook, part of which traverses the Big Meadow, down on Meadow Lane, heading towards Stanford-on-Soar. This area is a floodplain, hence why the road floods when the slightest bit of rain falls. The road also has one of the most dangerous corners in the town.
Anyway, this particular meadow is a Lammas Meadow, so an area of common land, with origins in Mediaeval times, when strip farming was in operation, before the enclosure act. After Lammas Day, which falls in August, and after the grass has been mowed, the meadow is given over to grazing animals.
When I last visited in July, the grass was clearly still growing strongly and upwards. Other times I've visited it's been in the winter months, so often the field has been muddy. I've also visited in September when the grass has begun to grow again.
Well, this week I was absolutely thrilled to be able to visit the meadow just after it had been mowed, and I was even more thrilled to see youngish cows grazing on it! They must have been quite young as they were very inquisitive when I got my camera out.
I think this is quite some history! One of the last few remaining Lammas Meadows in the country, across the seasons. It's owned by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, and home to many species of plants and butterflies.
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The Summerpool Brook in the middle of the Big Meadow July 2020
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Flooded brook on Meadow Lane, February 2020
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Flooded brook on Meadow Lane, February 2020
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Floods near the Big Meadow, February 2020
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Looking across the Big Meadow, September 2019
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Information board at Loughborough Meadows, September 2019
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The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020
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| The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020 |
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| The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020 |
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| The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020 |
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| The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020 |
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| The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020 |
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