As with Hellscombe Cottage there's a cottage at Aldbourne Warren that also sits snug to the base of the hill to their east. There must be some, most likely weather related, reason for this. Maybe it was close to water back in the day.
Clearly I would not have been able to repeat this shot in the summer since the leaves on the trees would obscure the cottage from this direction.
Quite why this particular combe picked up the moniker of Hellscombe is lost to me. It doesn't look particularly hellish.
Late winter and the grasses are recovering, still no leaves on the trees but the fields are being prepared for spring wheat.
Late afternoon and a farm worker pulls a harrow across a field before a stand of trees. The trees all tilt to the right showing the direction of the prevailing winds. Dust hangs in the air behind the tractor.
This sunset was taken from our camp near Delmas which is about 40 miles east of Johannesburg. Looking back, I don't recall mosquitoes being a particular problem, despite the often wet camp sites.