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Stepping Stones

As from 2010 you have to pay to park at the Stepping Stones. All these charges are a form of blackmail to make you join the National Trust. The National Trust is slowly turning the English countryside into a landscaped garden with reduced access for everybody.
Mole is lowest it has been for a long time.
Mole is lowest it has been for a long time.		 A few weeks of rain, and the Mole is rising.
A few weeks of rain, and the Mole is rising.		 I might need to wear glasses, there used to be some stepping stones here.
I might need to wear glasses, there used to be some stepping stones here.		 Still looking, I know they are here somewhere.
Still looking, I know they are here somewhere.		 The new leaves have started to grow.
The new leaves have started to grow.
Queueing to cross the stones.
Queueing to cross the stones.		 Large tree roots near the stones
Large tree roots near the stones		 Path down to the stones.
Path down to the stones.		 Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones		 Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones		 The river Mole is getting quite low.
The river Mole is getting quite low.		 Detritus blocks the stones.
Detritus blocks the stones.		 A winters day view of the new bridge.
A winters day view of the new bridge.		 The leaning tree.
The leaning tree.
Stones under two foot of water.
Stones under two foot of water.		 River level is very low.
River level is very low.		 The river just covering the stones.
The river just covering the stones.		 The long walk back to the van.
The long walk back to the van.		 Wild garlic is growing well this spring.
Wild garlic is growing well this spring.
Fence damage by a falling tree.
Fence damage by a falling tree.		 The stepping stones are under this lot.
The stepping stones are under this lot.		 From the car park side.
From the car park side.		 Jason standing on the old footbridge.
Jason standing on the old footbridge.		 Footbridge near Stepping Stones at Box Hill in 1963
Footbridge near Stepping Stones at Box Hill in 1963
New footbridge over the River Mole.
New footbridge over the River Mole.		 Footbridge, on the hill side.
Footbridge, on the hill side.		 River Mole flooded a bit.
River Mole flooded a bit.		 Old footbridge near stepping stones at Box Hill
Old footbridge near stepping stones at Box Hill		 The Stepping Stones, Box Hill, Surrey
The Stepping Stones, Box Hill, Surrey
Roots.
Roots.		 Do not take a picture like this.
Do not take a picture like this.		 Shallow water just down from the Stepping Stones.
Shallow water just down from the Stepping Stones.		 Stones from left bank.
Stones from left bank.		 Stepping Stones from right bank.
Stepping Stones from right bank.
Close up of stones.
Close up of stones.		 Branch trapped behind a step.
Branch trapped behind a step.		 First stone from right bank.
First stone from right bank.		 Stepping Stones from Hill side of River Mole.
Stepping Stones from Hill side of River Mole.		 Life on the edge.
Life on the edge.
Looking up from the stones.
Looking up from the stones.		 New fence around private garden at the Stepping Stones.
New fence around private garden at the Stepping Stones.		 The Footbridge.
The Footbridge.		 Path down to stepping stones from car park.
Path down to stepping stones from car park.		 Double exposure. (taken in 1969)
Double exposure. (taken in 1969)
Waiting to cross.
Waiting to cross.		 A stone.
A stone.		 Crossing to the car park side.
Crossing to the car park side.		 The Stones.
The Stones.		 Overhanging tree.
Overhanging tree.
Looking down stream.
Looking down stream.

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