On Ashdown Forest

Early afternoon sun breaks through the cloud cover, illuminating a Scots Pine tree on Ashdown Forest, close to the Wood Reeves car park; in the background, a magnificent view northwards toward the Kent and Surrey Hills.

Today's 'Extra' shows a common Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus), some distance from the nearest garden, crawling along one of the horse rides that cross this heathy, upland domain.