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A Mixed Bag…..

The Calm After the Storm…..Today we had some lovely autumnal sunshine and warm enough to be out and about in just a thin sweater.

The woodland seemed to have escaped any severe wind damage, certainly the woodland canopy was much thinner but  still enough leaf cover to add some colour…..

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But there were some reminders of the torrential rains.  In the lower lying areas water has gathered creating a good impression of a rain forest….

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Autumn this year has been slow to get a grip and one felt that this last weekends storms would have put an end to the colourful autumn…..but no.  Once in the open and looking down towards the Lower Derwent Valley there is still the suggestion that Autumn is only just getting underway…

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Our first frosts are predicted for the end of the week so I guess we make the most of what we have.

Enjoy.

17th November

(C) David Oakes 2015

5 thoughts on “A Mixed Bag…..”

  1. I do look forward to your daily photos. They are stunning. I expect you have a very good camera David.
    I live in an area you know Pontneddfechan., waterfal country.
    You have done some magnificent images of the falls.
    Keep up the good work! I am, I ‘m afraid,not so disciplined as yourself!
    Morwen

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    1. Its the water snakes that are the cunning ones!…I guess our honeymoon with what has been overall a good summer and autumn is now well and truly over. Second big storm on the way and the possibility of snow at the weekend….but temperatures will need to make a marked dropped, yesterday I was out walking with 14c and at 9am this morning it was 10c (-:

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  3. That second storm will be a ‘quicky’, David. It’s due here in a few hours only. 🙂

    The photos are stunning again. Currently, I was lucky to find a great woonland photo of yours with a wide walkway through dead leaves. I can heart the footsteps crumbling the leaves. It’s my wallpaper. As was your magnificant but rather lazy stag with his powerful neck. It’s a feast to switch on… 🙂

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