Autumn, Derbyshire, English Countryside, English Woodland, Environmental, Everyday Life, PHOTOGRAPHY,

In Search of Gold…..

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Go West East Young man!  Well we went east in the hope that we might find some of the elusive Autumn Gold.  Destination being some Beech and Chestnut woods more to the east and certainly a few hundred feet higher than our home woodland.

Well we did find that parts of the woodland was indeed sporting its autumn colours, but for the most part the woods were still green.  Yesterdays wind and rain (though only very moderate) has brought down some of those golden leaves….a start at least of  that much thicker carpet yet to come…

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I do at times wonder if we will get a true autumn spectacle, rather than a sudden drop of leaves, and anxiously wait for that Golden Glow to grace the woodlands, I can assure you that I am in no rush for the colder winter months ahead.

Days like today will do me just fine!

21st October

(C) David Oakes 2016

12 thoughts on “In Search of Gold…..”

  1. Its hardly searching could do with some parkland like that up here with pre composed tree layout lol – I did see some autumn yesterday but only as I was on thecedge of the Cairngorms at Sauchen – Lairg today might see some individual trees 🙄

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    1. Perthshire and the Tay, Tummel and Gary valleys was always a great spot for colour. But I also love that special autumn feel through the Rothiemurchus. But acknowledge we are fortunate to have so much woodland around and a admit that parts are of Parkland and ancient ‘chases’ of one time important houses and estates. But you should complain having to put up with that terrible Moray Coastline 🙂

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  2. 06.39 o’clock.. yawn.. That’s way too early for me although it is almost my time to get up and get my first cup of tea. 🙂
    What I find the most wonderful in England are the old trees. We do have a few of them. I believe less than 50 in the whole country. Many of your photos show old, magnificent trees. Weathered, gnarled, odd shapes, fantastisc shapes also, they can grow as wide as they please and they can send their roots deep into Mother Earth. I believe these trees are a part of the jewels of England, of Britain even. I so enjoy ‘your’ trees. Flat as we are, we now enjoy specific autumn views with a layer of mist hanging low on the fields. They do give a splendid view. So I do see beauty here as well. Alas, not those old trees. Thanks for showing them. 🙂

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    1. Those who see no beauty in a landscape are missing out on a great deal. I can imagine those flat expanses with mist rolling across and a low morning sun. I hear on the news today that some places in England have had their first fog….so I guess frost and mists will soon be with us all. -)

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      1. Don’t mind the text in Dutch, but they made a video in time lapse about fog in the centre of Rotterdam. You see the top of the Erasmus Bridge and the whirling fog. More fog on pics below.
        http://www.ad.nl/dossier-rotterdam/rotterdam-bijna-onherkenbaar-in-de-mist~a057cb7a/
        Yes, flat fiels with fog and when you are lucky: floating cows. I have such a photo as wallpaper and this morning my place stuck oout of low hanging fog. For me the sun was out. Gloriously as well. For all thos people living under me, below… it took another 2 hours! It’s magical to be all alone (haha) in thi world of fog. We did have our first frost last night. I could see the rooftops of the terraced houses. They were white.

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    1. Nature in all its seasons and weather does beat all….but I guess autumn is when it is at its best. But as I keep saying the full autumn colours are yet to come (we just hope they do) 🙂

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