Walking into autumn

What a glorious day it's been today.  We had planned to work in the garden again but decided a good walk was a better idea.

Nature's bounty was much in evidence

Blackberries

Sloes

Rosehips

Haws

 New life in the fields

Colour in the hedgerows still and peaceful river scenes

woodpecker hole

dandelion clock

verbascum

bramble flowers

busy bee

Hops

A great day to be alive

Sunday stroll

It was actually a bit more than a stroll.  We decided we would forget the gloomy weather forecast and trust to luck with a walk.  We are fortunate that we have some lovely walks around where we live.  The Ouse Valley Way Walk passes through our neck of the woods, so we decided we would do part of that - its 150 miles in total.  We can do a 10 mile loop comfortably and the only roads you touch are as it goes through the village of Holywell, so therefore nice and peaceful. 

She was not mooving - but he wasn't far away!

Brownhill Staunch & Lock

Holywell - love this village but it is prone to flooding hence these cottages were built higher up

 These are photos of the flora and fauna that we saw along the way,  plus lunch time liquid refreshment

Apart from an odd sprinkle of rain which stopped before we got our rain capes on it was a beautiful day, not too hot, just comfortable for walking and I only got one bite.

Not sure what the plan is for today - its a public holiday here.  Peter has gone off to do a platelets donation which will take a couple of hours round trip, so I shall go and weed the front garden and hope he has planned what we will do by the time he gets back.  I have plenty of 'jobs', but don't feel inclined to do them