Thursday
Oct142010
The Best Place for an Autumn Walk
Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 10:27 PM 
If you want to experience autumn at its most intensely glorious, then go for a walk in the woods - my absolute favourite place to walk at this time of year.
Today it was a forest of beech and oak trees, rising steeply from the river in the valley bottom. The air smelled deliciously damp; the dogs went deliriously mad.
We slithered and slid on the wet leaves underfoot; crunched (you’ve got to crunch in autumn….) through the dry ones. Came upon a monstrous mushroom growing on a tree, high above our heads; and tiny fungi clinging to the log below. We passed two rows of giant stepping stones, spanning the water; and a statue roughly hewn from a gigantic trunk.
The light falling through the half-turned foliage was pale but it set the beech leaves sparkling; the forest floor was pure burnished copper.
I wish you could have been there. I think you would have loved it. J
Reader Comments (5)
That looks like a walk I would have loved. There is something so peaceful in the woods. As if you listen close enough you can hear the trees talking. Can I come next time?
Your fall photographs are stunning. It's my favorite time of year. The leaves are turning colors here too. I think next week we will be close to our peak! As I look at your photos I can hear the crunching leaves, smell the crisp fresh air, and take in the glorious colors! Thank you for sharing your part of the world.
Oh I would have...so much. Thank you for taking us along with you here. Happy Saturday.
H x
Your pictures convey a most peaceful, autumny sense. Wonderful!
I wish I could havebeen there.
I need a walk through the woods :)