Am I pleased I didn’t set forth on the Sarsen Way down in Wiltshire last week? They have had more than their fair share of rain. Pottered around at home, took delivery of a new cycle (more of that later), done a bit of easy bouldering in the quarries, and had a few walks up the fell on the better days.
My eldest grandson came to stay for a couple of days and we ventured onto the now, once again, boggy fell. It will only get worse as the year progresses.
What struck me was the amount of fungi already springing up amongst the trees. Using the phone’s aps we tried our best to identify most of them. We have been short of insects this year so let’s hope for an abundant fungal autumn.
I have made it my intention this autumn to become more proficient at fungal identification, did I say that last year? There are plenty of trees down in the woods for them to grow on. Must remember to take my camera next time.
We seemed to have a week of excellent weather up here while most other places had loads of rain – I made the most of it as I’m sure you did too. Presumably the yellow bike is now redundant?
Yes, it was a good week.
I’m now down south, and so far it’s dry but getting colder.
The yellow bike will never be made redundant, I have owned it for 40 years, and it has been on several foreign adventures with me.
You will have to wait until my return for the unveiling of the new bike.
Wow that’s a fabulous array of fungi. 😍
Hoping for a bumper Autumn . If only I could identify them all.