Sunday 27.09.2015

So peaceful this afternoon it was like the woods knew the still air and warm sun can`t last and were making the most of it - basking in it even. Butterflies, flies, midges all out in force, the birds quietly chittering away with a buzzard overhead just about raising the energy to call out occasionally.

Same place but completely different atmosphere on Wednesday. Though dry overhead it had been raining. Feet soaked through within a minute of stepping off the road, lichens the brightest thing in the overcast light

which then put on a late evening show as the sun sank beneath the clouds on its way to the horizon

before disappearing altogether,

leaving a waxing moon hanging in the cold air.

And then on Friday the main feature was the enormous sky, rammed full of clouds some of which were definitely close enough to touch.

Already been back a week from the Cotswolds, another place of big skies,

autumn colours

but also little surprises in amongst the trees.

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