The Heath begins just a few hundred yards from the centre of the little town of Royston, which is just a four minute train ride from home. It's not really a heath at all; there's no heather here just a gently sloping grassland, grazed by sheep and walked by golfers. Officially it's the scarp slope of a chalk escarpment and along the top of the slope is a straggly band of trees which in places forms small woods. It's much walked and there are numerous paths among the trees. Here's what it looks like in early autumn.
As you'll have seen there are plenty of autumn fungi around and just a tinge of autumn colour, just a rumour of gold in these hills. We don't really get the fiery reds in this part of the world. Then walking back through Royston.....
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Can almost feel the air way over here. Do you know how blessed you are to walk through those land?!
ReplyDeleteHeather does not exist here in S. California. We have Mexican heather which is not anything like the heather that grows there. It is an ornamental plant, pretty in its own right. But, oh to walk among your heath.
So beautiful...love all the mushrooms...and one of them looks very much like an edible kind but can't say for sure. Oyster mushrooms. I wish land was open to walk here...but every place you go is no trespassing signs. And I understand that to a certain extent because of how people do. Where I grew up we knew/everyone knew and respected our parents and we were free to roam anywhere in walking distance. That covered a LOT of territory.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the extensive coverage of the fungi, one of the great features of the autumn landscape, and an under-appreciated one I fear.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a very interesting place to walk. Great pictures!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful area to explore!
ReplyDeleteLove this walk. An area like this restores the spirit. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteYour special eye has captured some Autumn magic here, especially that wonderful clump of fungi, with the apt common name of Fairies Bonnets, Coprinus disseminatus
ReplyDeleteA wonderful landscape to explore and enjoy its beauty. Great photos, John.
ReplyDeleteBy golly there's a good fungi crop out there this year John - I suppose it is all the wet weather we have had.
ReplyDeleteWonderful countryside and great fungi captures but not sure I want that last tree around, looks like a stags horn which tend to send up suckers
ReplyDeleteWOW John, beautiful photos and amazing fungi.
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful series of images John, love the two field gate shots. So many fascinating fungii 💜
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful fungi you have there and wonderful autumn photos.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful collection of photos, you spotted lots of fungi! This is my kind of landscape, I love heaths and moors!
ReplyDeleteFabulous photos. The fungi is amazing and so too the beautiful English countryside.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, people don’t take the time to look at what’s on the ground or on the trees and there are so many beautiful sights. Thanks for sharing the shrooms and fungi.
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