Autumn

[caddyman]

This lunchtime Furtle and I took the very long route to Waitrose for the weekly shopping by going in entirely the opposite direction and walking up towards Barnet and then dropping down into the Dollis Valley park and then cutting back in a wide loop of around 4 km (whatever that comes out as in pounds and ounces). Waitrose is about a 150 yards away by the direct route.

I took my camera as it is the first chance I have had to grab some Autumn scenery and with the wind strength building over the past few days, there won't be much to see this time next week. It was rather dull and gloomy right up until the final few hundred yards when the sun came out, so other than the lane right at the rear entrance to the park, I have just posted up the few pictures where the sunlight has enhanced the colours.

The first picture is actually the last I took; I just like the tree, though I have no idea what it actually is. The rest are in order and hidden behind a bandwidth saving cut.

Comments

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

The trees up along the High Road where we live are much balder than these. There is a degree of shelter down in the park, so the leaves are holding on a little more down there.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Boom Tish.

I'll get your coat.

[romney.livejournal.com]

...isn't that Justin Hayward and Jeff Wayne in the background in the last one?

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Boom Tish.

I'll get your coat, too.

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

I was also thinking of exactly the same line from Forever Autumn on a drive through the countryside on Saturday.

[ladkyis.livejournal.com]

oh, oh a justin hayward story coming up...

My daughter lived in Rochdale for a while with a plank (well I thought so all along but it took her a while) and he called her on his mobile one day to tell her he would be late home because he was "Just in Hayward and stuck in traffic" she said "No, your name is Mike, where are you?"
He said "I'm just in Hayward." she said Nooooo, your Michael where are you."
He got madder and madder and finally rang off.
When he arrived home he stormed in and asked what the heck she was on about. She explained that he said 'Im Justin Hayward and I'm stuck in traffic" and he suddenly got it.
So now, whenever a Justin Hayward track comes on the radio we have to text each other as quickly as we can and try to be the first to say "I'm Justin Hayward"

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Thank God it wasn't John Lodge. I hear you need a plumber for that.