They’re not all edible, and I certainly wouldn’t want to experiment, but there are fruits of all kinds in the hedgerows today. As well as those illustrated, there are plenty of blackberries, and here and there some sweet damsons. No-one would want to eat the wild hops, but rub a flower between the fingers and the aroma is wonderful!
Sunset is coming earlier – the nights are drawing in, and there’s a distinct lack of light this evening .Soon such walks will be out of the question. Deep in the woods below Hawthorn Bank it’s really gloomy, but the camera can just-about cope.
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There’s a lovely aroma wafting through from the kitchen – a jam pan of crab apples, simmering gently. We had a reasonable haul yesterday, but we could do with a few more. Perhaps there will be some up at Shirlett?
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A shortie – in search of some crab apples… It’s a fine afternoon, good to be out in this (mostly – apart from the hedge trimmer) quiet country.
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It’s a grey afternoon, but there’s plenty of interest around and beside the quiet lanes near Willey and Linley Brook. The fungi are really getting geared up for the season!
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It’s not exactly circular, and it doesn’t rhyme either… A pleasant walk nevertheless, brightened by the local inhabitants dressed as scarecrows, by fungi and autumn fruits in the hedgerows and, as ever, good views of the Wrekin, which is a fine shape from this angle.
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