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| Photo 1: Autumn Colour at Queenswood |
Once the sun had burnt off the morning mist, Saturday 26th October turned into a beautifully sunny day with crystal-clear blue skies (Photo 2) and that coolness that tells you it is Autumn.
The Ludlow Fine Book Fair was being held at Ludlow Racecourse - some 25 - 30 miles up the A49 - and Mary said she quite fancied going. In another life, she would have loved to be a professional bookbinder! We spent an hour and a half mooching round the stalls either selling fancy papers, leather hides, binding equipment, unusual books, etc and/or advertising book binding and calligraphy services. Mary spent £15 on a couple of books.
On the way back home we decided to visit the Ludlow Farm Shop (only a few minutes away) for another mooch (Photo 2). There is a large food hall, an artists' gallery, cafe/restaurant, gift shop as well as the Ludlow Distillery The Plant Centre is no longer.
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| Photo 2: Ludlow Farm Shop |
We bought two individual pies (vegetarian) for tea and some spelt flour for breadmaking then headed off to Queenswood Country Park and Arboretum to see the autumn colours.
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| Photo 3: Queenswood Arboretum with the Autumn Garden in the Distance |
After a cup of tea and a piece of cake (brownie), we headed off to the Autumn Garden (Photo 3) which is full of colourful acers at this time of the year.
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| Photo 4: Autumn Garden I |
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| Photo 5: Autumn Garden II |
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| Photo 6: Autumn Garden III |
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| Photo 7: Autumn Garden IV |
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| Photo 8: Autumn Garden V |
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| Photo 9: Autumn Garden VI |
The sun was starting to go down and we were losing the heat of the day ...
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| Photo 10: Autumn Sun Struggles to Light the Forest Floor |
... so we headed back to the car and the short journey home. Tomorrow the clocks will be going back an hour at the end of British Summer Time - the extra hour in bed for one night does not compensate for the loss of evening light (Sunset timed for 4.51 pm the following day). Hopefully, the journey through Winter will not be a harsh one.
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| Photo 11: The Journey Ahead With Light at the End of the Tunnel? |
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