Under Autumn Skies

This Scot's pine was the only survivor of the 1987 hurricane on the other side of the lane.

The other 8 trees came down on the campsite and had to be cut up and burnt.

 

My parents had a caravan for 20 years at the head of the Langdales , Skelwith Bridge. The Langdales is a stunning valley , when it's not raining

 

It’s a lovely spot. Me and Aunt Sally ‘did’ Crinkle Crags, bliss, if a bit of a trek

 

Great Langdale NT campsite is one of my favourites, was last there in June. One of our regular walks was to Bowfell via The Band, then return via Crinkle Crags/Great Knott for a well deserved pint (or several) in the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel climbers bar.

Crinkle Craggs behind The Band (taken outside the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel in June).

 

Only driven over Wrynose and Hardknott passes once . That is enough - talk about steep !!
The Roman fort on the summit must have been a wonderful posting in February

 

I'm sure it will be better once they get the walls built and the roof on, has it really taken all this time to get it up to DPC level?

Buckeyes


Amicia zygomeris flowers so late.

Likewise Tetrapanax, not seen it flower yet, frost usually kills them.

 

@pete what are buckeyes? Do you eat them?

 

Oh come on now, Lori, they are not from over this side of the pond, do you not have them in Canada?
Mine are from California but I think other types grow further north, they are types of Aesculus, our normal one is the conker over here, Aesculus hippocastanum, but N America has various types.
A. hippocastanum is in a spiky seed case, but I don't think the American types do,in general, and they also open on the trees showing the brown seed, that looks vaguely like the eye of a deer, hence the name buckeye.

 

Oh, I only know the name chestnut. Never heard them called buckeyes. We have the ones in the spiky case around here. Found one tryi trying to grow a tree in the middle of a path. Guess the squirrels had hidden one there.

It's gloomy and raining but I still haven't gotten any snow yet so these guys are still under autumn skies.

 

Oh no, dont confuse them with chestnuts, mine are not edible, chestnut are totally different, Castanea sativa, the sweet chestnut is a totally different tree.

 

There's Buckeyes in Ohio Pete and Lori.