Autumn in North Shropshire

[cmcmck]

We have such a colourful one this year !

Tolkien, who was a local man, called it Laurelindórenan, the land of the valley of singing gold.

We decided to walk some of the Ercall forest.











The view from Black Hayes across the Ercall/Wrekin Valley to the Weald Moors.







And the Wrekin in full Autumn blaze





























And this was the view as we got back to the edge of town!



 

Comments

[semielliptical]

Beautiful! I almost feel like I have been on a walk down those lovely paths.

[cmcmck]

Glad you could accompany us! :o)

[angrboda]

It does rather look like LotR-Land, doesn't it? I can totally imagine he found it inspiring.

[cmcmck]

It really does. This border country is such an inspiration (and I'm a poet).

[pensnest]

Seeing this in autumn, who could want for Spring?

[cmcmck]

Absolutely! It's my favourite season. I did the 'colour me' scheme years ago and came out as 'deep Autumn'.

[turlough]

So many beautiful views! Autumn is such a glorious season.

[cmcmck]

It really is especially when you have all this on the doorstep!

[yourlibrarian]

It's always neat to see hills covered in multiple colors. That's definitely something we don't have here.

[cmcmck]

I suppose it's why they call New England New England.

[violsva]

Oh lovely!

[cmcmck]

It made for a great walk.

[elperian]

What beautiful autumn foliage!

[cmcmck]

It's been a real stunner this year.

[bartstationbard]

Love it! Thank you for showing me what it looks like! I am in the middle of rereading Tolkien's The Two Towers.

[cmcmck]

Tolkien grew up locally and would have known this woodland well.