A walk in the Raby Estate

[cmcmck]

The Raby Estate is a stretch of local managed woodland.

A view across the fields from Ercall Woods showing that Autumn really is on the way:



The last of the rosebay willowherb- most of it is now seeding:



With the dry weather and local farmers needing to water, Ercall Pool is a long way down:



More signs of Autumn:



And more still:



That old shed lost in the woods has become even more ramshackle since we last passed this way!



The Raby Estate is part  coniferous woodland:



And part deciduous:



The fern is beginning to turn:



Over towards the long Mynd and the Caradocs from Spout Lane:



An old locally made drinking trough being used for flowers:



Wenlock Edge from Spout Lane:



A large and rather splendid rowan:



The Ercall from Wrekin Farm lane:



A death cap fungus:



More Autumn colours:



And the path home:



I have to admit that I'm very much enjoying my new camera. I eventually went for another Sony,the A6000 mirrorless with a rather sweet little Zeiss zoom lens.

Comments

[davidgillon]

Confused me for a moment as that's not the Raby Estate I was expecting ;)

(Raby Castle is in Durham, near Staindrop and I usually drive past it a few times a year when visiting the family. In fact we used to get our Christmas trees from there when we were kids).

[cmcmck]

The Raby family seem to own a lot of property through the Midlands and north. There's a Christmas tree plantation among this woodland.