Early Winter in south Shropshire

[cmcmck]

We're just back from spending a few days in Ludlow, in the south of our county.





A weir with a ruined watermill:



Recent storms have taken this dead elm tree over:



Fungi!





Missing branch on an ancient oak tree:



I love the seasonal colours:





This is mistletoe:



A stormy sky:



Looking toward the church of St Lawrence in Ludlow from the country lanes:



The River Teme in danger of flood after a lot of rain recently:



More seasonal colours:





 

Comments

[apachefirecat]

Thank you for sharing this beauty!!!

[cmcmck]

Y're welcome!

[yourlibrarian]

Wow the knocked over elm looks like a sculpture!

[cmcmck]

They tend to leave them as they make good homes for insects.

[adafrog]

Gorgeous views.

[cmcmck]

This county is among the most beautiful I know.

[davidgillon]

Lovely autumnal shots!

[cmcmck]

The colours really are turning now.

[vriddy]

Beautiful 😍 Thank you for sharing!

[cmcmck]

Glad you enjoyed.

[felis]

Lovely colours! And that abandoned mill is intriguing...

[cmcmck]

I think the trouble with old watermills and restoration is that they are so close to water and the River Teme is prone to flood.

[birdylion]

I love the colours! And the landscape looks so soft and calm.

[cmcmck]

It was so quiet once out of the town. We didn't meet a single vehicle on that back lane walk.

[turlough]

So many lovely photos!!

[cmcmck]

Ours is a photogenic county! :o)

[mistressofmuses]

The seasonal colors are lovely, but so is all the green! Beautiful.

I love those cool fungi.

[cmcmck]

The islands never really cease to be green even in Winter.

[mistressofmuses]

I'm jealous! I get tired of grey, leaf-less months over the winter.

[cmcmck]

We pay for it with the huge Atlantic Winter storms though- that's what keeps it all so green.

[mistressofmuses]

That's fair enough! Those winter storms can certainly be no joke to deal with.

[cmcmck]

We've had a couple of biggies this past two weeks, but for once this region missed the worst of them!

[blackcatofmisery]

This looks like a gorgeous region to visit. I am in love with that old mill house and the weird mushrooms. Fantastic.

=^..^=~

[cmcmck]

We actually live in the region and this is only about thirty miles away at the other end of the county.

[blackcatofmisery]

I'm jealous. This looks so lovely.

[cmcmck]

We used to holiday up here for walking and birdwatching and such and when we finished with work it just seemed logical to move here, especially as I have ancestry in the region. :o)

[lannamichaels]

Gorgeous pictures!

[cmcmck]

I never tire of our home county!