I have jumped forward to the UK with a few photos showing some of the autumn colour, all taken while we were in Northumberland. This is a wonderful county, so diverse in what it has to offer.First a small village lane, then a butterfly sunning itself on a roman wall.
One of the wild cattle of Chillingham in a blaze of autumn color, these are supposed to go back 700 years with no human interference and the guy we went out to see them, with says they cannot be driven and can be quite dangerous as really no human can do anything with them, on DNA tests they are virtually clones.
Then the castle on the Holy Isle as a back drop to the fishing boats, a fascinating place you can still only visit when the tide is right and you can drive over the causeway which at other times is under water. We saw a grey spotted seal by it when we drove over, but with a line of traffic I couldnt get a photo. Lindisfarne Abbey is word renowned but the castle tends to dominate.
This last photo was taken in Kelso which is actually in Scotland shows the river Tweed and the houses running down along the bank, the virginia creeper was spectacular wherever we went.
Another foal this morning but thank goodness all was well and she was feeding it when I got there. The girls have jsut come back from the big horse of the year hack show and were terribly pleased as they got Best and runner up in the Show Hunter with two of our ponies and runner up leading rein to one we have leased out so all in all a satisfactory day.Click on the photos to enlarge them.
2 comments:
You took a beautiful photo Penny of the scene along the Tweed River and the houses with their lovely inviting gardens.
As we know, Penny, a cow has more Attitude than a cat, and Old Horns, here, seems to reflect that and its 700 years of freedom--I'd give it all the room it wants.
annie
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