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I had three fantastic walks in October this year capturing the autumn colours on the trees. All three walks occurred between Anniesland and Clydebank. The sky was blue, no wind, not too warm or cold ...perfect conditions. The path along the Forth and Clyde Canal returning from Clydebank. This is a mix of all three walks.
Shopping Centre in Clydebank. Always a busy place yet the canal either side of it is usually quiet and peaceful.
An almost magical day for beauty and tranquillity.
One of my favourite walks, just past Clydebank heading for Dalmuir.
Colours starting to pick up now.
More than half the world believes in invisible beings that watch over us.
A thrush with a berry.
A grey squirrel with an acorn.
Colours in Knightswood Park.
The Golden Highway. Great Western Road. 2024.
Autumn on the edge of Drumchapel.
Bus on Great Western Road.
Titan Crane Path. Clydebank.
In the Garden of Earthly Delights. Clydebank Park.
Knightswood in October 2024.
Neilston Pad and Knightswood Park. After two decades of hunting Scotland wide I already know where the best trees are for rich blended colours.
Canal reflections.
Same thing.
Astonished Red Squirrel.
Cormorant on canal, drying off after fishing.
Clyde Walkway and Kilpatrick Hills.
Solo kayaker. River Clyde at Clydebank.
The last splash of flowers before the first frosts of winter.
River Clyde view at Yoker with the new swing bridge. Nearly open for traffic but not yet.
Also the season of mushrooms...
and great sunsets...
with the dark evenings now arriving around 4:30 pm.
and a damp, chill feel to the air....
Whoever they might be....
The end...
or is it...?
I agree we’ve had some very good colour this year. Your sunset shots are amazing - though the early darkness is already driving me daft.
ReplyDeleteWe've had very good colours but awful light so I haven't bothered taking any photos - I've just admired them (my eyes do better than the camera would). We haven't had any mushrooms either yet (edible ones that is) - I found one in June (totally out of season) and have had 3 puffballs in the last month or so but only small ones. Not many fly agarics in the woods either. Never seen such a bad year for mushrooms here - I got loads last year and had to give some away...
ReplyDeleteAmazing to see a cormorant in Glasgow surely?!
Hi Anabel. Yes, it was a big change when the clocks went back and I couldn't see indoors by 4:00pm on a recent wet day but at least it's mild so I've never put any heating on yet.
ReplyDeleteHi Carol. Cormorants are quite common every year along the canal and small lochs/reservoirs, even far inland. Don't know if that's a lack of fish in the sea or just them exploiting new areas but I've certainly noticed them there for over 20 years now. Read somewhere that the total world biomass for mammals is... Livestock at 62 percent...Humans 34 percent, Wild mammals just 4 percent. Bird life has also collapsed drastically since the 1960s, in many cases by 50 to 80 percent.
ReplyDeleteOf course, the main reason for the huge decline in wild mammals is the dreadful hunting which still goes on 'just for fun'! :-(
DeleteVery true... and tasty.
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