Hawridge: Slanting
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12 November 2000
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Hawridge, Buckinghamshire. The last of my trips on my vacation I went for a walk in the good old Chilterns. Parking by the pub near Bower Farm by Chesham, I walked up on the ridge to the west. I followed the ridge to Hawridge, there I turned around and followed the valley to the west of the ridge back. |
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For once the weather was bright and clear. | |
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On top of the ridge it feels like you're on top of the world. |
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The view towards the northeast by Woodland Farm shows the fading autumn tints on the next ridge. The tree that I'm standing under is still holding on to its leaves, though. |
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Autumn colours and a watering trough. It's nothing special really, just something to warm your heart on a dreary November day. |
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| Near Hawridge Place this bramble-covered potato harvester is rusting. |  |
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The rose hips are getting sweeter by the hour in the sunshine. | |
| Down in the valley the sun casts a sideways light through the beech leaves. It's only the prosaic gate that recalls that we're not in a magical fairy land. |  |
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Here the young aspen trunks catch the light creating an intriguing pattern of light and dark.. | |
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Looking up towards the ridge, there is an inviting path. |
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The last three pictures are of beech leaves. Here are some that are still green and others that have turned a muted brown. | |
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The slanting rays of the sun turn these leaves to gold. |
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A little closer and we can see the crimped appearance that is so typical of beech leaves. | |