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AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« on: October 18, 2008, 10:11:26 PM »
Another visit to Tandle Hill Country Park (at Royton - between Rochdale and Oldham, Lancashire) and another thirty plus images captured during an hour of sunshine on an otherwise rainy Saturday...

Should you wish to see many more images from this autumnal location then please visit:-

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=966.0
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2008, 10:13:28 PM »
Batch Two from Tandle Hill Country Park ...
« Last Edit: October 18, 2008, 10:17:00 PM by ranunculus »
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2008, 10:20:19 PM »
Wonderful fungi Cliff ... and all that leafmould!
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2008, 10:24:44 PM »
Batch Three from Tandle Hill Country Park ...

Nice to roll about in Brian ... if I was still a big kid, of course!  :D
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2008, 10:29:36 PM »
Final batch from Tandle Hill ...
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2008, 08:54:02 PM »
These are astounding pictures Cliff, really superb. I love this place. If I get back to the UK it will have to be in autumn and you will take me there. The fungi are truly beautiful and I wish I knew more about them. I'll have to get a couple of books. Many, many thanks.
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2008, 11:26:49 AM »
Cliff,

Better be careful..... your stereotypes are showing.  :o  I think it confirms the talk about the UK being murky and rainy all the time, when the autumn colour is pictures of the fungus growing on the trees!!  ;D ;D ;)

That said... FANTASTIC pictures.  Absolutely awesome!  Would love to have seen those miriads of mushies in person.  Truly beautiful, as your pictures always are.  Thank you!!  8)
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2008, 11:49:45 AM »
What terrific pics Cliff.
Much appreciated.
 John.

p.s. How many are edible???????
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2008, 12:27:09 PM »
Hi J.D.,
Many thanks for the kind comments.  Unfortunately I know little about these beautiful fungi - I just love capturing them on my memory cards.
I'm not sure I could be tempted to eat them anyway ... this is very much dog walking terrain!
Cheers,
Cliff
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2008, 04:23:53 PM »
You did it again Cliff !  :o
Awesome series of pictures of a wonderful place !!!
I'm normally not an Autumn fan - but this kind of superb images could make me one...
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2008, 12:58:11 PM »
Cliff

Another wonderful selection of shots from a beautiful place.

Do you think this year's generally awful weather has led to an explosion of fungi? or were they just as good last year?

To my knowledge our local wood only contains a 13th Century Church
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2008, 05:37:11 PM »
Quote from: art600 on October 26, 2008, 12:58:11 PM
Cliff

Do you think this year's generally awful weather has led to an explosion of fungi? or were they just as good last year?

Hi Arthur,
You are very kind sir.
To answer your question - I was not as impressed by the quantity or the diversity of species this autumn, but the ones that did appear were very well-proportioned.

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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2008, 07:25:46 PM »
Quote from: art600 on October 26, 2008, 12:58:11 PM

To my knowledge our local wood only contains a 13th Century Church

Only!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet there's something outside it and most likely lots inside it that are worth photographing Arthur.


Great set of pics Cliff, of your usual high standard.
« Last Edit: October 26, 2008, 07:28:07 PM by David Nicholson »
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2008, 04:16:30 PM »
Sorry folks ... the sun came out after days of wind and rain ... so I made my final visit to Tandle Hill for 2008 (for life please, say the fellow forumists).  The recent gales have stripped the trees of much of their colour and the leafmould was boggy and treacherous. I didn't get an image of my boots and trouser bottoms at the end of the two hour wander.
The fungi were quite profuse so the camera came out again ... I will try to limit the posting to 40 images.
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Re: AUTUMN COLOUR IN LANCASHIRE
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2008, 04:21:58 PM »
Batch Two from Tandle Hill ...
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