It is mid October and I have had one of my regular drives down Corvedale.
Driving down the Corvedale you can see Autumn has arrived. The reds, browns, gold, oranges and yellows that signify the arrival of autumn can be seen in the hedgrows, woods and trees.
The morning had started off foggy and I had thought I might have a drive down Corvedale with the visibility impaired but it had burnt off by the time I ventured out.
The hedgrows along Corvedale which were still mostly green, were adorned with garlands of bright red berries.
The birch trees had vivid yellow leaves which were beginning to fall, twirling to the ground like confetti. The oak leaves were beginning to brown for their outer edges
The dark woods of Summer, now had trees and shrubs defining their shapes against each other as they changed colour at different rates to their neighbours.
Brown Clee looked brooding with the sun behind it, heightened by it still having misty peaks, another sign of Autumn.
The verges were more verdant than during the summer and the fireweed of a few weeks ago now had white fluffy seeds heads on top of brown stalks.
The next time I drive down Corvedale Autumn will be over, the leaves will mostly have fallen and winter will be well under way.
The image of Birch trees used in the header of this blog post is from a photograph taken by Skylar Ewing and is used under free licence from Pexels.
