The weather here in my patch is very Jekyll and Hyde at the moment, honestly it does not seem to know what it wants to be. Nice or Nasty? Gorgeously light, bright and sunny, or hideously wild, wet and windy? Who knows what's going on, I've given up trying to second guess it. Instead of trying to plan and predict, one has to really just wait patiently till the Nice Side presents itself then jump to it and take full advantage. Big mistake to dawdle, to think that bright and sunny is here to stay, cos it's gone in a flash and back to being plain old mean.
But do you know what? I often think that in England we are blessed with our very changeable weather. To me, the good weather days always seem so much better because they inevitably follow on the heels of the bad weather days. Makes one appreciate them all the more, if you get that.
On Sunday, it was a Good Day. Very Autumnal, bright and breezy. We headed out mid morning to walk through the woods at Bolton Abbey.
It was beautiful, so lovely to be out and about breathing in lung fulls of fresh, crisp Autumn air. The Little People ran, ran, ran. Little B was being carried on J's back in a really great backpack thingy that a friend had lent me. It was top notch Family Time.
We walked the high path through the woods to the Strid :: you can see in the above photo how high the path climbs above the river....
....it gives a wonderful feeling of being right in amongst the treetops. The beech leaves are particularly lovely this year, beautiful and vibrant shades of orange and gold.
After the walking we stopped off for essential refreshments in the Pavillion cafe. I don't mind admitting that the cafe bit of the whole morning was probably my favouritist part. I mean, yes I do adore a bracing, crisp leafy woodland walk, but my goodness a good coffee and a bacon roll are pretty hard to beat in my opinion.
There were pumpkins for sale in the cafe, which was incredibly fortunate as it was Halloween after all and I had completely forgotten to purchase a pumpkin. So Bolton Abbey saved the day. Phew.
Returning home, we spent the afternoon decorating the house for Halloween and carving out our pumpkin lantern....
....ready for the evening goings on. Such fun! Lots and lots of knocks on the door here at number24, so many dear Little Peoples dressed up for Halloween. My two LP dressed up and went out T-or-T-ing with their Daddy. Just round a few streets to either side of ours, but the excitement was huge. As was the resulting sweetie haul. Cripes, they've enough to last them till Christmas.
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Dear Lucy, your colorful,happy, beautiful little world is just what I needed right now. I will visit often and thanks from the bottom of my heart!
Patrica
Posted by: Patricia | November 19, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Good post.Thanks for sharing the experience.The capture is so beautiful.
Posted by: ferienhaus pineda de mar | November 08, 2010 at 07:00 AM
I just had to pop back over to another peaceful moment along your canal.
Posted by: The Garden Bell | November 08, 2010 at 02:53 AM
I lived 43 years in NE of the US and I really appreciated a sunny day, so rare they were even in the summer. Now, in the desert SW a rainy day is rare, the nice sunny days are nearly as nice as they used to be.
Posted by: Denise | November 06, 2010 at 03:34 AM
Hello !
Your blog is very very nice
and gratulations, yours colors are lovely, so much.
@ bientôt
Posted by: DADA | November 05, 2010 at 06:26 PM
Hi, My name is Carilyn and I live in Minnesota-USA. I had happened upon your blog quite some time ago and bookmarked it and just had to let you know that I come along and take a peek whenever I need a little bit of cheer. I have so enjoyed your blog I hope you do not mind. I too love to crochet! I so love to see all of your projects! So inspiring! Your pictures are beautiful! Wherever it is that you live...is amazingly beautiful!!!! A place I would love to hop on a plane and escape to for a bit of rest and recoup time! :o) Thank you for your cheer!!
Posted by: Carilyn | November 05, 2010 at 03:42 PM
Fabulous autumnal photos, those woods look spectacular. Looks like you had a super day! xx
Posted by: Claire | November 05, 2010 at 09:09 AM
lovely colors, wish i had a bacon roll now...
Posted by: jenni | November 05, 2010 at 06:53 AM
Sweet A24... it seems as though the Queen has you under surveillance for less than stellar hooking performance. I believe the minnions are anticipating a new granny... something exciting to be the topic at tea... We NEED more A24!!!
Though the Queen has much love for your delightful craftings... she really was hoping you'd pull through for us more. Our yarn is piling up and our creative juices have run dry. Don't fizzle out on the kingdom now!
Posted by: Palace Scribe | November 05, 2010 at 04:46 AM
Dearest A24,
Jack O Lanterns are so 5 days ago...hehe
BTW
We here at the Palace have reviewed your files and feel that you need to be crocheting more
Its was your ticket into Bloggywood.
Yours Truly,
The Queen
Posted by: Queen | November 05, 2010 at 04:38 AM
We too love our changeable weather in *New* England. I've never been to England (but it's at the top of my Places to Visit list), but I think of all the different places in the U.S. that New England must have the most similarities. But what do I know.....
Anyway, looove your pictures, as always.
Posted by: WendyBee | November 05, 2010 at 01:46 AM
Ahh, I thought I recognised that path! Such a lovely walk... Although I have slightly bad memories of walking along it on a cold January day with 2 tottering toddlers... we learnt our lesson.
Totally agree about our lovely weather. :D
Posted by: Ali at Very Berry | November 05, 2010 at 12:12 AM
My Dear Amiga Lucy, What a lovely palette of colours! I was born in Spring and I enjoy bright warm and clear colours like coral/peach, the noise from the birds, and the freshness of the season. However, Fall/Autumn is my favourite one. I love that everything looks abundant and all the trees offer the brilliance of their autumnal foliage instead of the flowers. The bright colours are replaced by golds, reds, purples, oranges, terracotas, browns/neutrals and greens, that we have now in Canada, and you capture in your pretty pictures.Take care! Hasta Pronto,
Gloria xx
Posted by: Pattygloria | November 04, 2010 at 09:11 PM
Good heavens! You must have exploded from joyfulness being out there. Those trees are just impossibly gorgeous! Gorgeous!
Posted by: Katie | November 04, 2010 at 06:20 PM
What a contrast....over in New Zealand we are in the last of spring. Beautiful photos. Loving watching your granny square rug with those super sweet blooms grow.
Posted by: Amy | November 04, 2010 at 05:18 PM
Hello from the Central Coast of California. Your photos are so beautiful and you've captured the colors of the forest perfectly. In this part of California we don't have many trees that change colors and I do miss them.
Posted by: Ann | November 04, 2010 at 03:28 PM
I live in California, but my husband is from England (Bardsey) and we have spent loads of time at Bolton Abbey. It is one of my favorite places to go when we are in England. We know the Strid walk well and I so enjoyed your photos! Thanks for sharing! So many lovely memories for us there. My Little People have run, run, run on those beautiful trails many times!
Posted by: Deanne | November 04, 2010 at 03:18 PM
Wow I miss the North of England.Here in New England is great but oh so different in taste and smells.
Beautiful colors. Raining here today and the little amount of leaves that we had are on the Ground.
Maybe you could make something good out of the LP'S Sweetie Goodies.
Have
Posted by: Patsy | November 04, 2010 at 02:15 PM
Lucy, I love looking at all your photographs! Autumn there looks beautiful. Most of the leaves are off the trees here in Michigan, and our weather pattern is playing a similar "trick" on us! I agree, I appreciate a nice day so much more and feel the need to take advantage of it since they are quite infrequent. Thanks for sharing a little snippit of your life! <3 Brittni
Posted by: brittni | November 04, 2010 at 02:02 PM
I always love it when you post about Bolton Abbey, because that was one of my favorite places in all of England when I was there on vacation almost 13 years ago. I had a long list of places I HAD to see, but Bolton Abbey was not one of them. Bolton Abbey was one of those "we're near it, we may as well check it out" things. I loved it! Quintessential English experience.
Posted by: Tracy | November 04, 2010 at 01:22 PM
Nice photos Lucy! They seemed somehow really familiar to me and then I realized that I have wisited that same place about 15 years ago when I worked as a summer trainee near Huddersfield. Bolton Abbey is in West-Yorkshire or at least quite near, is it?
Marja
p.s. I love your colourful things that you make!
Posted by: Marja | November 04, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Great pics... I'll be doing my own autumn walk with my man this weekend... and I can't wait!
Posted by: Brianna | November 04, 2010 at 11:41 AM
I love the weather this time of year - always keeps you guessing! But theres nothing better than bracing the elements and then coming home to cosy slippers and a nice hot chocolate.
Posted by: Terrie | November 04, 2010 at 11:28 AM
The same weather here in The Netherlands.
I love the colours in nature these days. Brown, yellow, orange, golden leaves.... wonderful!
Like your pumpkin :-)
~X~ Karin
Posted by: Karin | November 04, 2010 at 10:51 AM
Lovely autumnal pictures from what must have been a great walk. Looks pretty steep on that path, though! I'm with you on the Sunday morning bacon roll and coffee - you just can't beat it!
Posted by: Puppet Lady | November 04, 2010 at 09:21 AM