After a lot of Shetland-centric months, this month had a distinctly southern flavour, mostly spent in and around Oxford with a wee road trip to the south west of England to check out the North Devon beaches.
Reporting Days: 30
Location: Mostly Oxford
Miles walked: 156
Miles driven: 1329
Gardens Tended: 2
Photographs Taken: Hundreds (mostly trees with a few beaches for good measure)
Trees & Leaves
Still plenty of colour in trees even well into what can only be called a mild autumn (or perhaps a worryingly warm autumn).
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Through the trees at Sydlings Copse nature reserve |
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Green Lane still has hints of green |
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Colourful Puddles in Bury Knowle Park |
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Bare Trees (and blue skies) in Bury Knowle Park
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Beaches
We used to spend a lot of time around the North Devon coastline - but for the last few years we've spent rather more time hanging out on the Shetland beaches. It's always good to get a fix of sea air.
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Weston super Mare |
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Woolacombe Sands |
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Crooklets Beach, Bude (just over the border into Cornwall) |
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Combe Martin |
Riverside
And even though Oxford doesn't have much in the way beach walks, it does make up for it (a bit at least) by offering a choice of riverside walks.
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Parson's Pleasure |
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Looking over Magdalen Bridge |
And (spoiler alert) December's report is very likely to include both riverside and harbourside pictures