The Hidden Footpath

Hello Lovelies , 

on Wednesday I was delighted to wake to clear skys. As soon as the boys were all at school I headed out with my little camera to enjoy another Autumn walk.

 I passed Sunrise corner ....

 then over open fields to the little cluster of houses where I got lost on THIS walk a few weeks ago. Luckily my friend had since shown me the way .

 I think this photo shows why I struggled to find the correct route.......in the fencing on the right there is a gate, can you see it ?.........

It looks like any garden gate to me but the little yellow arrows show it's actually the route of a public footpath, shall we go through?

 The secret footpath then squeezes between gardens, where there is not much to see.
I was hurrying to get to the end when I was delighted to catch site of this lovely robin ........

Here's what I was so keen to see...........

 the misty view into the morning sunlight was stunning.

 And the friendly Robin perched on the hedge quite close by so I was able to get an even clearer picture of him.........

The Autumn colours are still wonderful........

I love this photo because the light shows up the gentle rolling hills so beautifully.......

At the bottom of this hill I crossed a little stream..........

And looked up now the sun was not in my eyes. The trees are just gorgeous ...........

but the birds liked perching on the electricity pylons.........

I wandered along the edge of the stream and then the the path turned uphill .

The low sun hurt my eyes and big clumps of mud stuck to my shoes so I felt like I was walking on stilts...........

I was glad to get to the top of that hill and look back at where I had come from. The houses are where the hidden footpath began.........

I was looking forward to seeing this view as it had been lovely the first time my friend and I walked this way on a cloudy day.
Ummmmmmm, initially I was dissappionted it was not clearer.........

But the more I looked at it the more I liked the effect of the mist in the valley, the blueish light gave everything  such a pretty, slightly mysterious air..........

Soon I was back out onto the road..........

I walked through a small village and then back onto another footpath that would take me  home......

I crossed a little bridge over another stream........

Through some trees and past a friendly dog........

Then I was heading uphill again, at least this time the sun was behind me and the path wasn't muddy........

At the top of the hill there was another bench ............

So I sat a moment and studied a feather I had picked out of a bush on the way up...........

And, of course, I admired the view..........

The colours of the Autumn landscape delighted me. The red berries were so eye catching........

these are Hawthorn berries.

and there are loads of Rose Hips

By now I had been walking for almost two hours and I was feeling a bit hot and bothered as the weather was surprisingly mild. I had taken off my gloves and scarf and unzipped the big coat I was wishing I hadn't worn.............

As the footpath lead me through this paddock I wondered if this horse was wishing he could take his coat off too............

It was a beautiful walk . There were so many lovely things so see, I took way too many photos. I've only shared about half here.

The countryside was very pretty on this mild and sunny  late Autumn day. I returned home tired but happy.

That evening I put the finishing touches to my latest drawing. It's a simple picture inspired by all the gorgeous leaves and berries I have enjoyed on my own travels and via some inspiring blog posts that I've enjoyed reading this Autumn.
I can't wait to share it in my next post.
Jacquie x