We went for a walk to find fungi today. The leaves are beginning to change and at our feet were interesting fungi. So many different types.
The children are becoming experts at spotting them.
Fantastic patterns on the rock. These sort of patterns encourage the eye to spot a picture.
No walk would be complete without spotting at least one snail. This was one of many.
And on to the gruffy ground.
At the furthest point of our walk are the remains of an old lead mine, which dates back to roman times. The resulting uneven landscape is locally known as gruffy ground. It is sprinkled with buddle pits (wash pits for lead ore). The children care little for the history when they can have fun jumping into them.
They play jokes on each other by walking along and then suddenly disappearing down the holes. These holes are deep enough to hide them. Their shouts and giggles could well have woken the dead romans. Whoops!
Look at the joy on your children’s faces. What fun they are having. 🙂
They had so much fun. It always amazes me how much energy they have. They had already climbed hills and walked a good distance, but seeing them jump and leap, it was as if they had just rolled out of the car. Now if only I could tap into their energy sometimes……
So lovely to come across your sweet blog. You have the same blog theme layout of WordPress as mine. It was so familiar to see it.
Same theme, different location. I’m pleased it made you feel welcome.
That looks like great fun and love the name “Gruffy”
The Romans were busy chaps weren’t they… we used to take the children from school to Snailbeach a disused Mine each year
http://shropshiremines.org.uk/snailbeach/sbhist.htm
which was fascinating and then we went on to The Stiperstones to run off there energy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiperstones
Lovely photos of snail and fungus :0)
I’ve just clicked your links and it looks like a good day out. Nothing like going underground to get a real feel for what it must have been like to work there. I love the look of the tor. Beautifully craggy. And you are right, the Romans were busy. They left so much evidence of their time in England.
Wow! I would love to have played there as a child.
They had so much fun suddenly disappearing down the holes. I wish I had taken the camcorder. Our dog had her mad five minutes and was racing and leaping over the holes as the children appeared and disappeared down holes. Wonder if I can persuade them all to do it again for the camera.
Beautiful, beautiful pictures – I love nature and Autumn and your photos go hand in hand for me – hope that makes sense?
Nina x
Totally makes sense. My photos are just my way to document the little changes going on around me. I’m glad you like them.