Friday 15th November - Out!

I was overjoyed to get out for an hour this afternoon. We went to the local National Trust Gardens at Nymans, meeting a friend there, with just enough time to walk round and have a coffee before 'last orders' at quarter to four, and closing time at four. I am still surprised at how soon it gets dark in the kate afternoon. Ah well, I've another couple of months to get used to it.

The Autumn colour and low evening sun was a delight. There were a surprising number of flowers dotted around

They always have an information board with flowers to look out for, but they don't seem to have included a stand of seven foot tall deep purple salvias just where the path arrives at this view (I didn't take a picture of them as I was too taken by the outlook across the valley)

The path sweeps around through the trees on the right down to the bottom of the gardens. In summer this is a wildflower meadow buzzing with bees and crickets.

When I looked back up the slope, I saw how the sun blazed through the stand of pampas grass and thought I'd see how the camera on my phone coped. 

We slowly made our way round to complete the short circle to get to the cafe. What a lovely way to end the week.