A perfect autumn day

We had a magical evening by the river yesterday. Sunshine, autumn colours, a spectacular sunset, bright moon, bonfire and a beautifully clear night made it all quite perfect.

We took paint and brushes to mark up trees for thinning and pruned back some over-enthusiastic beech trees. 

I'd only planned to do a bit, but we ended up doing rather a lot, which resulted in a massive and spectacular bonfire. These are the dying embers... 

Autumn photos

Autumn in the River Field

The Roundhouse

Digging up the old bonfire

Making a new one: stones in the bottom, packed with clay

Trying it out! Chai on top, sausages underneath

Pine, Larch, Lime

Autumn & winter in the River Field

Autumn was colourful as ever in the River Field. Below is a picture of the bare roundhouse in October.

We'd hoped to get thatching soon, but after a post-roofing rest, the snow set in and everything froze to within an inch of its life in temperatures as low as -18C! It was absolutely beautiful, but by the time the thaw came almost a month later we were well and truly sick of it.



These pictures were taken on an old SLR with out of date film, so that's why they look at bit surreal. I kinda like it :)