Slowly our trees are becoming increasingly bare as the beautifully coloured autumn leaves fall, and a predominantly brown carpet forms where the leaves collect.
Here on a wet day last week, a solitary leaf rests on a bed of grass, clover and moss.
Despite the recent heavier than usual rainfall, and flooding along the River Ouse in York, we are still under drought restrictions, since reservoirs are still well below their normal level for the time of year.
I like your pictures and also your descriptions Ian. Sad with deough. This year I visited England, and was wondering about "typical English waether".. so dry.
Great shot of the fallen leave
(The number of dead was 1836 in the Netherlands, 307 in the United Kingdom, 224 at sea, including 133 in the sinking of an English ferry and 28 in Belgium. )
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
The water restrictions are quite limited. The main thing that will affect many is a ban on the use of hosepipes. Many fewer are effected by the ban on filling their swimming pool! The irony, apart from the current rain, is that the water supply for York comes from the River Ouse, not the reservoir system, so the risk to our water supply was very low indeed, even if the reservoirs did run dry.
Maria, you visited at a time which was not typical British weather at all. Records were broken this summer in both how high temperatures reached, and how low rainfall was. More typically our weather is always changing, with a mix of rainy and dry days during the summer.
horrible to go through a drought with water restrictions. Hope the rains fill the reservoirs soon
(The number of dead was 1836 in the Netherlands, 307 in the United Kingdom, 224 at sea, including 133 in the sinking of an English ferry and 28 in Belgium. )
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
The water restrictions are quite limited. The main thing that will affect many is a ban on the use of hosepipes. Many fewer are effected by the ban on filling their swimming pool! The irony, apart from the current rain, is that the water supply for York comes from the River Ouse, not the reservoir system, so the risk to our water supply was very low indeed, even if the reservoirs did run dry.
Ian
Maria, you visited at a time which was not typical British weather at all. Records were broken this summer in both how high temperatures reached, and how low rainfall was. More typically our weather is always changing, with a mix of rainy and dry days during the summer.
Ian
Thank you Christine - but it had been heavy rain just before I took this shot!
Ian