We had a day trip to Calke Abbey in Derbyshire on Sunday. @shepherdmanswife travelled fully kitted out for photographing autumn colours, an indication that the process could be time consuming, and so Tia and I were dropped off at a nearby village for to enjoy a four mile walk to Calke Abbey. Our walk finished on a gravelled road across the Abbey Parkland, the portico frontage of the large stately home appearing in front of us. We had trouble locating @shepherdmanswife – I called her to ask her location with respect to the house and got a reply “House? What house?” We eventually met up while I was taking this shot, @shepherdmanswife grumbling that my phone calls to locate her had interrupted her search for autumn colours. So if there are none on her project, it’s all my fault.
