Mild weather lingers as the leaves turn golden - then the days shorten, mists smother the valley, and frosts coat the grass. We had fine weather through most of October. The colours only started turning in earnest towards the end of the month and, because there was very little wind, they stuck around for a while. Much to my disappointment, the ponies moved out of Lake Field in November. At first we thought they might have been relocated for bonfire night (a very big, very rowdy night in Battle!), but then a sign popped up informing us that they'd done their bit for Lake Field and the National Trust was moving onto the next stage. This involved felling a patch of sycamores from the edge of Lake Field to the left of these photos. Apparently there used to be allotments here. I'm not sure when they were established or when and why they were left to overgrow, but they must have been disused for a couple of decades judging by the size of the trees. I hope you've enjoyed this year-long photo series about Lake Field as much as I've enjoyed taking the photos. It's been interesting to see the seasonal changes wash across this one view and exciting to document the National Trust works in and around Lake Field. I certainly wasn't expecting so many changes when I began the project.
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Dominic Clare
2/1/2017 00:22:48
What a lovely series and so evocative of our world. It is really great to ponder on time passing this way, and an antidote to the "here today, gone tomorrow" rapid and rabid media mediated world we live in.
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Thanks for visiting and for your kind words, Dominic. It's important to slow down sometimes. I've really enjoyed taking the time to appreciate our very local patch this year. It's also been nice to meet a couple of passers-by and locals who have seen me taking photos or joined me in leaning on the fence to contemplate the view!
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