Autumn in The Lakes

These are a series of photos I've taken over the last few weeks in the Lake District. The earlier ones were taken in the Thirlmere area a few weeks ago and was well before the trees had really started to properly change colour. I was up again last weekend and autumn has really taken off. The colours in Powterhow Woods and Wythop Woods near Bassenthwaite Lake were absolutely stunning.

My only regret is that I haven't been able to get down Borrowdale this year. I made a vain attempt to go down there last Sunday but the Derwentwater 10 road run was in progress and all the traffic was just about at a standstill. Bad timing on my part.

I cant see me getting up again until the beginning of December and I fear that by then the weather will have taken its toll and most of the leaves will have fallen. So its bye to the most colourful time of year in the Lakes and hello to winter. Hopefully there will be many frosty mornings and misty lakes to photograph plus the odd fall of snow. I know we play hell about our weather but each season has it's merits and its own special conditions and is never boring.