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We walked from the covered bridge a little upstream to the Lower Falls area of the Swift River. It was such a wonderful, blue sky day that unsurprisingly this was busy with people. So again I concentrated on snapping the people rather than the landscape. Although, I maybe should have kept my distance, as the cough I was desperately trying to deny was getting worse. Back in the car and along the highway we came upon a preserved homestead and went to look around. It was also a handy place for lunch. The Russell-Colbath homestead was built in the early 1930's by Thomas Russell and his son Amzi. Thomas operated a local sawmill and there is a little copse we walked around where some of the trees that would have been used for lumber were still standing. Not far from the house, which was not open to the public at the time we were there, was a wonderful barn. This had been built recently to be used for events. There was also a tiny cemetery for the small population that had lived here. The...

We had a good night in Huttopia, our cornily named group of glamping huts. It was chilly at night although there was a heater on a 30 m inut e timer which you had to start again when it got to the end. Saving the planet! When we had arrived the night before it had meant some stumbling around in the dark to find the correct hut, and we had not seen the lake that the huts were camped round. I wandered down first thing and it was very pretty. You had to go outside anyway to put the kettle on the barbeque gas ring to heat up. But tea and breakfast finished we were off and away. We were situated in the White Mountains, a very large area area covering a quarter of the state of New Hampshire and going into Maine. The mountains are the northern extension of the Appalachians and contain Mount Washington, the highest mountain on the eastern seaboard. First stop after a little driving and a stop at Dunkin' for Mike's favourite iced coffee, was Jackson (population 1000), a quaint New Engla...

I know that anyone looking at this blog will be fed up with the trees! After a late start autumn has hung on and on and I have been to a number of places where the trees have been stunning - and who could resist? I am a fan of forest pictures, especially liking those of Hand Strand and Dav Thomas. We happened upon Calke Abbey a couple of weekends ago after visiting friends in Nottingham and it is certainly worth going to. The house was left to the National Trust in a semi derelict state and although it looks tidy outside, apparently not much has been done to it inside. I say this because it was closed as the National Trust shuts all of it's houses over winter believing the nation is confined indoors watching daytime telly. As you can see the day was overcast and tried to rain a couple of times. The grounds are extensive and there is a river running through on one side, in a steep woody ravine. There is also an isolated church which lies a little way from the house and was shut a...

Furneux Pelham is a small village in Hertfordshire, around 20 minutes drive away from my house. My daughter discovered a nice circular walk there which starts by the church and goes through some beech woodland. We went back to give the dog some exercise and for me to again bag a few trees, travelling light with the Nikon D800e, 24-70mm f/2.8 lens and a tripod. The first picture has been subjected to some alterations using Nik Color Efex Pro foliage and glamour glow filters