Victoria Park in 2024 - Rolling On
w/e 06 October 2024
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300 or a
Galaxy S20 Mobile Phone.
The year is rolling on and we're now into the final
quarter of 2024. Whether it's the meteorological date (September
1st) or the equinox (22nd or 23rd September) which is also known
as the astronomical autumn, we're now officially in autumn.
Although there is still a little time to go before the full beauty
of the season is revealed, the autumn colours were already beginning
to appear as we approached the Drummond Road/Bristol Road gates
at the entrance to the park.
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below.
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There's still a green swathe running through the park though
in the central area where the former flower beds have been replaced
by grass.
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favourite from this week's selection vote for "Green Swathe"
below.
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The grass surrounding the bandstand however is already acquiring
a covering of leaves.
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below.
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More golden leaves will soon be falling to join them but at the
moment are outnumbered by the green ones still on the trees.
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This was another dogless month but we did spot this substitute,
a postal delivery vehicle anchored with its "lead"
to a signpost whist mail is being delivered nearby.
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below.
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Not only was October a dogless month - we had met and befriended
dogs in eight of the previous nine - but people were also noticeable
by their absence. Perhaps the missing flowers have discouraged
human presence but they are also missing the various colours
of the trees like this trio on the Manners Road side of the park.
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below.
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Seen through the boughs of one of those three the sun was streaming
down through the leaves. It made a change from all the rain we've
had recently with half the average month's rainfall occurring
in the first few days of October.
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below.
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I had expected the ground to be waterlogged but it was surprisingly
firm. Either all the water has run off or sustained the green
leaves on the trees like these in the centre of the park which
are only just starting to turn.
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favourite from this week's selection vote for "Central Area"
below.
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The evergreens will obviously retain their colour but there are
still plenty of leaves on the deciduous specimens waiting to
fall. The ground along Drummond Road, seen here from the pergola,
will soon be littered with a golden carpet.
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favourite from this week's selection vote for "Drummond
Road" below.
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There may not be any formal flower beds in the park any more
but as we left the park, one of the last things we spotted was
a wild rose by the gates.
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from this week's selection vote for "Wild Rose" below.
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Part 11 - November 2024 `
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