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The start of the footpath on the edge of Radlett.10:29:35
Despite adjoining the town this was actually a very pleasant little wood.10:31:01
Nice autumnal colours this morning.10:31:39
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A little stream.10:33:23
More autumnal colours.10:35:11
I made a video with a bit of commentary of a bit of my walk.10:35:21
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Found this swing quite tempting.10:36:59
...so had a quick go on it.10:39:02
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I started to notice quite a lot of fungal interest in amongst the leaf litter.
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I wondered if these slightly purplish tinged ones could possibly be blewitts?10:40:47
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Some other variety, no idea what.
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Almost looked a bit like a large (winter?) chanterelle, but ptobably something else.10:44:26
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Long line, almost a ring of mushrooms here.10:46:32
Took a video of the line / ring of mushrooms.10:47:54
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After the woods the path proceeded to open fields. This stretch was a bit boring my comparison.
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Rosehips?10:52:51
A tower in the distance.10:52:57
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Intriguing hollow trunk.
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Approachin another bit of woodland.11:02:46
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Not quite as interesting as the first stretch of woods somehow, but still an improvement on walking through fields.11:03:36
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A sort of bowl depression in the middle of these woods.11:05:19
Signposts.11:05:24
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A jumbo jet at fairly low altitude overhead.
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Another wooded bit near Shenley.11:09:56
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This path follows the perimiter of Shenley and I realised I had actually walked along it before, back in April 2018.
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Very different look to it compared to last time, as it was spring back then, and there was lots of blossom.11:17:20
Still, the autumnal leaves today were nice in their own way.11:21:48
Walking through a park on the edge of Shenley.11:32:09
Couldn't resist another fry-up at the Orchard Cafe in Shenley. This was pretty good, although about twice as much food as I really needed.
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I decided to just follow the road from Shenley back to Radlett, as it was the shortest route.11:56:49
It wasn't too bad, there was a pavement all the way.11:59:44
Radlett Lane - I wish I had taken a picture of the sign next to it as well, which said Shenley Road. So I suppose this was the half way point?12:01:31
The enigmatically named footpath 55. Alas I didn't follow this.
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Entering Radlett.12:13:53
Was briefly amused having been at the Coral Room last night.12:23:13
Bought some bagels in Radlett for the girls (Radlett seems to be famous for them) and got the train back to Kentish Town.13:15:29
Once back at home I found my latest order of camping stuff had arrived.
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Although it seems by accident I had ordered an actual meat vesion of one of the dehydrated meals. Oops.13:22:52
My new gas stove, hard to tell from the photo but this is really compact.13:25:27
There it is with the billy can on top. I thought this might be useful in situations where my other camping stove looks a bit too much like an open flame, and I might get told off.13:29:34
Impressively the gas canisters fit inside my billy can, which would make the whole cooking apparatus pack down very small.
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The girls spent most of the afternoon after Japanese school out shopping, and it seemed a waste to be stuck indoors, so towards the end of the afternoon I ventured to the heath. Looking very autumnal around the bandstand.16:10:50
More autumnal scenes.16:11:41
The hand tree.16:14:10
I thought I'd try the new vintage of Fourrier's Bourgogne Rouge. This was really good actually - I already like it more than the 2017 - fresh, young, but lovely silky and floral on the palate.
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Paired it with some Wotsits. Despite the ongoing crip crisis my local Sainsbury's seemed to be well stocked.16:46:28
Starting to get dark as I left the heath.
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We decided to have a lazy dinner, pizza while watching a movie. I really liked this.17:56:40
Although I went for a bit of a strange choice for my pizza - sundried tomatoes and fresh chillies. Actually tasted quite nice at the time, but I regretted the chillies later on.