I recognise that not everybody likes to celebrate when Autumn arrives; some see it as the end of Summertime and that Winter is just round the corner, but not me.
Autumn to me means glorious golden colours when the sun shines and brooding skies which add a dramatic backdrop to scenic views when the sun isn't shining.
To illustrate my point here are a few photographs you might enjoy; the first set celebrating the beautiful scenery Scotland has to offer in the Autumn captured during a trip to Perthshire earlier this Autumn:
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| Castlehill Reservoir, Glendevon |
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| River Devon, Glendevon |
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| River Devon, Glendevon |
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| Loch Monzievaird near Crieff |
After passing through Glendevon, Gleneagles and Crieff we headed to Loch Earn, taking the south shore road:
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| St Fillans |
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| Loch Earn |
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| Across Loch Earn |
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| Island in Loch Earn |
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| Ancient Oak, Loch Earn |
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| Rustic Gate, Loch Earn |
One of my favourite spots on the south side road round Loch Earn is where the Burn of Ample cascades down a waterfall before heading under a bridge and flowing on to join Loch Earn:
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| Burn of Ample Waterfall |
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| Bridge over Burn of Ample |
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| Burn of Ample heading to Loch Earn |
It was raining (as it does in Autumn) but as I said it only helps to make the scenery more dramatic; this was certainly the case as we moved away from Loch Earn and headed to Loch Lubnaig:
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| Lochearnhead |
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| Loch Lubnaig North |
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| Loch Lubnaig Trees |
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| Cows at Loch Lubnaig |
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| Loch Lubnaig South |
Leaving Loch Lubnaig we travelled south, stopping in Callander for a cup of coffee; here I grabbed a couple of snaps of the Autumn trees:
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| Trees above Callander |
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| Church in Callander |
After this we headed home, content that we had seen some lovely Autumn scenery, even if the weather did depreciate.
A good example of how an otherwise grey Autumn sky can add drama to a photograph is shown in these two pictures of the Kelpies I took a few weeks back:
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| Kelpies at Forth & Clyde Canal |
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| Rearing Kelpie |
Now you have seen the Scottish scenery under dramatic skies the 'leaf peepers' amongst you will want to see some Autumn colours.
Wind the clock forward a couple of weeks after our trip round Perthshire and we are down in the Scottish Borders; at Rosetta caravan park in Peebles to be exact.
Here is just a sample of the photographs I took one sunny morning:
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| Rosetta Caravan Park Entrance |
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| Trees near 'Old Field' |
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| Rosetta Autumn Colours |
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| Rosetta Autumn Colours |
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| Path near 'Old Field' |
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| 'Old Field' Woodland |
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| Path through Woodland |
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| Road to 'Old Field' |
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| Leafy Road |
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| Entrance to 'Old Field' |
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| Magnificent Beech Tree |
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| Beech Trees |
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| Bridge in Woodland |
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| Horse Chestnut Leaves |
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| Beech Leaves |
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| Dried Leaves |
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| Sunny Bunny |
These photographs were all taken within the caravan park where the woodland featured could be under threat from development. The owners aim to sell this area for building houses and move the static caravan pitched there up to the fields above the 'Old Field'. I would be very surprised if the developers choose to keep all these trees if they want to make best use of the space for building houses.
The static caravans will all be moved up to a higher field, which admittedly does have some good views, and some trees:
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| New Field Trees |
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| New Field Trees |
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| New Field Trees and Walled Play Area |
I think I still prefer the Old Field but that's progress as they say.
Take care
Teddy Edward
