Autumn is my favourite time of year. Wildlife preparing for the long winter ahead, leaves turning, the air becoming cooler and crisper and the autum colours seeping across the landscape like spilt paint. Add to that the anticipation of my annual escape of the worst of the British winter to the southern hemisphere (Antarctica from November for the sixth year on the trot!) and you can see why.
I'm back in the peaks for a few weeks and try to get out and about and make the most before my departure. Wandering along the Eastern Gritstone Edges, climbing, mountain biking and walking about taking it all in. I even had a little visit from a hedgehog today fattening up ready for its own way of escaping the winter...
Lastly, as he was wandering around he got quite excited for a moment as he though he'd met a gorgeous hedgehog to cuddle up to this winter. He looked very disappointed as he wandered off!
Autumn is my favourite time of year. Wildlife preparing for the long winter ahead, leaves turning, the air becoming cooler and crisper and the autum colours seeping across the landscape like spilt paint. Add to that the anticipation of my annual escape of the worst of the British winter to the southern hemisphere (Antarctica from November for the sixth year on the trot!) and you can see why. 
I'm back in the peaks for a few weeks and try to get out and about and make the most before my departure. Wandering along the Eastern Gritstone Edges, climbing, mountain biking and walking about taking it all in. I even had a little visit from a hedgehog today fattening up ready for its own way of escaping the winter...
The neighbours cat felt a little inquisitive and didn't manage to follow the "look don't touch" philosophy and had a nasty shock in the process.
Lastly, as he was wandering around he got quite excited for a moment as he though he'd met a gorgeous hedgehog to cuddle up to this winter. He looked very disappointed as he wandered off!
