A few Saturdays ago I went over to one of my favourite places, Marks Hall Arboretum. I walked up towards the lake,
and then around on the Millennium walk, along the bottom edge of the lake,
up to the memorial site where I'd heard the autumn colour was especially good.
The memorial site is a memorial to the serviceman who were stationed at Marks Hall during the 2nd world war - the colours in the acers were stunning.
This is acer rubrum 'October Glory'. And it was living up to its name!
Then I walked back through the woods to the walled garden.
From the walled garden the views over the lake were lovely.
Later that same week my cousin and his wife, who now live in America, came to visit. They wanted to walk on the Sudbury water meadows and we had a glorious day for a 4.5 mile circular route.
We walked along the river Stour, across the meadows the the Salmon Leap (no salmon in the river nowadays as far as I know!),
with time for a quick selfie
before walking back home along the river.
Two great walks, hopefully to be repeated again very soon!
