Sunday calm

Here are a few more photos from my recent walk at Bolton Abbey. It was a calm, damp but relatively warm day. The famous view (known as Turner's View because JMW Turner painted it) was as pretty as ever, though very hazy.

The arch through the Nidd Aqueduct framed some lovely autumn colour. 

After a dry summer, the recent rain has encouraged moss and toadstools. I am not very good at identifying fungi but I suspect these are common Sulphur Tufts that grow on old tree stumps. The little grouping here was rather prettily arranged. 

The level of the river rises and falls very quickly, depending on the rainfall further upstream. It wasn't all that full on the day I visited, so the arches of Bolton Bridge looked really high. 

It's a narrow bridge, only one car width across and steeply arched, so crossing it on foot can be a bit scary. Thankfully there are little triangular inlets above the piers, so there is room to avoid the traffic. Climbing the ancient steps from the river bank also needs care, as you step out through the wall right onto the narrow road. 

The Bolton Abbey estate is scattered with farms and other residences, many occupied by estate workers. The farmhouse on the hillside above the river was covered in rich red Virgina Creeper.