Middle Assendon & Henley 25 October 2015

Another walk a little bit further afield. There were only 3 of us on the walk and there were hills! All that Wikipedia has to say about Middle Assendon is that it is near to Henley-on-Thames and that it has a public house, the Rainbow Inn. Towards the end of our walk we chatted to other walkers who had had lunch there and said it was great. Anyone feel like visiting? I'll take you for lunch.

Lovely countryside in the throes of autumn.  This is a kissing gate - actually meant to keep livestock out, but kissing could be a side effect ..

Up a pretty steep hill with an interest tree effect.

The village green and such pretty houses.

Some were obviously very old but had been renovated beautifully.

Look at the espalierd trees! They must be very old, so old in fact that they've outgrown the wall.

On through the forest and the wonderful green light.

We got a bit lost at this point and ended up on a private estate. We didn't see anyone so no harm done. The deer were a bit startled though.

Then we got lost again and had to make a detour of about a mile, so no pics of Henley I'm afraid. We passed through some fields on the way back and saw livestock.

Sheep with their own jumpers..

And horses in blankets ..

Up another large hill and then this magnificent view.

This photo was taken at around lunch time and I was really taken with the shadows - it felt like late afternoon.  Also, the sky in all the photos is so washed out - I'm not sure how to improve that. Any ideas? The light here is so very different to home. Lovely though.