A walk in the woods

So here we are in the beautiful Charente, gardening done, plenty of wine drunk and now time for a wander. From the front of the house a path leads down across a small valley by the side of the vines, then up into the woods

Looking back across the valley, the house does seem rather splendid

This time of year should be good for fungi, but typically I was too late in the day - however I did find a few, and some fascinating lichens (memo to self - must learn something about lichen)

 A bracket of some sort

 No idea what this is

 Nor this, unless it's some form of coprinus?

And finally the lichen - very pretty


What a pleasant way to spend a few hours on a Sunday afternoon