It was incredible!! Large swathes of the wood had been clear-felled. We had picked up Jet and then driven out to Nettleton Wood to look for fungi. It was difficult to believe that we hadn't been out for exactly a year but even more surprising was that in that time a large section of the forestry commission woodland had been clear-felled. There is a completely different out look and it was good to get back into the familiar ground of the Woodland Trust section of the forest. Made up of ancient oaks and silver birch, we love this part of the walk, but we missed the cathedral like approach through the scots pines which made it feel like the nave of a cathedral. Autumn colour was again spectacular, especially the braken. As usual at this time of the year, fungi were plentiful, although the fly agarics were not in their usual location. We did find plenty in a different part of the wood, though. We met a couple who had been on a foraging course and were collecting penny buns (edible bolete) for their supper; perhaps that's why we couldn't find any!! As usual, many of my finds I experience difficulty with identification, but I am not on my own. Our final find were amethyst deceivers in exactly the same spot as previous years and just as challenging to photograph.
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