Dog Walking in Irby Dale and Woods

Needing to take Jet for a walk today, we headed to Irby to walk through the dale and woods.  It was again a beautiful day and we enjoyed our walk.  The countryside is beginning to change from the green monochrome of June and early July and take on golden hues as the cereal crops, especially barley begining to ripen.  In fact I have just seen my first field being harvested.
Again butterflies were numerous with ringlets, gate keeper, meadow brown and small and large skippers in evidence.  The thing that we enjoyed most today, however, were the thistles, especially the huge nodding bright purple heads of scotch thistle.  Yet another excellent walk.