A set of photos from late August, starting at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park:
View around and from the Long Gallery. Lots of charred wood.
Well, even if the art is a bit weird, you can always enjoy walking around the estate.
Old yew trees in the grounds.
Looking back towards Mam Tor.
Views down Edale (L) and over the Kinder plateau (R).
Trees on the river bank of Padley Gorge.
The orangery at the Gibside country estate (National Trust).
Fungus section
Unidentified specimens from the sculpture park.
A nice example of a milk cap (Lactarius), with the underside oozing white latex.
A bolete from Gibside, showing the characteristic underside of pores rather than gills.
This is probably a Blusher (Amanita rubescens), as similar specimens nearby were flushed pink where damaged. Although nominally edible after cooking, it’s best to steer clear of Amanita species completely.
A stinkhorn (Latin name, Phallus impudicus, for obvious reasons…). When first mature, the head is covered with a foul smelling green-brown gunge which attracts insects which then carry off the spores. This example had lost its malodorous goo.