Fantastic Foraging

I keep going on and on about how this lovely mild weather keeps on but it is amazing and I've been out every day making the most of it.

The combination of overnight rain and the warmth resulted in a mass of fungi and I had a nice haul of field mushrooms at one of my favourite spots in bandit country over the Suffolk border. 

I contineued my walk across a couple of rough meadows before coming to a big wood full of sweet chestnut trees. And, more to the point, full of sweet chestnuts.

It's a funny thing, but although pretty much all the trees had plenty of chestnuts the size amd quality of them varied massively. Most of the big ones came off one tree. 

On the way back I picked what seemed to be the last of the fruits off a big damson bush, they're destined to be turned in to damdon gin.

Yeah, I know I should have a nice wicker basket but needs must, eh ?

Decent haul of damsons, field mushies and chestnuts.

Maybe a few more weeks of the conditions being right to get a few more before the cold weather finishes them off.