You really have to be careful when you go through a meadow full of cows when looking for autumn colours to photograph. Croft Castle have let their cattle loose which means you have to look down as well as up!
The parkland is full of ancient trees – some 400-500 year old chestnuts and an oak tree thought to be 1,000 years old. And a story linking to the Spanish Armada.
I’m a bit of a wuss when it comes to cows, or horses. They make me nervous, because of their size I suppose. I’m much happier with sheep.
TRAVEL WORDS 
Jude, I love the autumn colours. My head says it’s October and autumn, but obviously here in Aus it is spring. So I’m loving seeing autumn in blogs right now. Thank you 🙂
Well at least you get autumn in Tassie. I don’t think I’d like to live somewhere that doesn’t have distinct seasons.
That was part of our decision to move to Tassie while family are all around Sydney.
Do you think you’ll stay there?
Probably, but we are giving ourselves 12 months to experience all seasons and see how work opportunities develop.
That’s a terrific idea. Sydney is awfully expensive and I find it very busy. I’d prefer to live somewhere quieter in Australia where you feel that it IS Australia if you know what I mean.
Gorgeous parkland!
I like visiting Croft. Especially in autumn.
looks like a beautiful place, especially in autumn 🙂
It is. And in spring too.
Hope kept your boots relatively clean… 😉
I did, thank you 🙂
🙂
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Do you have any idea how much teasing I’ve taken because cows make me very nervous? Now I know I’m not the only one!!! By my standards, you are very brave walking through a field with cows and no fence to separate you.
The photos you got however, were worth the effort! As Sue Slaght said … cows and castles just don’t happen here 🙂
You are certainly NOT the only one given the comments here 🙂
I have got used to finding cattle and sheep and even ponies roaming on NT properties as they use them to naturally keep the land cleared – in this case there is actually a farm attached – but I do keep an eye on what they are doing! And at least there are no bears. Yet. 😀
No – I would not be happy about encountering a bear either.
This week it was all about chipmunks. There were dozens of them and they were really active. They would run right in front of my feet. They obviously didn’t think of me as a predator 🙂
I suppose they are busy gathering their nuts in for the winter. Must have been quite a sight.
I think they’re just the cutest little things with their tails up high like radio antennaes.
Any photos?
Those little scamps are just too fast for these clumsy fingers to wrap around the camera in time!