Fall pics for real, this time.

[astridv]

I went on a bike tour today, and thankfully remembered to bring my camera. Now, these are the fall pictures I was going for last time, when everything was still way green!


I ended up on this little muddy road. Cycling was a hazard but the scenery was beautiful





old Westphalian manor with moat.

And this one has its own drawbridge.

This is the reason for the tour - a bridge someone mentioned on buildering-spots.de.



It's really interesting for climbing... but I dunno, not really nice enough for a 1+ hour bike ride, one way. I was totally wiped when I got home. I'm still wiped. It was all-around awesome, though. Days like this it's hard to believe that in six weeks or so we'll be welcoming winter solstice.

I mean.


This one is from two weeks ago: cranes flying south. A sight like this always makes me happy because it wasn't all that long ago that you wouldn't see a single crane.

Comments

[schneefink]

Very pretty!

[astridv]

Good light conditions for photography today. :)

[ratcreature]

Very pretty. But what do you need a moat for in a manor? Was it just ornamental or for sewage or what? (It doesn't look like the fortified kind of building so I don't think it was for defense?)

[astridv]

Good question. Not for sewage, I'm quite sure. The actual castles have moats for defense purposes, so I assume it became the style of the region. A kind of status symbol for richer families?

[ratcreature]

If the area was swampy before it could perhaps also have been for drainage, like needing a ditch, but it looks better as moat.

[astridv]

Nope, not drainage, in many cases they even rerouted little creeks to feed their moats. They just really liked their moats back in the day. :)

[lakrids404]

Nice, pictures from the warm green south, it seems to me, that you are two to three weeks behind leaf falls here.

[astridv]

This fall seems to be a week or two behind schedule, or maybe it just feels like it because the weather is comparedly non-crappy.

[elli]

Very pretty. I love the fall. Still regret not having a camera with me yesterday.

[astridv]

I would've kicked myself if I hadn't brought my camera. I found this one super-romanting forest road by mere accident (took a wrong turn in the beginning).

I love the fall when it's like this. I hate November when it's three weeks of gray and rain but this, totally fine.