New England, eat your heart out

[NickM]

...because the display of autumn colours in the woodlands of Kent yesterday (around Wye and Canterbury) was absolutely beautiful, as good as I have ever seen

Ahhhhhhhhh... so soothing.

 

[Elmer Fudd]

I'm not looking for a New England,
I'm looking for another world,

 

[longers]

Cheshire and the Peak District were spectacular yesterday.

After the summer we had I wasn't sure what to expect as I thought the intensity of the autumn colours was related to the amount of sugars stored by the trees and sunlight is needed to create said sugars.

Looked good to me.

 

[Brock]

...because the display of autumn colours in the woodlands of Kent yesterday (around Wye and Canterbury) was absolutely beautiful, as good as I have ever seen

Ahhhhhhhhh... so soothing.

Got some photos for us then?

 

[laurence]

i was in new england one autumn and thought "surrey is better than this".

L

 

[Slowgrind]

Is it called leaf peeping, or is that not to be mentioned in polite company?

 

[ChrisKH]

My wife tells me it's because of the weather pattern we had this year that we have these colours (watches too much daytime TV, no doubt) . So it's not necessarily to do with just the sun. After hot summers there's not usually any colour round my way. Perhaps you need it hot & wet or hot/wet/hot, hot/wet/cold/hot? Anyone know?

 

[Tetedelacourse]

I'm not looking for a New England,
I'm looking for another world,

Is that Kirsty MacColl?

 

[User482]

My wife tells me it's because of the weather pattern we had this year that we have these colours (watches too much daytime TV, no doubt) . So it's not necessarily to do with just the sun. After hot summers there's not usually any colour round my way. Perhaps you need it hot & wet or hot/wet/hot, hot/wet/cold/hot? Anyone know?

I'd heard this too - warm spring followed by wet summer I think.

 

[John the Monkey]

'Tis nice 'round near me too, although the leaves are damnably slippy once they leave the tree, as my grazed knee will bear witness.

 

[Fnaar]

Is that Kirsty MacColl?

The inimitable Billy Bragg originally, thoughy I think Kirsty McC (RIP) covered it too.

I also like New England by Jonathan Richman: (but I can't find it on youtube)