Sunday 20th November

Today Chris and I decided to head into the Curraghs for a change. We parked at our usual spot and were gathering our things from the car when Chris saw movement - a Wallaby bounding across the road behind me! After seeing this one he suddenly noticed three others that were sat near the verge. He alerted me to their presence

The one in the road didn't seem at all bothered by our being there - he just carried on washing and ignoring us

We started walking along the path. There were lots of Royal Ferns that were a lovely golden colour and lots of leaves in the stream at the side of the path

We saw some nice reflections in the stream but I couldn't quite get into the position I would have liked to take the picture

As we walked around the loop, we saw a couple more Wallabies but, none as clearly as those out on the road. We did see some fungus that was still fresh looking

I found one fungus that was similar to one that I had photographed yesterday so, I had a play in Photoshop with it

As we walked around, I looked for interesting shapes. This ivy on a tree trunk caught my eye

As we headed back towards the car, we noticed the patterns the ripples were creating in the stream. Not a very exciting picture but, might make a texture layer..

We headed to The Lhen -this area is often good for Divers in winter. So Chris parked up and I headed to the beach for a spot of tide lining.

First find - a welly. These are surprisingly common on the beaches around the island



As I carried on down the beach, I came across a handle from a spade - the sort of item that had started us out doing this in the first place

Just along from the spade and quite near to each other, I found a lobster pot that had broken free of it's buoy and the remains of a fleece top.

A little further along and I found a toilet seat - how did that get washed up on a beach?

I wandered down to the edge of the water - I do love empty beaches in winter

And so, home and an afternoon of editing