Monday 30 October 2017

Paulette's walk in Rouge Cloître

Welcome back to Irene and welcome to a new member, Carmel!








Friday 27 October 2017

Saturday 21 October 2017

Janet's Walk in Meise

A lot of photos from today's walk!

We met at Meise, at the National Botanical Gardens, where you can walk or stroll in a variety of circles for as long as you like.  There's a beautiful castle to admire, good coffee shop and fabulous greenhouses for when you need to be indoors. And plenty of toilets!

Although the sun did not light up the glorious autumnal colours, we were lucky that it didn't rain.  Our perambulations took us along well laid paths but, because we're walkers, we managed to find a lovely muddy route as well!



The Grounds
Some views taken in the grounds




Ladies in front of a Tulip Tree - it being autumn it was hard to understand why it's called that!

Ladies again, this time in front of the beautiful small glass house


After our walk around the grounds, which could have been much longer, we stopped for coffee and then went into the newly refurbished and very recently re-opened greenhouses.  They are enormous, and full of beautiful foreign flora.  Lots of photos here because it's so different to our local trees and flowers!

























Monday 16 October 2017

Isobel's walk in the forest near ADEPS


Thanks Isobel for a beautiful walk in the forest!
  It felt just like summer, and we all enjoyed our drinks under the shady umbrellas on the ADEPS cafe terrace.



Friday 6 October 2017

Paulette's walk at Château de la Hulpe

The beginning of lovely autumnal foliage


An hammamelis at the height of its beauty