Suffolk Walk: Dunwich Heath and the view

 

4 & 5th July, 2022

Photo above is the view from the heath which is one of my favorite view from the heath. I love looking over Minsmere. Beautiful. This time of the year, colour is green, seeing wild life is a magic.  

we had heat wave in U.K....It was hot. Hot for this country. 😆 Certainly, we weren't ready and UK wasn't made for this. 

We went down to Dunwich heath for dips on both day. Not too many people there either. It was lovely. The sea wasn't brown either. Temperature was warm , so we stayed all day dip in and out of the sea. It was like when we went to Greece. 

Photos of Dunwich heath here. 😍 

Suffolk Walk: Fungi Wonderland

 

Fungi Wonderland: Suffolk

Autumn, autumn, autumn... I love the season, do you? In fact, I love all seasons. 😆 Every season, I say, I love summer! I love spring! I love winter! and now, I love autumn! 

When I walk into the forest/ woods, I see the forest beaming with life, from forest bed to top of trees. Amazing colours on trees, even one tree, producing 5 or 6 different colours: dark green, light green, mossy green, lime green, yellow, lime yellow, orange, gold, red etc. 

Yesterday, we visited RSPB Minsmere, as we drove in, I saw trees on the both side of the road, it was breathtaking. Amazing colours, the energy from these trees! Leaves on trees danced every time wind came, showing different shades of colours again. On the forest bed, soft, brown leaves on the ground, I could smell as we walked into the forest. Smell of leaves, earth and trees....maybe fungi? 

I can stay in a forest all day😊 and watch trees and feel wind and crisp air on my skin, then close my eyes to really connect the nature.  What is it like to be in the earth/soil and come up to the surface of the earth? What is it like to be a mushroom? These were kind of thing I was thinking as we walk inside Minsmere😆 We are all nature and part of it, almost as if I am coming home when I go to forests or woods and even sea. I feel sometimes, this modern life we have, more we have more we forget we are actually nature and we are part of this earth. Anyway, here're some fungi photos from a few of our walks 🍄 What a beauties!

Fascinating fungi! Of course, first top 2 mushrooms ended up in our dinner plates🤣 Parasol mushroom and amethyst deceiver. Yum Yum. As for fly agaric, I usually cook in plenty water for 15 mins, then change water, boil again for 15 mins. then cook. I sometimes coat with lightly seasoned gram flour ( my partner is GF) with  then fry them in a pan. They do look like chicken strips. They are quite moorish😆, I can't stop eating them, I usually cook 2-3 medium sized fly agaric. Rest of them this year, I dried them in my dehydrator for later use ( in a kilner jar!). I sometimes cook 40 mins in total to make sure they are ok to eat. I am not into go "on trip" anymore, so need to be careful. It does give you nice sleep. I always feel " I slept well" after eating wild mushrooms from forests. 😇 

But please don't pick anything you don't know or not sure. I don't. If I am not sure or in doubt, I always leave them. Just not worth risking my life. Life is precious, I learnt that since I got cancer and going through treatments etc. 

Anyway, 

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