{"id":1493,"date":"2013-01-29T23:54:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T23:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphimages.wpengine.com\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:35:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:35:59","slug":"october-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2013\/01\/october-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Golden Acre\u00a0Park walk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoundhayLake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1503\" title=\"Roundhay Lake\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoundhayLake-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoundhayLake-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoundhayLake-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoundhayLake.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoundhaySulphurTuft.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1494\" title=\"Sulphur Tuft, Roundhay Park\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoundhaySulphurTuft-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoundhaySulphurTuft-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoundhaySulphurTuft-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RoundhaySulphurTuft.jpg 1660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Pictures from a walk starting from <a title=\"Wikipedia on Golden Acre Park\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_Acre_Park\">Golden Acre Park<\/a>, Leeds. (R) A magnificent cluster of <a title=\"Wikipedia on sulphur tuft\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sulphur_tuft\">sulphur tufts<\/a>, <em>Hypholoma fasciculare<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BradfordCityPark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1501\" title=\"Bradford City Park illuminations\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BradfordCityPark-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BradfordCityPark-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BradfordCityPark-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BradfordCityPark.jpg 1580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BradfordMirrorPool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1502\" title=\"Bradford City Park Mirror Pool\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BradfordMirrorPool-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BradfordMirrorPool-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BradfordMirrorPool-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BradfordMirrorPool.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Garden of Light&#8221; at the recently remodeled <a href=\"Wikipedia on Bradford City Park\">Bradford City Park<\/a>: (L) looking towards the town hall and (R) looking over the mirror pool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fungi in the Tenter Terrace mushroom field\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/PigsEars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1499\" title=\"Pig's ears\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/PigsEars-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/PigsEars-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/PigsEars-901x1024.jpg 901w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/PigsEars.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Peziza badia<\/em>, which has the common name &#8220;pig&#8217;s ears&#8221; in some books. The same common name is used for the unrelated edible\u00a0fungus, <a title=\"Wikipedia on Gomphus Clavatus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gomphus_clavatus\"><em>Gomphus clavatus<\/em><\/a> (extinct in the UK).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/PestlePuffball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1500\" title=\"Pestle puffball\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/PestlePuffball-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/PestlePuffball-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/PestlePuffball-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/PestlePuffball.jpg 1655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BrownBirchBolete.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1498\" title=\"Brown birch bolete\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BrownBirchBolete-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BrownBirchBolete-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BrownBirchBolete-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BrownBirchBolete.jpg 1730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(L) The <a title=\"Wikipedia on pestle puffball\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pestle_puffball\">pestle puffball<\/a>, <em>Handkea excipuliformis<\/em>. Just when you thought that official Latin would be more reliable, this fungus has been assigned to 5 different genera. (R) The dubiously edible <a title=\"Wikipedia on Brown Birch Bolete\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leccinum_scabrum\">brown birch bolete<\/a>, <em>Leccinum scabrum<\/em>. Overall 2012 was not a good season for boletes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blanchland walk<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandSquare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1497\" title=\"Blanchland square\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandSquare-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandSquare-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandSquare-1024x605.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandSquare.jpg 1885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;square&#8221; of the picturesque village of <a title=\"Wikipedia on Blanchland\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blanchland\">Blanchland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandRoad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1495\" title=\"Road up from Baybridge\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandRoad-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandRoad-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandRoad-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandRoad.jpg 1780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandLandscape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1496\" title=\"Derwent Lead Mines\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandLandscape-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandLandscape-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandLandscape-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BlanchlandLandscape.jpg 1835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pictures from a walk up the valley to Baybridge and then up onto the surrounding hills. (R) On the horizon the former Presser pumping station (used to supply\u00a0Consett with water). The remains of earlier lead mining are all about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden Acre\u00a0Park walk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,14,2,10],"tags":[59,38,41,80,83,54,85,151],"class_list":["post-1493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","category-nature","category-places","category-uk","tag-county-durham","tag-fungi","tag-lake","tag-night","tag-old-buildings","tag-roads","tag-square","tag-west-yorkshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}