Let me show you today the beauty of BRABAZON WOODS and its hidden FAIRY VILLAGE, on an early #WINTER day in Swinford ~ IRELAND. ๐ฎ๐ช The leaves have fallen and the temperatures are dropping fast. โ๏ธ What can we discover on our TRAIL today? Come along and find out ๐ and find all the hidden treasure!
With this early WINTER WALK through the BRABAZON WOODS and itโs FAIRY VILLAGE TRAIL I enter in this MONTHโS #WINTERCHALLENGE from @worldmappin. You can read all about it ๐๐ป
Are you joining us? Do try, it is FUN! : Winter is coming ๐ฅถ๐ฅถ๐ฅถ - and with it the Worldmappin Winter Challenge ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ So letโs join in, in the #WINTERCHALLENGE โ๏ธโ๏ธ
Todayโs selection will be of 30 PHOTOGRAPHS
Dates : end of November and early December 2023
The Photographs in this post are taken with my iPhone ๐ฑ
I will follow the time stamps on them. So it looks like you are experiencing my #adventures on this #walk to ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป #discover everything what I saw, like the little #details seen through my eyes.
Location of BRABAZON WOODS in SWINFORD IRELAND ๐ฎ๐ช we find on the following screenshot of Google Maps:
Letโs start with our walk now ๐
At the entrance we see this little sign next to a playground:
The paths are covered in fallen leaves ๐ and few remain upโฆ but fall shortly.
Looking around we find lots of cute little details, hiddenโฆ but if you look closely you can find them. Like this #ladybug ๐ garland around the tree ๐ณ
Sculptures in an area you can sit on benches and watch the world go byโฆ.
Capture from the other side. We see sunflowers, butterflies and birds.
A stunning mosaic ๐ฅฐ How many butterflies do you see?
Walking into the woods we see little houses. These are part of the #FAIRY VILLAGE ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ง๐ป๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ
So cuteโฆ there are many to be found. So look good around you to #discover them all.
This one has multiple levels ๐๐ง๐ป
The loop around the forest is about 1km long, but there is also a path right through the middle of the forest. So you can easily extend your walk around ๐
I found this cute mushroom. ๐โ๐ซ It was very well hiddenโฆ but not for me as I always look at all the details around me.
The path goes up now and we follow it. The crunching of the leaves under our feet are so much fun ๐คฉ
The path becomes smaller now ๐ you can almost not see it anymoreโฆ
Crunch crunch ๐๐ it was a damp and cold day ๐ฅถ but the leaves kept crunching.
I love when winters start with beautiful warm colours around usโฆ like I discovered in Ireland when I lived there. Winter season in IRELAND ๐ฎ๐ช is during the months November, December and January โ๏ธ
A big difference from all the snow I have now and winter season = SNOW cover, is from November to June โ๏ธ
Letโs go down the path now.
These woods are stunningโฆ one could run through them to hide easily hahaha ๐คฃ be a kid againโฆ search for all the fairy houses ๐
I found this stump and more mushrooms. These are the last ones of the season.
A close up ๐โ๐ซ๐โ๐ซ๐โ๐ซ
A little bit further even more ๐ณ I sure didnโt expect to find mushrooms, let alone so many ๐โ๐ซ๐
This post will also be โMy contribution to this #FungiFridayโ by @ewkaw
If you want to join the FungiFriday community click here : FungiFriday!
My favourite photo of today ๐๐ป
Letโs walk a bit furtherโฆ more hidden mushrooms ๐โ๐ซ
A cute cluster between the vegetation.
So wonderful to see more hidden treasure around us.
Like this wonderful cluster of mushrooms ๐โ๐ซ growing on the side of this tree.
All coming out of the same origin.
It is almost a magical forestโฆ so much to see and find. Now I know why the FAIRIES build their VILLAGE here ๐
Wandering further we see the trees intertwinedโฆ
At the end of the loop, just before we wander out the woods again we find a last fairy house. It is a blue lighthouse.
Standing tall on this tree stump. Just look at all the details, it even has little steps up around the tall tower.
More mushroomsโฆ these are the kind that easily survive winter in a mild climate.
With this last photo we have finished the trail through Brabazon Woods, Swinford in Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช ๐๐ป
It was so much fun to walk through the woods ๐คฉ donโt you think?
If you are ever in the area, check out this trail and discover even more than we did today.
โฆand here I say thatโs all for todayโs post my friends.
Join me next time for more #updates, #adventures, #stories and #photographs ๐๐๐ป
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Thank you so much for looking, and reading.
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Have a great day all ๐
Grtz Jackie
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