“FUNGI FORAY outing for the Nature Group  On the 17th October, 7 members of the Nature Group met at Jackson’s Bank near Hoar Cross for a Fungi Photography morning.  Looking for and photographing fungi is not a fast sport, you just need to take it slow and steady and “get your eye in”.  The woodland floor is covered in them and if you don’t take your time, you will walk on more than you see.

The group split up, some going there own way so not all of our shots were the same, although there was so much there it probably wouldn’t have happened anyway.  Chris and I have been on several visits there over the past few weeks and every time you visit, the variety of Fungi is 

different.  The area is off the main footpath, so you very rarely see anyone else, if you do they usually want to help you off the floor as they think you have fallen!  After the appalling weather the day before, we were lucky with a beautiful sunny and warm morning.

No club outing goes without it’s drama, which this time involved Margaret coming detached from her wellies, which resulted in a rescue mission to retrieve said wellies.  They were buried up to their tops.  The last person was obviously not so lucky as there was also another pair of wellies still submerged.