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Autumn is here, the clocks have gone back and August seems a long way off but be of good cheer, this North Oxfordshire field looks as beautiful as ever

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Not quite as many cows as August but hey I'mnot  ;Dbitter!

goodness...

who would have thought 20,000 nutters were morris dancing to bohemian rapsody in that feild but a few months ago...

looks quite enormal really, grass has recovered well though.

What a great photo!  :)

Good photo Martin, lost me bearings tho' (marbles more like  ;D) in the absence of the usual landmarks, is it taken from the top of the field looking towards the stage?

Looks like it BD.

You wouldn't think looking at that photo that winter starts in 2 days! Its a funny old world.

You got it Dave, the photo was taken from the top of the field by the main entrance, looking down towards the stage.                                                                                      

and the cow on the left is saying...if you chew hard enough, I'm sure you can taste the faintest whiff of 6X

That's why they are probably avoiding the top of the hill then. ;) There's probably a couple of feral folkies hiding in the bushes as well.

Lovely photo,  I was on the 361 last week but resisted the urge to call in.

Does anyone have a photo of the field in snow?

wasn't there one on the FC website last year?

THere certainly was.....I took one of them. Probably still on here somewhere too....

Ur, that's because it doesn't. Winter starts December 21st.

Yes and no, although traditionally you are certainly correct. 

I quote from the wikipedia:

"Depending on place and culture, what is considered to be the start and end of winter vary. Contemporary meteorology takes winter to be the months of December, January, and February in the Northern Hemisphere and June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. However, many cultures in Europe and East Asia consider winter to begin in November."

Obviously, other locations may differ (like Australia, frinstance) , but in the UK, Winter is 21st Dec - 20th March, Spring 21st March - 20th June, Summer June 21 - Sept 20 and Autumn is Sept 21 to Dec 20th. These are governed by the Equinoxes and Solstices although these can vary by up to 2 days.

Pedant? Yessir.

Ur, thats because it doesn't. The Celts used to celebrate Samhain on the 1st of November which they used to mark as the start of winter. A precurser to Halloween actually.

if it feels like winter and it looks like winter its probably england in august

Could be the middle of July in Scotland though Jim  :o

I'm in Siberia right now.

I would hazzard to suggest that it's started already!

Mike, you are absolutely right. Those Celts, wonderful people. All that woad!

Apparently Woad may be better for you than you think.

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researchers have demonstrated that under the right growth conditions woad (Isatis tinctoria) produces astonishing amounts of glucobrassicin (GBS), a biochemical which may account for some of the cancer-fighting properties of related plants, such as broccoli.
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And you thought it was only used to make Mel Gibson look cool in Braveheart  ;)  :D

Of course it was the Romans that gave us a straight woad, until then it was all tangly.

And therein lies the root of all the problems  ::) ;) :D

I like to think of the start of winter as the autumn equinox when the nights start to draw in and its harvest time. technically june21st and dec21st are mid-summer and  mid-winter, them being the longest and shortest days.  dates do vary though between eg earliest sunrise/latest sunset/ longest daylight hours.
its flippin cold today tho innit?

There'll be a frost tonight hereabouts, so sayeth the forecast.

so sayeth my shiverin' bones.
and the fact that we now have two indoor pet rabbits so they dont freeze to death outside!
and that my car wouldnt start this morning either-best organise a lift home!

Tonight?!? WE got one last night up here in Cropredyshire.....everyone scraping the windscreens.

And here! Road were really slippy at 7.30 this morning in Sunny Shropshire ;D ;D