Is Scotland and Northern England still green in October?
Jan 30th, 2015, 06:50 AM
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Is Scotland and Northern England still green in October?
We are looking at traveling to Scotland and northern England the first few days of October. Is the countryside still green during this time?
Jan 30th, 2015, 07:24 AM
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Most of the UK is pretty green year round. The fields will have been harvested but the landscapes will definitely be green. And depending on the weather this year -- the heather may still be in bloom.
Jan 30th, 2015, 08:20 AM
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Depends what you mean by green, and where.
The British Isles don't have prairies, and you typically see small hills with lots of fields separated by hedges and interspersed by trees.
Grass is green more or less all year - but certainly in spring and autumn. All hedges stay in leaf till autumn: many never lose leaves. On average about 30% of trees are evergreen: it's unusual for deciduous trees to lose their leaves to any great extent before the end of October (where I live, they stay in leaf till at least early Dec). Most trees and hedges have some kind of greenish lichen on their barks.
So if you look at a typical landscape, certainly in England or lowland Scotland (Scottish highland moors can start getting bleak), about half to two-thirds of what you see will be green. And of course most fields will have their cows or sheep.
On a dismal day, not very green. On a bright day (both are equally likely) not much less bright than May.
The thing about English and Scottish lowland landscape is that, apart from buildings, there isn't much that isn't green or greenish. We don't have big lakes or rocky mountains. Not much of our fields are bare for much of the time - and we don't have big skies or empty vistas. What's in front of your eyes is mostly a green hill a mile or two away.
The British Isles don't have prairies, and you typically see small hills with lots of fields separated by hedges and interspersed by trees.
Grass is green more or less all year - but certainly in spring and autumn. All hedges stay in leaf till autumn: many never lose leaves. On average about 30% of trees are evergreen: it's unusual for deciduous trees to lose their leaves to any great extent before the end of October (where I live, they stay in leaf till at least early Dec). Most trees and hedges have some kind of greenish lichen on their barks.
So if you look at a typical landscape, certainly in England or lowland Scotland (Scottish highland moors can start getting bleak), about half to two-thirds of what you see will be green. And of course most fields will have their cows or sheep.
On a dismal day, not very green. On a bright day (both are equally likely) not much less bright than May.
The thing about English and Scottish lowland landscape is that, apart from buildings, there isn't much that isn't green or greenish. We don't have big lakes or rocky mountains. Not much of our fields are bare for much of the time - and we don't have big skies or empty vistas. What's in front of your eyes is mostly a green hill a mile or two away.
Feb 13th, 2015, 06:25 AM
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October is the month when the trees change, and it depends on how the others have been before it. Usually at the start of the month the leaves are still green, but by later October they're orange and falling. I think that autumn is my favourite season here - I live just outside Perth and the whole area is beautiful then.
