“The mellow autumn came, and with it came the promised party.” – Lord Byron, probably one thing you could trust him on was to spot an opportunity for a good time. And surely autumn is the best of times. Glowing leaves, crisp skies, bright berries urging us to get out there and snatch the last golden days before the winter dark. New England may have ‘leaf-peeping’ hotlines, but the beech-woods of Bucks have their own enchantments. Even when it rains.

I love autumn, so was delighted to be asked to pick some places to enjoy autumn in Bucks (even if it rains) for Buckinghamshire Life magazine – Bucks Autumn

And here’re links to the places featured in the article –

Waddesdon Manor

For fairy-tale grandeur and innovative art installations

Chiltern Open Air Museum

For Halloween nights, harvest traditions and stories by the fire in the roundhouse

Hughenden Manor

For all things apple and for being a secret WWII map-making base, codename ‘Operation Hillside’

Stowe

For neoclassical elegance and pumpkin hunting through the grounds

Wendover Woods

For the Rothschilds creating a trackway through the woods for their zebra & cart, but mainly for the Gruffalo….