We've been in Inverness for a couple of days, drawn there for medical reasons and to patronise some of the city's shops. Normally, it's a pleasant little metropolis and we enjoy our occasional visits but the weather this time was miserable, cold and wet, so what are to me the highlights of the city - the many benches along the banks of the River Ness on which to sit and watch the human world go by - weren't particularly attractive. We were also deeply disappointed in the new, full electric bus service from Golspie into the city centre.
So it was good this morning to be walking in the woods again with....
....not another human in sight and the....
....silent fungi for company.
Not that this is turning out to be the good year for fungi suggested in the early part of their season, partly because the slugs and snails have been unusually active but mainly because the fungi simply haven't shown.
On the bright side, we've had the pleasure of several old friends including....
....a few chanterelles but today's highlight was....
....this yellow brain fungus (sometimes called witches' butter).
That I have previously posted about all three of these this year goes to show how disappointing things have been!
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