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When you arrive at Bristol’s Blaise Castle Estate, you see a huge expanse of lawn in front of you and magnificent woodland in the near distance. The parkland was laid out by the famous landscape designer, Humphry Repton (1752-1818). You half expect the ladies walking in the distance to appear in crinolines. As the museum and gardens were closed during my visit, I concentrated on enjoying the autumn colours in the woodland. The woods seemed very popular with dog-walkers.
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Blaise Estate Mansion House 
Mansion House glimpsed through trees
The parkland possesses some magnificent oak trees. Bristol City Council’s tree management included leaving fallen trunks to encourage biodiversity and brambles at the base of trees to support regeneration.
Oaks support an astonishing number of species whether standing tall or as dead trunks on the ground
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A magnificent Oak in its autumn finery 
Looking up into an Oak
Water cascades down different levels 
Red Dogwood stems by the little bridge
Woodland path strewn with leaves 
Contrasting evergreen and deciduous foliage
Some trees had already shed their leaves revealing Mistletoe and thoughts that Christmas will soon be upon us.
Mistletoe adorns a bare treetop. © Karen Andrews
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