{"id":30438,"date":"2018-10-09T18:18:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T18:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/?p=30438"},"modified":"2018-10-10T07:28:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T07:28:07","slug":"more-autumn-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/2018\/10\/09\/more-autumn-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"More autumn leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-30438-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/03-Autumn-Leaves.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/03-Autumn-Leaves.m4a\">https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/03-Autumn-Leaves.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I write so much on the insanity and venality of the world, yet life is full of endless beauty. I think it the hardest thing to hold, in the same breath, taking in both and overlooking neither, life&#8217;s vast and kaleidoscopic positivity alongside the world&#8217;s needless ugliness. Maybe it&#8217;s literally impossible to do that &#8211; like trying simultaneously to rotate hand clockwise; foot anti-clockwise &#8211; but after writing my <a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/2018\/10\/08\/30419\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>post of yesterday<\/strong><\/a>, I feel intensely the need to reconnect with that beauty.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m blessed of course: having the magnificent Porter Valley and Whitely Woods on my doorstep and, in this the most visually splendid month of the year, legs that work, a phone camera in my pocket and a trick or two up my sleeve.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181008_115401_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30439\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181008_115401_edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181008_115401_edited.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181008_115401_edited-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181008_115401_edited-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_160435_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30443\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_160435_edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_160435_edited.jpeg 601w, https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_160435_edited-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_090909_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30442\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_090909_edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_090909_edited.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_090909_edited-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181008_123812_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30441\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181008_123812_edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181008_123812_edited.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181008_123812_edited-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_161501_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30444\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_161501_edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_161501_edited.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_161501_edited-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_161526_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30445\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_161526_edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_161526_edited.jpeg 599w, https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_161526_edited-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_161646_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30446\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_161646_edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" 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href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_162303_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30448\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_162303_edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_162303_edited.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_162303_edited-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_162303_edited-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_162356_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30449\" 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_162431_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30451\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_162431_edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_162431_edited.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_162431_edited-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_163239_edited-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30452\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_163239_edited-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" 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href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_165830_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30460\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_165830_edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_165830_edited.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_165830_edited-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_175108_edited.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30461\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181009_175108_edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"851\" 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I think it the hardest thing to hold, in the same breath, taking in both and overlooking neither, life&#8217;s vast &#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/2018\/10\/09\/more-autumn-leaves\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}