With the bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) now going over and dying

back with the onset of autumn the gorse (Ulex europaeus) is still in flower (just) as seen here on the wilds of Kelling Heath. The dying gorse in the immediate foreground is not due to the season but rather to a wildfire last year that saw the entire embankment behind where I am standing burnt to a cinder but recovery is well underway fifteen months later. There is evidence of a more recent fire this previous summer in the mid-distance. These fires on Kelling Heath are something that the North Norfolk Railway have to live and deal with every summer. As long as they are contained they do not do irrecoverable damage to the environment, in fact, controlled burns, similar to these events actually benefit the natural biome. Without sufficient depth-of-field, the background and the 10.20 Holt to Sheringham DMU formed of a Class 104/101 hybrid DMU is out of focus. This is due to a fairly generous focal length and that it is a dull day meaning that the aperture was pretty wide. However, in this case, I quite like the effect.