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On Guard 2020
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 5th 2020
Yesterday I ventured out to Dothill Nature Reserve. I had intended to walk along the Silkin way but I came across a large puddle that caused me to have a change of plan. I skirted through the edge of Apley Woods and rejoined the Sillkin Way further along.
Whilst in the woods I took the opportunity to sit and rest a while. This gave a dog (as on a recent walk) the chance to say hello, leaving leaving a paw print on my leg.
I explored a bit of Dothill Nature Reserve that I had not visited before. As I stopped to take a photograph I noticed that I was being watched from above. The photographs of my onlooker are not the best quality due to my camera being hand held and on full zoom.
As I made my way back home I could hear the mewing sound of buzzards in flight and looked up to see three of them flying high above my head.
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 3rd 2020
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside awakens.
Carl Gustav Jung
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2020
This afternoon before visiting family I was able to go on a short walk in lovely sunshine.
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 1st 2020
This morning I woke to bright sunshine which was a lovely change after the rainy windy weather that we have been having lately. I checked my phone’s weather app which advised me that it would rain later in the morning but be sunny and fine in the afternoon.
This led to a morning of household chores and holiday planning leaving the afternoon free for walking. After lunch I donned my heavy duty walking boots and set off for walk in local woodlands that I have been avoiding lately due to rain and mud.
As I walked along one of my local bridle paths I met a young lady with a young child in a pushchair and a dog by her side.
She asked me where the pathway led to, so I told her and asked her where she was trying to get to. She told me where she was heading, explaining that she was new to the area and thought she might have turned off the pathway (that I was heading towards) too soon.
I redirected her to where she should have been. She was happy that she would be able to find her way back from her newly explored pathway without turning round and retracing her steps.
After we parted I had an enjoyable walk around Apley Woods, avoiding the more muddy parts. As often happens on my walks, a dog came to say hello, leaving a tiny muddy paw-print on my leg.
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 27th 2020
… A solo walk in pictures
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 25th 2020
