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The recent changes to acceptable walking limits allowed me to linger to enjoy some of the finer details on my afternoon walk to Little Apley Pool.

After I had finished that walk I wasn’t quite ready to return home so I extended my walk in a different direction, returning to Leegomery Pools hoping to see the [...]

Comments Off CherryPie on May 14th 2020

I have successfully planned a quiet route to get to, through and around my local woodland area. I have even worked out how to navigate the blind corner I mentioned in my previous post
All walkers I met on my walk today were mindful of social distancing. They, like me were seeking out quiet [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on May 12th 2020

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New Pathways

Exploring a new pathway to my local woods. Hoping to avoid the crowds. It wasn’t entirely successful. On the main wide pathway two people were walking towards me so I stepped aside from the pathway. Social distancing. They carried on spreading out to fill he wide path. A cyclist at speed arrived around [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on May 12th 2020

Despite the current lock-down our local town improvised to celebrate VE day with social distancing throughout the town. Due to the efforts of of local people the town was decorated with bunting and poppies. A plane displaying the message ‘THANK YOU HEROES PAST & PRESENT’ flew overheard.  Midlands Today recorded the events including streets that [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on May 10th 2020

A warm sunny windy day lead me to adventure out on a different pathway.
After recent difficulties most of my local pathways have resumed to normality and are less crowded.  I am back in a place where walkers, cyclists and runners respect each other and in these current times respect social distancing.

Happy Days

2 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2020

Today was dull overcast day but I couldn’t resist going back to Leegomery Pools to look for the goslings I mentioned in my previous post.

The dull overcast day meant that the pathways were quiet. I saw few people and was able to linger and enjoy the cute goslings who were leading their parents around the [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on May 4th 2020

The early morning dull weather fitted my grey mood. I was mulling over some negative comments (about me) from others that do not know me.
The weather perked up after lunch with a sudden heavy downpour illuminated by the sun through the clouds. When this happens the world suddenly becomes vivid and I enjoyed seeing how [...]

18 Comments CherryPie on Apr 29th 2020

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