For some time we were walking through the town streets, which is not ideal for us. For one we like country side but also Summer enjoys running without the lead on. But there was nothing to do, so we just kept walking.
I have never noticed so many birds out in winter. Last time it was mostly red kites. This time there were some red kites but so many small birds - tits, sparrows, finches, robins. For me it's always small things that makes me happy. Spotting a robin is enough to cheer me up! While we were enjoying fresh air and country side, some people think that it's a good place to get rid of their rubbish. I don't understand that at all! And clearing all that comes from tax payers. Apparently last year it cost a taxpayer 58 million pounds! How many hungry children we could feed for that money!
I hope I have raised my children well enough so that they would never even consider littering, not to mention fly tipping. I remember one time when my daughter was very little and we were in the shop waiting for my friend and while looking out through the big glass windows we could see a woman finishing a cigarette and just throwing it on the ground. My daughter was totally shocked, how she didn't put it in the bin almost next to her.
When the town is grey and boring, you have to find small things to cheer you up. I liked this colourful railway bridge and even the railway. I could imagine sitting on a train and going somewhere far-far away. Saying that, we are already planning our summer holiday. And if all goes well and by the plan, it's gonna be an amazing adventure!
Finally we made it out of town! Some days I have to force myself to get dressed and outside but once I'm outside, there isn't a better feeling! It's the sense of freedom and being part of the countryside. Sam applies to my son, who is getting closer to being a teenager, so I guess it will get harder to get him outside. But once he's out, he's very happy. He's outgrown the playgrounds but nature provides plenty to do. Climbing trees is his favourite thing.
The path took us through the forest where Summer found a stick and Maurice could climb the tree - find him on the picture below!
We even managed to find some snow that hadn't melted yet. There must have been a lot in this area as we hardly had any. It was more of a slush and it has been nearly a week since it happened. So how this snow remained, I have no idea. But it sure gave my children a lot of joy:)
Next part of the walk was a paved path through the fields. We were supposed to turn left at the tea junction. There had already been two turns to the left which in my mind don't qualify as a t junction but Maurice thought they might have been. That's the downside of walking by the book's description. It might be a mile before that junction comes but in the description it's the next sentence and you start to panic. So I much prefer walking with the map and having the route on View Ranger so that if I doubt, I can look it up.
This time we never made it to that T junction. Maurice liked the sound of the squelching mud, so he was walking one leg in the mud, the other one on the pavement and somehow managed to slip. The trousers were ripped and so was his knee.
I am ashamed that as a nurse I never carry any first aid kit with me. Luckily I had tissues. Sometimes (in summer) I don't even have that. So we managed to stop the bleeding with the tissues but there was no way for him walking onward. So we turned back and headed towards the car park. It taught me that I really need to carry some basic first aid kit with me as we do walk pretty much in the middle of nowhere and if something happens, you need to be prepared.
Despite of turning back we still walked 6.2miles (10km). In my next blog I might reveal my big plan for 2018. Stay tuned!
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