and burn off some of those calories from all the
feasting and chocolate eating of Mother's Day yesterday!
For those who celebrated Mother's Day yesterday,
I hope you had a lovely day and got thoroughly spoilt by your loved ones!
We had a houseful here for Sunday lunch
and to make sure that I too could enjoy the day without too much work,
I kept the food simple and made it the day before.
I made several lasagnes (both meat and vegetarian) and a fresh raspberry bakewell tart, asked my family to bring other desserts, and so all I had to do yesterday was the salads and baked potatoes.
Ok, let's go then.
And let's take my new pedometer with us and see how far we go.
Better put your wellies on as it'll be a bit muddy after yesterdays rain.
Ready?
Down the lane then
and over the stile at the end of the lane and through the gates
into the track that leads down to the fishing lakes
lovely views but its a bit nippy still this early
no sheep in this field today but you can see where they've been!
now over another stile and along the narrow path past the fishing ponds
no geese there at the moment, but it's a favourite spot of theirs and we hear them take off at dusk as they head over our house to where ever they settle for the night
up the track past the corner where the pigs were last year
and down into the woods
it's going to be a lovely day
past the stream on the right
then up to the crossroads - which way shall we go this morning?
Let's go right past the bracken
as its the quickest way to Logan's favourite part of the walk
the orchards!
Logan loves it here - the long wet grass, the scent of rabbits .....
I love it because of the views and the openness - can you spot the church in the distance?
It's a bit misty but you can just see it.
the beautiful neat rows of apple trees
the buds are starting to appear
and on some trees the remains of last years crop is rotting on the branches
round the orchard then
a huge bonfire that's been here for months - wonder when they'll light it?
round the top between orchards, along Brambly Hedge where the little woodland creatures live
who lives in a house like this?
Detached
semi-detached
and apartments
the penthouse suite
and now down the other side of the orchard we go
lots of moss under the trees
the trees to the side of the orchard are full of catkins
then back into the woods, still thickly carpeted with the dead leaves of autumn
but signs of life are peeking through - there will be a sea of bluebells in a few weeks time
back through the woods along a different path this time
past lots of green broom that will soon be covered in yellow flowers
bramble leaves red in the morning sunlight
a busy bee
back to the crossroads in the woods - and Logan has decided which way we are going back
up the steep hill, puff puff!
Come on slow coach, Logan's look says it all!
Phew, nearly there, I can see the gate ahead
Nearly home now
back along the lane
here we are
mind we don't step on the pretty little scillas coming up through the gravel in the drive
Well, we did just under two miles this morning.
Not bad eh?
And surely I must have walked off some of that chocolate trifle?
Enjoy your day!
Edited Tuesday to add:
On the subject of walking, I meant to mention that Annette over at My Rose Valley is encouraging people to walk their way to a healthier fitter life with her "Come Walk With Me" mission!
It is a great idea of Annette's and she has put a lot of time and effort into giving advice, guidelines and lots of encouragement! It is not a competition but a way of getting into good regular personal walking habits.
Do pop over to her blog and see for yourself, and get walking!
Walking is free!
It's easy to just get out there wherever you live whether it be town, city or countryside
You can walk whatever the weather
You can do it whenever you can fit it into your schedule wherever you are (lunchtime at work?)
You can walk for as little (even 5 mins brisk walk is good!) or as much as you can manage timewise
You feel so good afterwards, both physically and mentally !
And the more you do, the better you'll feel
Go take a walk!
