Let's take a walk

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!