Such a relief to get outside for a walk. The weather has been brutal this week, snow
from Siberia, cold and dry and powdery. Then came bitter winds and minus 7
degrees during the day. I’ve walked to
work every day except yesterday. Today
is a walk of choice not necessity. I
parked up at East Morton for a canal walk into Bingley. The sky was grey and dull – almost foggy so I
thought it wouldn’t be quite so cold and glum as it would be up on the
tops. The canal was pretty frozen over
and there was a large group of ducks, Canadian geese and couple of swans at the
point where the water became ice.
It
reminded me of my Dad telling me how when he was a boy he and his brother Harry
would come down to the canal and ice skate on it.
The winters were a lot more severe in those
days. The canal was pretty busy with
walkers and the snow had got packed down and was slippy in parts.
When I got to the Five Rise Locks café it
looked busy inside.
I walked down the
path at the side of the locks, it was really slippy.
About half way down I had to stand to the
side as some children came past on their sledges, helping to make it
slippier.
At the Three Rise locks I left
the canal side and walked over the footpath over the bypass.
I had a look around the shops and a coffee in
one of the cafes before setting off back to East Morton.
As I walked back and left Bingley behind it
was a quieter walk back – in a couple of the fields there were children sledging
and when I got back to where all the birds were they seemed a lot happier
now.
Someone had put some bird food out
for them.
It was a good walk and when I
checked it had been about 5 miles.
Further than I thought.
Let’s
hope next week it warms up and spring finally arrives.
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