Lovely day and the temperature was going up but tonight was
George’s Gang Show so I didn’t want to risk being late back to get over to
their house for 6.30pm so I picked this walk as I already know the route and
it’s not a long drive there and back.
Set off up into the woods and spotted this nicely carved stone. Funny how you can do a walk several times and
then spot something you’ve never seen before.
It was pleasant walking up through the woods the trees giving shade and making it just that bit cooler. The bluebells were still out and there were hundreds of Wild Garlic which had a really strong smell.
Because of the dry
weather the stream at the bottom was only small, I have been when it’s been a
lot faster.
Because the bracken hadn’t started growing too much it was a lot easier to find the steps down to the water today – and it was a lot easier to find stepping stones across as there was so little water. I climbed up through a dell full of bluebells to enter a field where there are always cows. There were just two black ones today. Then I crossed over the road into the farmyard where the mad black and white dog was dashing about and barking frantically on the end of a long chain. You could hear it before you saw it and I had to keep to the opposite side of the farm yard to stay out of its reach. At the other side of the farm the track where its normally quite muddy was bone dry today. I past the derelict building and headed up to the farm at the top of the hill.
Here there were two peacocks – unfortunately they weren’t displaying
their tail feathers today but still nice to see.
There were lots of sheep and lambs in the field passing down below a house, they normally run away but these didn’t move.
As I walked across a small
gated track it was fully of some sort of alpine balsam which looked like a
pretty pink/purple bed.
Back down to the
main Eastburn Road I crossed over to go down Green Lane. Last time the field on the right was just
brown – today it was all new houses with cars on the drives. As I went further on there was the house with
an extension – like the same size as the house itself with a huge roller door
in the gable end. Every time I’ve
wondered why they’d built this. Today it
was open and inside was a large classic wagon E reg all beautifully restored
and shiny. Mystery solved. Good walk 4 ¾ miles and still enjoy this
walk. Time for tea and the Gang Show.
It was pleasant walking up through the woods the trees giving shade and making it just that bit cooler. The bluebells were still out and there were hundreds of Wild Garlic which had a really strong smell.
Because the bracken hadn’t started growing too much it was a lot easier to find the steps down to the water today – and it was a lot easier to find stepping stones across as there was so little water. I climbed up through a dell full of bluebells to enter a field where there are always cows. There were just two black ones today. Then I crossed over the road into the farmyard where the mad black and white dog was dashing about and barking frantically on the end of a long chain. You could hear it before you saw it and I had to keep to the opposite side of the farm yard to stay out of its reach. At the other side of the farm the track where its normally quite muddy was bone dry today. I past the derelict building and headed up to the farm at the top of the hill.
There were lots of sheep and lambs in the field passing down below a house, they normally run away but these didn’t move.
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