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So said a youngster,14 ish, that I passed on a footpath today. I came to a point that overlooks this view, to find a man, woman and the young lad standing there looking seaward.
This is not a criticism, everyone's tastes are different I know. If I attended an Electronics Exhibition where all the latest computers, cameras and gizmos were on display, I would find it mind numbingly boring, while fans swooned over the new kit.
I just found it slightly sad really and also amusing, partly because the three of them, I felt were missing out on something but also because while I stood clear of them (Being a good 2 metre abiding boy) I noticed they were practically standing on at least 4 different Wild Flowers. When they moved I knelt down and took a photograph only to look up and see the woman giving the scruffy old git kneeling down taking photos of the ground, a very strange look...
On the map I've done 15 K over the last 2 days, 9 ish miles? Today started grey and damp but by mid morning it was dry and warm if a bit overcast. Quite humid though so I just took an Eastern Bloc shoulder bag/haversack, flask and poncho in case the weather turned.
I commented before that the Water Lillies had gone, and so they have in the Northern lake, but in the more sheltered South pond where there is not so much water movement, the Lillies are still like stars on the dark water.
Recce'd a good Bivvi spot, far from the madding crowd. Need to take my Mozzie head net just in case perhaps, but certainly none about today
but on a warm evening close to the water they may get hungry.
I found this Interesting. Close inspection shows the Ash tree has actually 'engulfed' the stone work as if it has grown literally through joints between the stones and then around the stone.
Final Tea stop. Rest day from walking tomorrow...good forecast, so out on the bike..
This is not a criticism, everyone's tastes are different I know. If I attended an Electronics Exhibition where all the latest computers, cameras and gizmos were on display, I would find it mind numbingly boring, while fans swooned over the new kit.
I just found it slightly sad really and also amusing, partly because the three of them, I felt were missing out on something but also because while I stood clear of them (Being a good 2 metre abiding boy) I noticed they were practically standing on at least 4 different Wild Flowers. When they moved I knelt down and took a photograph only to look up and see the woman giving the scruffy old git kneeling down taking photos of the ground, a very strange look...
On the map I've done 15 K over the last 2 days, 9 ish miles? Today started grey and damp but by mid morning it was dry and warm if a bit overcast. Quite humid though so I just took an Eastern Bloc shoulder bag/haversack, flask and poncho in case the weather turned.
I commented before that the Water Lillies had gone, and so they have in the Northern lake, but in the more sheltered South pond where there is not so much water movement, the Lillies are still like stars on the dark water.
Recce'd a good Bivvi spot, far from the madding crowd. Need to take my Mozzie head net just in case perhaps, but certainly none about today
but on a warm evening close to the water they may get hungry.
I found this Interesting. Close inspection shows the Ash tree has actually 'engulfed' the stone work as if it has grown literally through joints between the stones and then around the stone.
Final Tea stop. Rest day from walking tomorrow...good forecast, so out on the bike..