Walking

When I awoke yesterday morning and heard the pouring rain and the wind blowing I inwardly groaned when I remembered it was walk and talk day. Fortunately by the time I left home the weather had improved and we had a virtually dry walk. I did not have far to go as the walk was in a local village of Wrington. We climbed up out of the village onto the hills above. This gave extensive if not slightly misty views right across the Wrington Vale to the Bristol Channel.

There were plenty of colourful trees on the way.

Some of which are fairly newly planted.

The views again were panoramic looking over the Wrington Vale and towards the Mendip Hills. A low level of clouds lay over the top of the hills.

What none of the pictures tell you is the overwhelming smell of slurry which was present for most of the walk! Taking deep breaths when climbing the hills was not too pleasant. The last part of the walk followed back along the bottom of the valley and we came across a patch of Sunflowers. Probably game bird cover. It certainly brightened up a dull day.

When we returned to the village there were even a couple of scarecrows to view before we visited The Plough Inn for lunch. Both of the scarecrows did give the impression that they had spent too long out in the wind and rain!