Paths to tranquility

[mossie]

Having my normal panic that a trip is on the horizon, forced myself to walk my little circuit this morning. I have been making excuses that my legs are poor because of arthritis so have not had a decent walk all winter. This morning I set off to walk through any excuses. It was very dull and overcast but took the camera just in case, but also to check how it would handle those conditions. It always amazesme how this camera can transform a dull gloomy path into quite a bright picture.



I am waking through the scruffy woodland a couple of hundred yards from home



Soon I have reached a path which follows the old Millstream, this is close to the swampy springs from which it rises, and flows all year. Other paths meander enticingly away from it



But here is where the stream takes shape



Hardly worthy to be called a stream, just a scruffy ditch



Some good reeds along the way



More paths deviate, these lead up to the Speedway track, which has stock car and motor bike speedway racing on a regular basis



Various wild flowers brighten the way, spring is well established now



A lot is overgrown, there is a small pond hidden here



Another well used path into the woods, no doubt somewhere that maidens may be led astray?



But soon I turn for home, having reached the site of the old mill pond. Some years ago the local authority tidied the area and rebuilt the dam which contains the pond. One can see the old brickwork at the side, but the whizzkid who designed the new scheme did not consider that water has power and finds a way through obstacles if they are not made properly watertight. A couple of logs chucked in just don't cut the mustard.



Hope you feel as rested as I do now

[bixaorellana]

Ohhhh, I do, Mossie, I do! So green and tranquil and so beautifully captured.

In the third picture, is that a nice stand of flags, or the same group of reeds you show further down?

Great to see that your legs were up to the job. Will see you (and your legs) in a little over a month from now.

[questa]

Beautiful terrain and beautifully photographed. I'm jealous...if one could find such a place like that in Oz it would be infested with squadrons of (sorry) mossies.

[mossie]

Bixa, the first are irises, the others are reeds.

Questa. Too cruel

[whatagain]

Lovely.
Couldn't take my walk this week-end, my wife had me do forced labour in the garden.

[kerouac2]

Totally beautiful place for a walk, Mossie. Nevertheless, having walked with you quite a few times in the past, I will not order wheelchair service for the meetup in Paris unless you specifically request it.