I did a 10 mile walk today carrying 10.5 kg. I was feeling pretty under the weather after the week back at work, and had rather overdone the "boxercise" after school on Friday... So andrew and I agreed to cut the planned 15 mile walk short.
Anyway I survived the walk depsite sub-zero temperatures and grim, grey weather. It was like being inside a tupperware box, as Sandra Howell commented. Ironically, the sun came out almost as soon as we got back to the car, and the rest of the weekend promises to be warmer and sunnier.
We saw and heard a nightingale at Rushy Flat car park. It was the first one we have heard this year. Andrew recorded the beautiful song and I will try to attach his recording here.
We also saw various other examples of British nature at its' best:
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| New Forest pony looking mystical |
There are plenty of ponies in the New Forest, and some of them are looking rather thin after a long, cold winter. This one seemed rather curious about the contents of my rucksack and was proably hanging around the car-park in search of food.
Unfortunately, apart from the bun I bought on the way (which was a treat NOT going to be fed to a pony!),all I had was prunes and I wasn't sure they would go down too well.
They eat gorse. Tough animals!
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| Early frogspawn |
This was the first frogspawn I have seen this year, photographed on February 23rd in the New Forest.
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| A very cute calf |
My buff was absolutely essential today, and I experimented with some of the ways it can be worn. Here are three variations. I call them 'A la smurf', 'A la imbecile' and 'A la muppet'
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| a la smurf |
The buff comes with instructions (in diagrammatical form) on how to wear it.
I have really enjoyed experimenting with it, and will join other buff wearers who love their buff.
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| A la imbecile |
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| A la muppet |
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