The last two Sundays have been too windy for a cycle and so I have taken to walking, usually for an hour and whenever possible from the house. Linwood Warren is a Wildlife Trust reserve and usually I’m the only person there, unless I go with Helene.
It always feels good to be out in the countryside. On the way back from a circular walk the public footpath went through the middle of a field of barley. Brushing my hands through the tops felt delightful.
The guttering on the house has always struggled to cope with the volume of water and it would rush over the tops in certain places around the house. After several years of thinking about it I have at last bitten the bullet and, at great expense, had them all replaced with seamless, aluminium ones. Those on the house are 15 cm and the garage has 12 cm, both with much greater depth than the old Upvc ones. I have hadn’t any heavy rain yet but I hope it has sorted out the overflows.
Sometimes one doesn’t have to go any further than the front drive to find wildlife.
This young hedgehog was rooting around on the neighbours front lawn. It didn’t seem too bothered as I approached and knelt down in front of it to take the picture.
