Re: Easy walks
I usually like to get off on my own and either visit some old faithful walks where I know how far it is, and where all the cafe's are...
Or plan out something new. Although I'm not antisocial, I think you miss a lot of interesting stuff on a walk if you are in talkative company. Mrs Fox likes to chatter away incessantly, usually inquiring how far it is to the end of the walk, and will we pass any shops....
When walking locally she will always stop for a natter with someone she recognises, so it's a polite nod from me, and off I go....
Like everyone else, last year was a washout with just local walks within five miles of home. Although we live on the edge of the country, there are only so many routes in and out of the village, and sometimes the lane is off limits due to the thigh deep mud churned up by the tractors preparing fields for the spring crops. I'll have to have a word with the farmer and see if he can find an alternative route.....
Perhaps not!
Like Surfermom, I'm getting a bit finicky about walking or running on muddy surfaces and have chosen tarmaced paths or cycle tracks during the winter to avoid the mud, but since lockdown they are very well subscribed to, so early mornings tend to be more pedestrian free, and it's my favourite time of day anyway.
Reading about walking helps to pass the time during lockdown, and a very interesting book written by 'The Map Man' who suggests buying an Ordinance survey map of your local area and systematically walking all of the footpaths marked on the map. He reckons that he has learned a lot about his local area, and discovered rights of way he never knew existed. But being a postman opens one's eyes to the secret paths and ginnels of an area......